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  • Best-selling author featured at library

    Mystery writer, Mary Jane Clark to be at Jamesburg library this Saturday. By: Al Wicklund    JAMESBURG — Mary Jane Clark, the author of best-selling mystery novels, will be featured in the Jamesburg Public Library’s seventh annual Meet the Author Day program to be held 1 p.m. Saturday in the meeting room of the Jamesburg Firehouse…

  • Budget woes may soon push up charges at new garage

    Parking rates approved, but they may not be cast in concrete. By: Jennifer Potash    Parking rates in the soon-to-open downtown borough garage were approved Tuesday, but they may not be cast in concrete. The rates could be hiked later in the year.    The Princeton Borough Council unanimously approved an ordinance that set the garage rates…

  • ‘Hidalgo’

    Disney’s latest film spins a tall tale about a cowboy who tests his trusty steed in a hellish Arabian race. By: Elise Nakhnikian Viggo Mortensen (above) has been through the desert on a horse named Hidalgo. If I had a boat I’d go out on the ocean And if I had a pony I’d ride…

  • Living with history on North Main Street

    Couple to renovate 165 year old building. By: Matthew Kirdahy    Dave and Angie Cook have a passion for history.    And soon, a part of Cranbury’s history will be their new home.    The Cooks are renovating a 165-year-old building at 143 N. Main St. and hope that by October, it will serve as the family home.…

  • Spring tease offers respite from winter

    Despite spring weather last weekend, snowy Monday brings winter reminder. By: Matthew Kirdahy    Area residents got a taste of spring Saturday and Sunday.    They went to the park, played soccer, tossed around a football and even did some gardening. Meanwhile, Mother Nature had plans to pull them back into the chilly reality of winter Monday.…

  • Rocky Hill GOP to screen council candidates

       ROCKY HILL — The Republican Club of Rocky Hill will be holding a candidate screening meeting for elected offices for the Rocky Hill Borough Council and the Somerset County committeeman/committee- woman 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 24.    The meeting will take place at 244 Wall St., Research Park. Candidates should submit their personal biography to [email protected]

  • Developer denied bond refund after outcry

    Residents of Village Grande complain of myriad problems. By: Shanay Cadette    WEST WINDSOR — Village Grande residents locked horns with a developer over the reduction of performance guarantee bonds Monday and the Township Council sided with them, declining most of the requests for reductions.    More than 150 residents showed up at the council meeting to…

  • March

    "March," a 7-month-old female shepherd mix, is in need of a loving home and available for adoption from SAVE, 900 Herrontown Road, Princeton. For information about adopting "March" or another dog or cat, call (609) 921-6122. SAVE: http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/NJ143.html

  • Hightstown’s council opts against firing employees

    Hightstown Borough Council decides against firing municipal employees and looks to state for additional support to reduce 18-cent local tax rate increase. By: David Pescatore    HIGHTSTOWN — The Borough Council decided not to resort to firing municipal employees as a means to reduce an 18-cent increase in the local tax rate.    The decision came after…