Category: archives

  • DISPATCHES: Welcome to the era of policy by checkbook

    New senior presciption drug plan will cost seniors a pretty penny. By: Hank Kalet    Seniors need a prescription drug benefit, but they need a functioning Medicare system a whole lot more.    The law signed by President George W. Bush on Monday has the potential to transform the system on which seniors rely into something resembling…

  • Remembering Pearl Harbor

    To the editor:     I want to commend Al Wicklund on his story about the "date which will live in infamy." My generation, which lived and fought in World War II, is dying off.    It behooves newspapers like The Cranbury Press to remind readers yearly about the events of that day so that President Roosevelt…

  • Farmland article not balanced

    To the editor:     Regarding the Nov. 28 article titled "Town mulls plan to save farm tracts," I was wondering whether the author attended the same meeting that I did.    About half the time spent on the issue included a presentation by the school board and subsequent discussion. This detailed how the net impact of…

  • Debated Princeton Airport building still in delay pattern

    Much discussion but no decision on plan to construct medical office building on airport property. By: David Campbell    MONTGOMERY — The township Planning Board reached no decision Monday night on a proposed subdivision and site plan for a new medical-office building to front Route 206 on the southeast corner of Princeton Airport lands.    The deliberations…

  • Steady effort by MHS has Packard smiling

    By: James McKeever    Moreso than wins and losses, most high school bowling coaches are worried about getting consistent scoring from their players. Especially early in the season.    Bowl well on a match-to-match basis, and the victories will fall into place.    One week into his team’s season, Monroe High School coach George Packard has watched the…

  • Library mural to tell Princeton’s story

    Thousands of 3-inch tiles to depict Princeton history and culture. By: Jennifer Potash    A tiger’s tale from a costume, a picture of the fallen Mercer Oak, a brick from the old Princeton Public Library — these are all items that may comprise a major work of art at the new downtown library.    Ik-Joong Kang, one…

  • Vincent Biondo

       Vincent V. Biondo, 81, died Monday, Dec. 8, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick.    Mr. Biondo was born in Sicily and immigrated to the United States in 1928. He lived most of his life in New Brunswick and North Brunswick before moving to Monroe in 2000. He served in the Army in World…

  • Lawrence to rely on its depth

    Swimming By: Jim Green    While Lawrence High School swimming coach Dean Mason would love to have his top two performers from last year, the since-graduated Jenny Steiner and Chris Faubell, back in the fold, he feels his team possesses enough depth and potential to push forward nearly unscathed by the loss of two of the…

  • ‘Tidings of great joy’

    Montgomery church to present a drive-through Nativity this weekend. By: Dennis O’Neill    St. Francis of Assisi organized the first living creche in December of 1223 near the small village of Greccio, Italy. The town chapel was too small to hold the celebration, so he built it outside in a small niche of stone near the…