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  • PAST EVENT: Behind the Scenes

    McCarter Theatre is giving theater-goers a chance to tour every nook and cranny of its Berlind Theatre with a Festival of Short Plays Oct. 25 By: Matt Smith TimeOff 25th anniversary event Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski A Festival of Short Plays Oct. 25 will showcase the inner workings of the new Berlind Theatre at…

  • Competition renews gym’s ‘momentum’

    Stiff competition from nearby facility brings a "soul-searching" transformation. By: David Campbell    Tony Vlahovic, president and founder of Momentum Fitness, which recently completed extensive renovations of its facility off Route 206 in Montgomery Township, has grown to regard stiff competition as an opportunity to rediscover why he started his business more than six years ago.…

  • DEP rejects eating club’s bid for tax-exempt status

    Borough officials applaud ruling, citing possible loss of $400,000 in property tax revenues. By: Jennifer Potash    Princeton Borough scored a victory Tuesday in its effort to keep the private Prospect Avenue eating clubs on the tax rolls.    State Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bradley Campbell denied the University Cottage Club’s application for historic property certification…

  • Keeping the Faith

    Founder and conductor Frances Fowler Slade will lead Princeton Pro Musica in its silver-anniversary, season-opening concert at Princeton University’s Richardson Auditorium Nov. 1 with music selected to underscore the accomplishment of the community orchestra. By: JIm Boyle Baritone Kevin Deas is among the featured soloists for Princeton Pro Musica’s silver-anniversary, season-opening concert Nov. 1.    Like…

  • Motyka remains a fixture for MHS cross country

    By: Redd E. Patrick    For the past four seasons, Kristi Motyka has represented the Monroe High School girls cross country program well.    As a freshman, it was just her and Amy Finkel. The next year, when coach Frank Bonich took over the program and began searching the building for bodies in order to field a…

  • United Nations Day: Who knew?

    Supporters stress U.N.’s importance on a little-known holiday. By: Dennis O’Neill    Halloween is the holiday that many people associate with the United Nations. Most of us are familiar with the little cardboard coin boxes that we carried as children trick-or-treating house to house in search of goodies and spare change for UNICEF. But few of…

  • Area gears up for arrival of ghosts and goblins

    Towns sponsor Halloween events. By: Jennifer Potash, Paul Sisolak, Gwen McNamara    Following is a wrap-up of Halloween-related events taking place in the greater Princeton area within the next week: Princeton     Costume parades, contests and a classic horror film festival await Halloween fans in Princeton.    The Princeton Shopping Center will host its Spook-tacular Howl-oween event…

  • Workout champion PHS ready for counties

    Dorsey-Guillaumin adds consistency to boys’ XC By: Justin Feil    There is greatness in the Princeton High boys’ cross country team. Too often, though, that glimmer of excellence has been evident most frequently in practice and not in meets.    The workout champion Little Tigers hope all that changes when they challenge Hopewell Valley, West Windsor-Plainsboro High…

  • Town mulls soil cleanup

    Committee may hire help to clean up Wright South property. By: Matt Kirdahy    The Township Committee on Monday will consider hiring an Occupational Safety and Health Administration certified contractor to help clean arsenic and lead from the soil of Wright South, an area slated to be the home of a Babe Ruth League baseball field.…