Category: archives

  • World-class

    State Geography Bee winner overcame big odds. By: Shanay Cadette    PLAINSBORO — The final round of the 2004 New Jersey Geography Bee — held April 2 at Rutgers University— was a real nail-biter.    The anticipation alone was nearly too much for some of the adults sitting in the audience.    As Roman Soiko, a student in…

  • Gnocchi can be fun as well as delicious

    Some dishes defy the traditional recipe format of precise measurement, relying more on instinct, the feel of the ingredients as you work with them, and personal preference By: Faith Bahadurian Illustration by Judy Martin by    Some dishes defy the traditional recipe format of precise measurement, relying more on instinct, the feel of the ingredients as…

  • ‘If You See It, Shoot’

    The photographs of Bucks County Impressionist painter Joseph Crilley capture a bygone era. By: Amy Brummer "Spanish Harlem."    Parachuting into Normandy, France, during World War II, Joseph Crilley needed a sharp eye, quick reflexes and steady nerves to accomplish his mission. The young man from Philadelphia with a few art courses under his belt and…

  • New beginnings for downtown retailer, cafe owner

    Go For Baroque has new owner; Chez Alice to expand operations. By: Gwen McNamara    Spring is a time of change. Flowers are in bloom, trees are beginning to bud and now it seems even local businesses are getting in on the act.    In fact, two borough businesses — Go For Baroque and Chez Alice —…

  • Tiger women avenge last loss

    PU lacrosse knocks off Yale, Driscoll By: Justin Feil    Sarah Driscoll lists "debacle" as her favorite word, but there’s no way she wanted her final regular-season trip back to Princeton to end in one.    The Stuart Country Day School graduate scored a goal but they were few and far between for the Yale women’s lacrosse…

  • Instant Pianist

    David Haynes has a crash course in piano for "hopelessly busy people." By: Amy Brummer DAVID HAYNES    From 30-minute meals to flatter abs in five minutes a day, immediate results go hand-in-hand with our fast-paced culture.    But one might think that studying an instrument would defy these formulas. Aside from learning to read music, it…

  • Showing the house

    Designers prepare the Hodge House for Junior League benefit tours. By: Diane Landis Hackett    The yellow house at 74 Mercer Street in Princeton may not have attracted much attention in the past, but it is worth a look now. An army of interior designers and landscape architects recently transformed The Hodge House, which was built…

  • Library now set to open next week

    Weather again the culprit and may cause further mischief. By: Jennifer Potash    Waiting for the opening of the new Princeton Public Library is almost like waiting for Godot.    The new 3-story library will not open on Thursday as planned, but instead a new target date of April 21 has been set.    The rainy weather continues…

  • Ethel S. Olmstead

       Ethel S. Olmstead, 95, of Monroe Township died April 8.    Born in Hopewell Township, she had lived there for most of her life. She moved to Monroe Village in 1996.    Ms. Olmstead had worked for the Pennington Quality Market for over 50 years as cashier and bookkeeper. She also was a member of the Pennington…