Category: archives

  • Artist captures ‘American Farm’ in exhibit

    The show is at Robert Beck’s Lambertville studio until Nov. 16. By: Amy Brummer    LAMBERTVILLE — In 1892, John Froelich invented a gasoline-powered tractor that could move both backward and forward — a significant achievement.    While he was assuredly a pioneer of his time, for him, the capabilities of today’s farm equipment would be the…

  • ‘Color Me Dark’

    Crossroads Theatre returns with this migration story. By: Stuart Duncan    Crossroads Theatre in New Brunswick is celebrating its 25th season. Well — yes and no. Indeed it was founded in 1978 by Ricardo Khan and Lee Richardson, and indeed it has performed more than 100 shows, including a startling 38 world premieres. And, indeed, in…

  • ‘The Laramie Project’

    Mercer County Community College debuts a new space with this "moment" play. By: Matt Smith    The Laramie Project, a response to the 1998 beating death of gay 21-year-old University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard, is full of contradictions.    Shepard is the subject of the work, compiled by the New York-based Tectonic Theater Project, yet appears…

  • Video service links troops with families

    American Red Cross of Central Jersey offers a visual connection. By: David Campbell    The American Red Cross of Central New Jersey is helping military families to stay visually connected during the coming holiday season with video greetings.    With about 130,000 of the country’s servicemen and women now stationed in the Middle East, the Red Cross…

  • PU researcher invents process to make new proteins

    A possible source of new drugs or new materials that mimic natural substances.    A Princeton University chemistry professor is improving on nature.    Professor Michael Hecht has invented a technique for making protein molecules from scratch, a long-sought advance that will allow scientists to design the most basic building blocks of all living things with a…

  • EPA fines university for missing documents

    Checks of underground fuel tanks were carried out, but there was no subsequent paperwork. By: Jeff Milgram    Princeton University has been fined $21,500 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to document that it had checked three underground fuel tanks for leaks.    The university originally was fined $30,900 after a June 2001 inspection.    "It’s…

  • PHS girls edge North again

    Little Tigers reach CJ III semis By: Justin Feil    The Princeton High girls’ soccer team had just enough to get by a stingy West Windsor-Plainsboro North group in the quarterfinals of the Central Jersey Group III state tournament Thursday.    The Little Tigers didn’t get as many shots off as the Knights did, but they were…

  • Bypass impact statement expected by year’s end

    Release originally set for September, but officials say thoroughness more important than speed. By: David Campbell    The state Department of Transportation is expected to release a recommended alignment as part of its final environmental impact statement on alternatives to the former Millstone Bypass before the end of the year, DOT spokesman Michael Horan said Thursday.…

  • Former prisoner issues plea to preserve Tibet’s traditions

    Documentary film project results in arrest and years behind bars. By: David Campbell    In 1995, on a visit to Tibet to film a documentary about Tibetan folk music and dance, Fulbright scholar Ngawang Choephel was arrested by Chinese authorities for spying. He was tried in secret and sentenced to 18 years in prison.    Through the…