Category: archives

  • Historic Hopewell home looking for a place in homebuyer’s heart

    Though it retains its historic charm, this home is surprisingly spacious and practical and offers modern conveniences to meet the needs of today’s families Though it retains its historic charm, this home is surprisingly spacious and practical and offers modern conveniences to meet the needs of today’s families.    Every house has a little story that…

  • Qualities listed for new Princeton superintendent

    With focus group reports in hand, search firm begins advertising campaign. By: Jeff Milgram    "Help wanted: Princeton Regional Schools is looking for a superintendent with strong interpersonal skills, experience as the top administrator in another district and the ability to work with minorities, including a commitment to closing the academic achievement gap."    Classified advertisements like…

  • DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet:Running 8 miles on the suburban streets

    Endurance running outdoors, on Central Jersey’s changing roads By:Hank Kalet    Grass clippings litter the edge of the street, mixed in with the stray gravel and broken glass left over from the trash collectors. There is a lost shirt, I think, and the occasional beer can.    I’m running along Perrine Road, near the Heather Knolls developments,…

  • DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Running 8 miles on the suburban streets

    DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet:Endurance running outdoors, on Central Jersey’s changing roads By:Hank Kalet    Grass clippings litter the edge of the street, mixed in with the stray gravel and broken glass left over from the trash collectors. There is a lost shirt, I think, and the occasional beer can.    I’m running along Perrine Road, near the…

  • Princeton 12s baseball has confidence

    Advance to Final Eight with win in pool finale By: Justin Feil    LAWRENCE — Nick Covello felt comfortably confident that the Princeton 12-year-old all-star team would advance out of pool play despite a loss in the District 12 Little League Tournament.    But then Covello is comfortable where others would not be. The Princeton shortstop wears…

  • EDITORIAL: Cell-phone law won’t live up to all the hype

    EDITORIAL:Presumed intention of law unlikely    Like it or not — and we can’t say we much like it — the statewide ban on the use of hand-held cell phones while driving took effect last week, with the presumed intention of increasing highway safety.    We say "presumed" intention because there are no reliable data to support…

  • East Windsor garbage tax stays same

    Township Council unamimously approves garbage budget which will maintain current tax rate for East Windsor. By: Dana Lynn Flatekval    EAST WINDSOR — In a unanimous vote on Tuesday, the Township Council passed a garbage budget that will maintain the current tax rate.    The $1.64 million garbage budget will stabilize the tax rate at 17.5 cents…

  • Caregiver guilty of abuse

    Monroe woman found guilty of neglect and assault By:Joseph Harvie    MONROE — A 65-year-old Monroe woman was found guilty of neglect and assault in connection with injuries sustained by a mentally challenged man who was in her care.    Naomi Wilburn, 65, of Prospect Plains Road in Monroe was convicted in state Superior Court in New…

  • Virtual entrepreneur

    21-year-old has own software company By:Sarah Winkelman    Not a lot of people can say that at 21 years old, they own their own company — but that is just what Scottsdale Court resident Paul Kafasis tells people.    Mr. Kafasis and his two partners, Quentin Carnicelli, 21, and Alex Lagutin, 31, founded the Internet software company…