Category: archives

  • Editorial: Find life’s passions and pursue them

    EDITORIAL: Some sage words of advice for this year’s graduates.    Members of the Class of 2003 will be saying their farewells to Princeton High School today and to Monroe Township High School next week.    The graduation ceremonies will be events full of speeches and jitters, a chance for classmates to ruminate about the past and…

  • Bible camp adds some wizardry

    Harry Potter is theme for Princeton program. By: Jennifer Potash    With the midnight release of the fifth Harry Potter book, the bespectacled young British wizard seems to be everywhere — from toys to magazine covers. And now young Harry is the star attraction at a summer Bible camp in Princeton.    The Harry Potter-based Bible lessons…

  • Hightstown Post 148 off to a 2-1 start

    Post 148 has been rained out four times, but has won two of the three games it did play. By: Kyle Moylan    WEST WINDSOR – Rain on game days and the ensuing wet fields it left behind kept Hightstown Post 148 from playing four times in the first 11 days of the American Legion baseball…

  • Miss America decries bullying in talk at university

    Local students receive humanitarian awards. By: Jeff Milgram    Miss America Erika Harold brought her campaign against youth violence and bullying to Princeton University’s Frist Campus Center on Thursday as part of the 2003 Kidsfest program sponsored by the Kidsbridge Children’s Museum in Trenton.    "What I want you to know, it doesn’t matter what other people…

  • Hospital offers valet parking to visitors

       University Medical Center at Princeton, a unit of Princeton HealthCare System, will offer valet parking to patients, family and visitors beginning Monday, the hospital announced last week.    Valet parking will be available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Medical Center’s main entrance off Witherspoon Street.    The service will cost $5…

  • Study finds bigotry can make you stupid

    Princeton University researcher reveals study showing those expressing more bias perform worse in mentally challenging tasks.    Racial bigotry can make you stupid.    In a study published in the May issue of Psychological Science, Jennifer Richeson of Dartmouth College and Nicole Shelton of Princeton found that white people with a high degree of racial bias suffer…

  • Graduation held at Better Beginnings

    The preschool held its 36th graduation ceremony last week. By: David Pescatore    HIGHTSTOWN — Thirty-three Better Beginnings students received happy endings June 12, as the preschool celebrated its 36th commencement ceremony.    The pews of the First Presbyterian Church were filled with families and local dignitaries as longtime Better Beginnings musician George Simmons began a rendition…

  • Ready, Set, Grill

    Master Chef Jean Pierre Tardy, offers a selection of recipes to bring flavor and seasonal sophistication to al fresco dining. Fire up your grill. Bon Appetit By: Amy Brummer Grilled Duck Legs with Grilled Endives    4 duck legs    4 endives    2 tablespoons Madeira or dry Sherry    3 tablespoons tomato concasse (chopped tomato with seeds and…

  • Township energy plan hinges on state rules

    Monroe may act as an electric buyer. By: Al Wicklund MONROE — New rules being drafted by the state Board of Public Utilities could pave the way for Monroe to act as a buyer of electricity for township residents.    But it is unclear when those rules will be ready, keeping the township in a holding…