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  • 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,…

  • Bike to Work Day set Friday

       The Greater Mercer Transportation Management Association will hold the first Bike to Work Day of the 2003 season Friday from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. by the Palmer Square kiosk on Nassau Street.    The event coincides with national bike-commute awareness activities designed to encourage bicycling to work, school or transit.    Participants will be treated to free…

  • Grace Rosemary Castoro Weidl

       Grace Rosemary Castoro Weidl, 85, of Hopewell died Saturday at her home.    Born in New York City, Mrs. Weidl lived in Hopewell for 81 years.    Mrs. Weidl owned and operated the G.R.C. Weidl Store in Hopewell for over 30 years.    Preceded in death by her husband Carl Weidl, she is survived by children, Saverio J.…

  • Princeton Recreation Department plans day camp

    Princeton Recreation: day camp registration    The Princeton Recreation Department is now accepting registration for day camp for the summer of 2003. Registrants can receive a $40 discount if they register and pay in full by Thursday. Day camp is open to students that will be entering grades 1 through 6 in September.    Princeton Recreation is…

  • American Tragedy

    Andrea Reese demystifies the late Jackie O in ‘Cirque Jacqueline.’ By: Matt Smith TimeOFF photos/Frank Wojciechowski Andrea Reese uncovers the "heart and soul" of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in Cirque Jacqueline, her one-woman show about the former first lady playing at the Crossroads Theatre in New Brunswick May 16.    The heads of passersby spin around in…

  • May 12, 4:16 p.m.: Those pesky liberals

    A cartoon offers the best rebuttal to the liberal media canard. By: Hank Kalet    Tom Tomorrow hits the nail on the head with a cartoon today on Salon. (You may have to click through some annoying ads to get to it, but it’s worth it.)    As Eric Alterman points out in his book, "What Liberal…

  • Skate park opens in Washington Township

    Committee of local kids helped design facility. By: Laura Szalaj    WASHINGTON — After more than a year of anticipation, kids at last have a skate park to use in the township.    "They just want to get in and use the park," Township Committeeman Vince Calcagno said prior to the grand opening, which was held Saturday.…