Category: archives

  • Girl power not enough for C-P 12s Little League baseball

    Taft, teammates fall to District 12 final eight losers’ bracket By: Justin Feil    There were murmurs after Briana Taft doubled to drive her teammate to third base in the fifth inning.    Some were murmurs of wonder at the power in Taft’s swing, the power that drove the ball on a bounce to the left-centerfield fence.…

  • July 8, 12:14 p.m.: Top Ten, or Springsteen mania

    This week’s Top Ten offers four times the Top Ten goodness of regular top tens. By: Hank Kalet    This week’s Top Ten took a lot of effort. As readers of this Web log probably have figured out by now, I am a big Bruce Springsteen fan. So, paring down his rather massive catalogue to 10…

  • Grovers Mill Pond gets funding

    Restoration work will include repairing the 400-foot-long earthen dam and dredging the 37-acre, man-made pond. By: Gwen McNamara    WEST WINDSOR — The township has secured some much-needed funding to get work started on the Grovers Mill Pond and dam.    At the urging of U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12), the Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia office…

  • Beyond organic

    Some area farmers are finding alternatives that could alter the way we eat and live. By: Amy Brummer    Over Kelley Harding’s dining room door is a small folk painting of a farmhouse flanked by trees. The message printed across the bottom: "Simplify."    Wearing a flannel shirt and overalls, Mr. Harding exemplifies the nostalgic image of…

  • Climb Every Mountain

    In a milestone year, artist Merle Citron proves she has hit her prime. By: Susan Van Dongen "Jenny Lake, Grand Tetons," by Merle Citron, above.    Saddlesore but happy, Merle Citron, Lambertville’s lady about town, just got back from a special visit to the Canadian Rockies. She hiked, went mountain climbing and white-water rafting, got a…

  • Mail Call

    The Mixed Media Gallery in Doylestown, Pa., pays tribute to a summer tradition. By: Amy Brummer Gallery owner Tom Sperling put together a diverse exhibit of works from artists of all ages. Above, "Butterfly Lady," a hand-colored etching by Judith Langan.    "Greetings from Bucks County!" says the postcard with the stone farmhouse and rolling hills.…

  • County to hold public meeting on Westerly Bypass

    Scheduled for Wednesday, July 9.    Monmouth County engineers will hold a public meeting concerning the Westerly Bypass on Wednesday, July 9, at the Upper Freehold Regional Elementary School Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.    The meeting is being held to provide general information regarding the bypass and to receive feedback on the project from residents and municipal…

  • Improved C-P 12-year-old softball team still up-and-down

    By: Rich Fisher    When trying to establish a program, the growing pains are numerous and the number one problem is usually inconsistency    The Cranbury-Plainsboro 12-year-old All-Star softball team is living proof of that.    Flashes of brilliance followed by youthful mistakes.    One night after cracking nine hits and playing errorless ball in a 7-1 win over…

  • July 4, 9 a.m.: The Declaration of Independence

    The document that started it all. By: Hank Kalet    In commemoration of Independence Day I offer the full text of the Declaration of Independence:    Action of Second Continental Congress, July 4, 1776    The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America    When in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People…