Category: archives

  • Mathematician stresses visual aids for problem-solving

    Helping John Witherspoon students exercise the right sides of their brains. By: Jeff Milgram    By his own admission, Tom Schersten is a right brain kind of guy.    The left side of his brain — the half that controls reading and writing — is only so strong, he confessed. He was in remedial reading in the…

  • A tasty experience

    Leading restaurateurs join forces to help fight hunger. By: Jillian Kalonick    Dining at a fine restaurant in central New Jersey is easily done. Sampling fare from more than 25 of them in one night is more of a challenge.    A few hundred people were up to the task at the 13th annual Taste of the…

  • W. Windsor takes first big step toward transit village

    Township Council votes to define preliminary boundaries of a redevelopment area. By: Shanay Cadette    WEST WINDSOR — The Township Council took a giant step last week toward possibly making the transit village concept a reality in Princeton Junction, but there’s still a mighty long way to go.    The council’s April 12 affirmative vote to define…

  • Army Corps of Engineers issue DEIS on Route 92

    Public hearing on 385-page document slated for May 20. By: matthew Kirdahy    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers unveiled a Draft Environmental Impact Study to the public Wednesday that could determine whether Route 92 gets built.    The study reviews the environmental impact, traffic alternatives and traffic impacts on the region of Route 92 — a…

  • Ex-employee suing Princeton University for discrimination

       The former associate director of Princeton University’s Program in Latin American Studies is suing the school, claiming he was discriminated against because he is a Puerto Rican.    David Figueroa of Pennington, who was fired by the university in June 2002, also said his supervisor, history Professor Kenneth Mills, "drafted a false and extremely negative appraisal…

  • Big budget scores a big win in West Windsor-Plainsboro

    Marathe, Johnson and Walsh elected to school board. By: Shanay Cadette    Residents voted resoundingly in favor of the nearly $130 million West Windsor-Plainsboro Board of Education budget and elected an incumbent and two newcomers to office Tuesday.    Despite the massive 14-percent school tax hike projected for Plainsboro, voters overall passed the budget by a better…

  • Upper Freehold eyes hiring forester

    Upper Freehold Township will need to hire a forester if the tree ordinance is implemented. By: Lauren Burgoon    UPPER FREEHOLD — The proposed township tree ordinance is starting to take a clearer shape after committeemen tweaked its content at a special meeting April 15.    The ordinance remained confidential because the Township Committee did not introduce…

  • Library takes center stage as Saturday opening nears

    Last-minute problems prevent doors from opening on Wednesday. By: Jennifer Potash    The Princeton Public Library, like the books on the shelf, remained closed this week but is now expected to open Saturday.    The opening is slated for 9 a.m., just hours before Communiversity, the town-gown street festival that kicks off at noon.    "When people see…

  • Communiversity’s gala street fair set for Saturday

    Festivities begin at noon on Nassau and Witherspoon streets. By: Jennifer Potash    Dancing, music, arts and crafts — as well as heaps of cotton candy — await visitors to Communiversity, the annual town-gown street fair on Saturday.    The Arts Council of Princeton and the students of Princeton University partner to host the free extravaganza that…