Category: archives

  • North’s Munoz aims for another big meet

    Soph, Knights in Mercer XC contention By: Justin Feil    Few know it, but there is a defending male champion running in the Mercer County Championships for cross country today.    Will Muñoz returns to Veterans Park. The West Windsor-Plainsboro High North sophomore doesn’t have the chance to win the title he took last year, but that’s…

  • For the Oct. 31 issue.

    Susan Applegate, David W. Fabian, J. Edward Goeke, Corine (Davenport) Moore, Willa M. Harris, Mary L. Williams. Susan Applegate    PLANO, Texas — Susan Applegate, 48, died Sunday morning after a valiant battle with cancer. She died at home, as she wished, surrounded by her family.    She is survived by her husband of 24 years and…

  • Refinance open space in the state

    THE STATE WE’RE IN By: Michele S. Byers    Did you get in on the recent home refinancing craze?    With interest rates at almost historic lows, millions of Americans refinanced their home mortgages to stretch their dollars. Some kept their monthly payments stable and cashed out equity to improve their homes, making them even better places…

  • PU ice hockey hopes for turnaround

    Tigers open at St. Cloud State By: Bob Nuse    Len Quesnelle doesn’t want his Princeton University men’s ice hockey team to forget about last year’s 3-26-3 season too quickly.    "It’s something that we can learn from and progress from," said Quesnelle, whose team opens the season tonight with a non-conference at St. Cloud State. "We…

  • PU has no interest in consolation

    Football team hosts Cornell By: Justin Feil    The Princeton University football team isn’t looking for a pat on the back after nearly upsetting Ivy League frontrunner, Harvard, last weekend. The Tigers, who lost, 43-40, in overtime to the Crimson have made that clear.    "A loss is a loss and our ultimate goal is to get…

  • Candidates Forum, Oct. 31

    CANDIDATES FORUM, Oct. 31 By: Mark G. Alexandridis Princeton Party candidate, Princeton Borough Council     The Princeton Party platform has been wrongly characterized as a referendum on the outcome of the downtown redevelopment project. I would submit that it is a referendum on Princeton’s future. The process of decision-making in Borough Hall lacks transparency and…

  • Residents could pay for trash pick-up

    Hightstown Borough Council considering waste disposal program known as Pay-As-You-Throw to decrease municipal spending. By: Sarah Winkelman    HIGHTSTOWN — The Borough Council on Monday will seek input from residents on a plan that could force people to pay fees to have garbage picked up.    Citing the need to decrease municipal spending, the borough is investigating…

  • Back to the Well

    Kenny Rogers talks about his music roots, and what it’s like to spend several decades in a cutthroat business. By: Daniel Shearer "My life is about communicating and telling stories," says Kenny Rogers, who will perform an evening of country music favorites Nov. 14 at Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton. function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,’location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10′); amznwin.focus();}…

  • Privett dances Princeton into MCT semifinals

    By: Mike Newman    There are few high school level soccer players who can afford to play fancy. Fancy meaning they dribble a lot and dance around their opponents. Usually, it causes frequent turnovers and is not encouraged by many coaches.    Yet, when a player is talented enough to play this way it can cause tremendous…