Category: archives

  • Valets expected to drive problems from June Fete

    University no longer permits parking on fields. By: David Campbell    "A Fair to Remember," the 50th annual June Fete in support of The Medical Center at Princeton, will feature some innovative parking when the field opens at 9 a.m. June 7 — valet parking, that is.    Heavy rains and mud caused problems with parking for…

  • Planned traffic-calming delays Rocky Hill budget

    Discussions ongoing with neighboring towns about providing police service. By: Paul Sisolak    ROCKY HILL — The Borough Council postponed the adoption May 5 of an anticipated $943,380 municipal budget.    According to Borough Auditor Bob Morrison, a 5-percent budget cap has allowed Rocky Hill to develop plans for traffic-calming methods. The council, he said, is holding…

  • PU women go four for (Final) Four

    Tigers’ balance keys quarterfinal win over Ohio State By: Justin Feil    Asked how to explain the success of the Princeton University women’s lacrosse team following their NCAA quarterfinals win over Ohio State on Sunday, Whitney Miller, Rachael Becker and Lindsey Biles answered, fittingly, together.    "I think we’re really well balanced," said Miller, one of seven…

  • Teens’ stress, depression is focus of school program

    Talk, discussion set Wednesday at Princeton High School. By: Jeff Milgram    You think your life is stressful?    Think about the lives of high school students.    They worry about things like 9/11, wars, the sluggish economy and their parents getting divorced. On top of that, they worry about their grades, standardized testing and getting into college,…

  • PDS teacher cited for environmental activism

    English teacher Liz Cutler wins watershed award. By: David Campbell    Liz Cutler is an English teacher at Princeton Day School who has a green thumb — for growing environmentalists.    "We’ve been growing activists for years and years," said Ms. Cutler of PDS’s Environmental Action or EnAct Club, which she founded more than a decade ago.…

  • Change abounds downtown

    New stores opening in Palmer Square and surrounding streets. By: Jennifer Potash    A patch of new businesses, both locally owned and chain stores, are popping up in downtown Princeton.    In Palmer Square, The Papery, a purveyor of fine writing supplies, journals and other paper goods, will move into the former Gap Kids location on Hulfish…

  • Island Dreams

    The Moonlighters have been working on their easygoing sound for a few years, combining interests in old-time Hawaiian music and pop tunes from the 1920s and ’30s. By: Susan Van Dongen The Moonlighters perform their old-time Hawaiian music in Kingston May 17.    Although few of his other predictions came true, the Amazing Kreskin got one…

  • WW-P schools tackle bullies, hazing

    Board considers policy to prevent harassment, intimidation. By: Gwen Runkle    The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional Board of Education will consider a new policy to prevent harassment, intimidation, bullying and hazing tonight.    The policy, currently in draft form, will be up for a first reading at the school board’s 7:30 p.m. meeting at Community Middle School in…

  • Seniors’ day helps PU men advance

    Tigers face rematch with Syracuse on Saturday By: Bob Nuse    Josh White and Will MacColl know what it’s like to play for the seniors on the Princeton University men’s lacrosse team. Now they’re finding out what’s it like to play for the Tigers as seniors.    "Every year before this I’ve played for the seniors," said…