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  • Gallery hosts night for poetry lovers

    Open Mic Night Poetry Reading set for April 16 at the Gourgaud Gallery. By: Sarah Winkelman    CRANBURY — April is National Poetry Month and to celebrate, the Cranbury Arts Review will be hosting an Open Mic Night Poetry Reading.    The reading will be held April 16 in the Gourgaud Gallery in Town Hall from 7…

  • DOT to fund area bridge projects

    Montgomery Township among targeted towns By: David Campbell    Bridge replacements in Montgomery Township and intersection and drainage improvements in Princeton Township totaling about $5 million are among the appropriations in the state Department of Transportation’s proposed capital spending plan for Fiscal Year 2005.    DOT Commissioner Jack Lettiere unveiled the proposed $2.58 billion capital program Tuesday…

  • Mother’s homicide charge dropped

    Grand jury’s failure to reach majority decision results in charges being dropped against Hightstown woman in connection with the death of her 19-month-old son. By: David Pescatore    TRENTON — Charges against a 23-year-old Hightstown woman were dropped March 26 after a grand jury failed to indict her in connection with the death of her 19-month-old…

  • State funds help convert station into transit village

    State agencies give initial commitment to pay for transit village study. By: Shanay Cadette    WEST WINDSOR — State funding could lay the foundation for building a transit village in Princeton Junction.    Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh told the Township Council on April 1 that he has secured verbal commitments from NJ Transit and the state Office of…

  • Weatherproof Communiversity gearing up for bash

    Annual town-gown event slated Saturday, April 24. By: Jennifer Potash    Should rainy weather befall Communiversity this year, the party will still go on.    The annual town-and-gown celebration sponsored by The Arts Council of Princeton and Princeton University will be held from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 24, rain or shine.    Last year, Communiversity…

  • Chance to put town trivia to the test

    Monroe trivia game set for April 16 at 7 p.m. at the township library. By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    MONROE — Residents can meet their neighbors and test their knowledge of Monroe trivia at a game night at the township library.    Meet Your Neighbor Night, which is to feature a quiz-show style game with questions about…

  • Forum panelists pan campaign finance law

    Ordinance does not go far enough, some residents say. By: Lea Kahn    Township Council has taken steps toward campaign finance reform through its recently adopted pay-to-play ordinance, but that law — which limits campaign contributions at the municipal level — does not go far enough according to many residents that attended a forum on the…

  • Stepping up for ‘Great Strides’

    Post office launches efforts highlighting cystic fibrosis and the Great Strides Walk By:John Patten    The U.S. Postal Service is helping the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Great Strides Walk with a special stamp cancellation offered at selected post offices — including Hillsborough.    In unusually chilly April weather, the cancellation was unveiled last week, with the Hillsborough High…

  • The magical land of Lahaway, Part 10

    HISTORICALLY SPEAKING    Subtitled "The Law of the Jungle" by R.P. Dow, secretary of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, this final installment was written for the Dec. 21, 1916, Allentown Messenger.     The law of the Jungle has become a familiar term largely through the popularity of Kipling’s Jungle Books. It is the Law of Life, of…