Category: archives

  • Dispatches: Maintaining order in the world of words

    DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: The do’s and don’ts of the English language, according to our editor. By: Hank Kalet    It doesn’t take a lot to offend my linguistic sensibilities, but there are a handful of common phrases that really drive me crazy.    Perhaps I’m getting old, turning into a bit of a curmudgeon where the…

  • Owens’ return has helped Catfish return to upper echelon of PASDA

    By: Rich Fisher    Pam Owens remembers the glory days of the Cranbury Swim Club, when she competed for the Catfish as a swimmer in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s.    She is now in the process of returning the glory as a head coach.    Owens swam for the Catfish since age 4 up through when…

  • Bow-hunting seen as positive step

    State Fish and Game Council members endorse committee action to allow limited hunting. By: David Campbell    The Princeton Township Committee’s decision to permit limited bow-hunting of deer on four parcels of public land this winter is a step in the right direction, members of the state Fish and Game Council said this week.    "I’m certainly…

  • Letters to the Herald

    For the Aug. 15 issue Boy Scout Troop thanks car wash participants To the editor:     Boy Scout Troop 5700 would like to thank the community for supporting our car wash on Saturday to raise funds for our Sea Base High Adventure trip next July. Troop 5700 would also like to thank the Frank’s Nursery…

  • Township Council passes hotel tax

    East Windsor Township Council approves additional hotel tax despite objection from area hotels. By: David Pescatore    EAST WINDSOR — An ordinance that adds a 1 percent municipal tax on top of the new 7 percent state tax on the price of hotel rooms was granted final approval Aug. 5, despite protest from the township’s largest…

  • Projects to begin at borough schools

    Renovation and construcion to commence at Hightstown’s Walter C. Black and Grace Norton Rogers elementary schools. By: David Pescatore    HIGHTSTOWN — The Walter C. Black School and Grace Norton Rogers Elementary School, separated only by Stockton Street, will share a construction project manager when work begins in two weeks.    Bids for the two schools, which…

  • Rocky Hill delays Schafer tract rezoning

    Owners say borough is reneging on a sale contract. By: Paul Sisolak    ROCKY HILL — Consideration of a rezoning scheme for a key piece of land in the borough was indefinitely delayed by the Planning Board Tuesday evening.    The rezoning of the 15-acre Schafer tract is opposed by the tract’s owners, David and Barbara Schafer.…

  • Using parkland is a last resort

    Green Acres may fight to keep park from being used for high school. By: Al Wicklund MONROE — Monroe Township’s hopes for obtaining 35 acres of Thompson Park land as a building site for a new high school were not encouraged by an official of the state Department of Environmental Protection this week.    The land…

  • Keeping pace with service in the borough

    Despite major personnel changes, high morale and friendly service. By: Jennifer Potash    Constantly ringing phones, a steady stream of customers (all seem to need tips on finding a downtown parking place) and a never-ending pile of paperwork might make some office workers glum.    That’s not the case for the ladies of the Princeton Borough Clerk’s…