Category: archives

  • Evans Tract sale canceled this year

    Organizing couple want to pass the torch to another volunteer. By: Matthew Kirdahy    In Cranbury, spring has meant more than just the Easter bunny, budding flowers and sunny weather.    It also has meant the Evans Tract sale was around the corner.    And for the first time in 15 years, that’s not the case.    Leo and…

  • Pitching, defense give Hun tie

    Raiders softball expects hitting to come around By: Bob Nuse    No matter what else happens during a game, the Hun School softball team knows it can rely on its pitching and defense.    So even though the Raiders managed just one hit and failed to score in Wednesday afternoon’s season-opener against Peddie, they still came away…

  • Miranda returns as Little Tigers manager

    By: Bob Nuse    John Miranda isn’t your typical new coach.    For one thing, he’s not exactly new. But at the same time, he’s new to just about all of his players on the Princeton High baseball team.    Miranda coached the Little Tigers from 1996-2001 and was all set to coach them again in 2002, but…

  • Monroe softballers need to make contact

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    The Monroe Township High School varsity softball team has a motto for the coming season: "Put the ball in play."    "We’re going to be fine on the mound; we’re going to do okay playing defense," Falcon coach Keith Hudak said. "We can run the bases a little bit. But we’ve got…

  • Report on parking around PHS due near end of month

    Study committee says it needs more time. By: Jennifer Potash    A report on parking solutions for the area surrounding Princeton High School will be delayed about three weeks.    Princeton Borough Councilwoman Wendy Benchley, a member of an ad hoc committee comprising representatives from the Borough Council, Princeton Township Committee, Princeton High School and citizens, said…

  • AROUND CRANBURY: Artist reception tonight at gallery

    AROUND CRANBURY By Lorraine Sedor: "pieces of Past" display, library museum passes and more. By: Lorraine Sedor    A meet the artist reception will take place this evening (Friday) from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Gourgaud Gallery for the April exhibit of works by Dr. Daniel Goldberg.    Dr. Goldberg, a Cranbury resident and psychologist working…

  • Police: Man lured girls into his car

    Hightstown police arrest a Jamesburg resident for allegedly luring young girls into his vehicle for the past two months. By: David Pescatore    HIGHTSTOWN — Police arrested a 26-year-old Jamesburg resident March 25 who allegedly had been luring young girls into his vehicle for the past two months.    Luis Enrique Bautista was parking his car near…

  • Montgomery adopts $58.5 million school budget

    School taxes projected to increase about 9 percent. By: Jill Matthews    MONTGOMERY — The Board of Education unanimously adopted a $58.5 million budget for the 2004-2005 school year Tuesday night.    Board members Susan Edwards and Susan Carter were absent.    Of the $58.5 million budget, $45.2 million will be voted on by residents and raised through…

  • A Woman’s Hour

    The rich journey of Mary Baker Eddy is chronicled in an exhibit on view at Douglass College at Rutgers University in New Brunswick through April 29. By: Matt Smith This is woman’s hour… The Life of Mary Baker Eddy is on view at Douglass College at Rutgers University in New Brunswick through April 29.    Susan…