Category: archives

  • ‘Happy clickers’: It’s man vs. machine at local libraries

    Lifestyle By: Ashley Caudill    Technological innovations have altered history. Arguably the most significant advancement in technology over the past two decades is the advent and subsequent stunning rise in popularity of the personal computer.    For a variety of reasons — some people retired from jobs before computers were used, others hold jobs unrelated to computer…

  • Little Tigers finish second in Titans’ Cup

    By: Justin Feil    TRENTON — The first time that the Princeton High boys’ ice hockey team met Hopewell Valley, the Bulldogs won a 4-0 regular-season Colonial Valley Conference game. It was just the second time PHS has been shut out this season.    Saturday, in a rematch two weeks after that first meeting, the Bulldogs won…

  • Lexington Estates Opens With Its Newest Home Design

    Customers already are talking about the new model that will open at K. Hovnanian’s Lexington Estates this winter. Eager customers want to see the Providence, one of the company’s newest designs. The Providence, a 4,598-square-foot luxury home, welcomes visitors into an open and airy foyer with an elegant stairway.    K. Hovnanian is offering 82 grand…

  • FDA approves drug developed at university lab

       The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a groundbreaking new cancer drug that was developed by Eli Lilly and Co. and had its origins in a chemistry laboratory at Princeton University.    The FDA announced Thursday that it approved the drug Alimta for use in combination with the drug cisplatin for the treatment of a…

  • Speedy Begin is a hit for PHS winter track

    Little Tiger junior preparing for baseball with sprints By: Justin Feil    Robby Begin noticed that he was ahead of most of his Princeton High baseball teammates in wind sprints, and that was part of the reason he came out for the Little Tigers’ winter track team last season.    Another reason was to make sure he…

  • Police station construction now set to start in May

    Groundbreaking was originally slated for April but was pushed back because of delays. By: Matthew Kirdahy    The township is eyeing a May groundbreaking for the proposed police station. That is if all goes according to plan.    The township expected to break ground in April on the project, but because Kurt Schmitt of Mylan Architecture was…

  • Chinese eatery eyes downtown Cranbury

    Restaurant could take former location of Hannah and Mason’s Corner Cafe. By: Matthew Kirdahy    Cranbury may be getting a new restaurant.    The Developmental Review Committee was scheduled to review the minor site plans for a Chinese restaurant Thursday, after The Cranbury Press’ deadline.    The business is proposed for 57 N. Main St., the former location…

  • DISPATCHES: Help keep the public conversaiton going

    DISPATCHES By HANK KALET: Guest columns welcomed, if well written and submitted. By: Hank Kalet    I truly believe that one of the functions of a local newspaper is to engender debate among its readers about issues of local, state and even national importance.    Nowhere else can the residents of South Brunswick turn to find out…

  • Wag the Dog

    Movie lovers prepare for an award-season onslaught of boring acceptance speeches and gratuitous back-patting. By: Elise Nakhnikian    It’s that time of year again. The Golden Globes were handed out on Jan. 25, and the Directors Guild of America are slotted for Feb. 7. Next come the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Feb. 15),…