Category: archives

  • July 25, 2:45 p.m.: Random thoughts on the news

    Reading The Washington Post. By: Hank Kalet    Random thoughts on a Friday (while reading The Washington Post:    • I guess it was only a matter of time before James Baker surfaced as a member of the Bush administration. According to The Washington Post, he is being considered "to take charge of the physical and economic reconstruction…

  • Emergency services personnel overtime funding restored

    $35,000 returned to WW budget after being cut three weeks ago. By: Gwen McNamara    WEST WINDSOR — Imagine this scenario: You are an emergency medical technician, your shift is just about to end and you get a call to assist at a traffic accident, but your department is out of money to pay for overtime.…

  • Library gets a playground

    Site set to be dedicated in a ceremony next week. By: Al Wicklund MONROE — The Helen and Irwin Nalitt Kids Corner, a miniplayground adjacent to the Township Public Library parking lot, scheduled to be dedicated Thursday, is already in use and popular with young children and parents alike.    Kelly Strenkowski and her daughter Lauren,…

  • Honda Element

    Honda builds its college-dorm-room-on-wheels for an active new generation of buyers. By: Jason Stein    This is what happens when the X Games meets Generation Y, when concept meets (nearly) instant reality and practicality meets pavement.    Honda Accord owners hide your eyes. Honda Odyssey owners, hide your children. The Japanese automaker that once dared you to…

  • Repairs force closing of Mercer Road

    By: David Campbell    Mercer Road around the historic Stony Brook bridge will be closed for five to six weeks while Mercer County undertakes repairs to the bridge and resurfaces the entire length of Mercer Road, said Princeton Township Engineer Robert Kiser.    Work on the bridge started Tuesday. Once that is complete, the county plans to…

  • Shine On, China Cat

    Pink Floyd and Grateful Dead music gets an unusual twist as the tribute band the Machine swings through the Keswick Theatre in Glenside, Pa. By: Daniel Shearer Self-billed as America’s premier Pink Floyd tribute band, the Machine returns to the Keswick Theatre in Glenside July 27.    A notion exists in the world of rock ‘n’…

  • LIFESTYLE: Books on tour

    Traveling library brings the joy of reading right to residents’ own neighborhoods. By: Rebecca Tokarz    The colorfully painted, blue and white South Brunswick Township Public Library Book Mobile roared down Route 27, heading toward New Brunswick on Tuesday morning, before slowing down as it reached the entrance of Charleston Place, one of South Brunswick’s senior…

  • Hotel industry perfect target for taxation

    EDITORIAL By:    Whenever government looks around for somebody else to tax — and, make no mistake about it, government is always looking around for somebody else to tax — there are several criteria that guide the search.    First of all, the target has to be easy. It can’t be someone — or something — that…

  • Echoes of America past

    Belle Mead resident collects amazing ‘mechanical music machines.’ By: Michael Redmond    Glenn Thomas, collector of amazing music machines, lives in two worlds and in two eras.    In New York City, Mr. Thomas works in the property and casualty insurance business. That’s about as here-and-now as you can get.    At home in the gracious house he…