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  • City wants 518 speed limit lowered

    Lambertville is concerned about the opening next year of an 87-unit senior housing complex on that stretch of county road, known locally as Brunswick Pike. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — The City Council again will ask the county to lower the speed limit on Route 518 to make it safer now that a large number…

  • Oct. 27, 8:11 p.m.: On endorsements and alternatives

    The Nation offers the most pointed endorsement of Kerry out there. By: Hank Kalet    To understand why John Kerry is the best choice for president this year, read The Nation’s endorsement. It is the only one that really understands what the real upshot of re-electing George Bush might mean.    More generally, here is the latest…

  • Sewer work closes section of Dey Road in Plainsboro

       PLAINSBORO — Dey Road between Plainsboro Road and Scudders Mill Road will be closed to through traffic 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today through Friday because of work needed for the installation of sewer lines, township police announced.    The road will also be closed during the same hours next week, beginning Monday and ending Friday,…

  • PHS defense toughens in MCT win

    Kardassis keys solid effort in back from girls’ soccer By: Bob Nuse    Greg Hand has seen his Princeton High girls’ soccer team make great strides this season.    In Saturday’s 2-0 win over West Windsor-Plainsboro South in the opening round of the Mercer County Tournament, the Little Tigers’ coach saw some things he had been hoping…

  • Suit challenging downtown development dies again

    Concerned Citizens’ effort to reopen case rejected. By: Jennifer Potash    Concerned Citizens of Princeton’s bid to halt the downtown redevelopment project appears to be at an end.    Mercer County Superior Court Judge Linda Feinberg denied Concerned Citizens’ motion to reopen the case on Friday.    Attorneys for the grassroots nonprofit organization argued for the case to…

  • False fire alarm ordinance tabled in Princeton Borough

    Questions of legality of some provisions force measure to go back to drawing board By: Jennifer Potash    A proposed ordinance that would slap hefty fees on property owners with monitored fire alarm systems that cause repetitive false alarms will go back to the drawing board.    The Princeton Borough Council was slated to hold a public…

  • After the Flood

    Odette’s restaurant and cabaret in New Hope, Pa., reopens after enduring the wrath of last month’s overflow of the Delaware River. By: Matt Smith TIMEOFF/MATT SMITH Bob Egan poses with the recently returned piano in the cabaret at Odette’s in New Hope, which opens this weekend with three sold-out performances by Ann Hampton Callaway (below…

  • Talking Turkey

    The Food Network’s Alton Brown, host of ‘Good Eats,’ discusses entertainment, food and education. By: Amy Brummer The Food Network’s Alton Brown, host of ‘Good Eats,’ discusses entertainment, food and education.    In a matter of weeks, the bird will be in the oven and cooks across America will be engaged in the annual challenge of…

  • Candidates Forum, Oct. 26

    CANDIDATES FORUM, Oct. 26 Andrew Koontz Democratic candidate, Princeton Borough Council     The best way to find out what’s on people’s minds is to walk their neighborhoods, knock on their doors and ask them. That’s what I’ve done as a candidate for council. And I think a Linden Lane resident I met put it best.…