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  • Gourgaud features work by well known artist

    Watercolorist paints the extraordinary. By: Matthew Kirdahy    He has shown his art all over the state and in New York City. His experience and interaction in the art world stretches across the country as far as New Mexico. Now he has a show in Cranbury.    Bill Hogan of Bucks County, Pa., who says he is…

  • Win over Vikings put MHS on the map

    Horsch’s pin the clincher By: Ken Weingartner    Matt Horsch had some idea that beating the South Brunswick High wrestling team would be a big deal.    But it wasn’t until Horsch’s pin at the 5:29 mark of the bout at 160 pounds clinched the match for Monroe on Tuesday night that he understood its magnitude.    "I…

  • Preservation panel OKs Nassau Street candy shop

    Ricky’s Candy, Cones & Chaos agrees to tone down the signage. By: Jennifer Potash    Princeton Borough’s historic downtown will soon be infused with a bit of sugar-coated disorder.    Ricky’s Candy, Cones & Chaos, a privately owned specialty candy, ice cream and party company, is seeking to open its flagship store in the space formerly occupied…

  • Town accepts offer to buy farmland

    Cranbury to sell property to pay off debt. By: Matthew Kirdahy    The Township Committee accepted the state’s $2.6 million offer Monday to buy the development rights of two parcels of land — the 130-acre Barclay South on Plainsboro Road and the 60-acre Barclay North on North main Street.    The committee will discuss advertising the sale…

  • Morales in bigger role for Hun

    Point guard aids Raiders to third straight win By: Justin Feil    Ica Morales certainly isn’t the biggest player on the basketball court for the Hun School girls’ team, but the diminutive point guard’s role is undeniably big and a big reason that the Raiders are harboring huge postseason hopes.    "Her job more or less is…

  • Short of goal, bow-hunters blame culling for their low count

    Wildlife management contractor responds that there’s plenty of deer available to the hunters and "they’re not killing deer because they can’t or they don’t want to." By: David Campbell    Shortly after United Bowhunters of New Jersey began hunting four parcels of Princeton Township parkland in November, Jack Spoto, the hunting club’s northern region coordinator, said…

  • Millstone Valley Chorus offers singing Valentines

       Valentine’s Day is coming and Millstone Valley Chorus quartets are busy preparing to deliver Singing Valentines on Feb. 12, 13 and 14. Deliveries are made in person to people at work, at home, in restaurants, or most anywhere a sender wishes.    A Singing Valentine consists of a quartet singing two songs in four-part harmony, a…

  • Downtown garage to include a retail store

    Plenty of interest in 1,000-square-foot Spring Street site. By: Jennifer Potash    More than just cars may be found inside the downtown parking garage.    A retail shop is planned for the Spring Street side of the new structure.    The 500-space garage, part of the $13.7 million improvement project funded by Princeton Borough, contains a 1,000-square-foot retail…

  • Township to save historic farmhouse

    Preservation made a requirement if Cranbury purchases Barclay North and South parcels. By: Matthew Kirdahy    The township will preserve the 150-year-old Barclay farmhouse before it sells the land it sits on.    The township bought the building when it purchased the Barclay North and South parcels — totaling 190 acres of farmland in western — and…