Category: archives

  • Outside the Box

    Early 20th-century modernist photographers played with vantage point, cropping and printing, as seen in the Princeton University Art Museum’s ‘Abstract Photography’ show. By: Ilene Dube An example of radical cropping in early 20th-century modernist photography is "Martha Graham – EKSTASIS" (1935) by Barbara Morgan, above.    "Why, I ask you earnestly, need we go on making…

  • Gewain captures region mat title

    Detsis also earns trip to Atlantic City By: Rudy Brandl    Andrew Gewain reached one milestone and closed in on another in Saturday’s Region 5 Wrestling Championships at Hunterdon Central.    The senior 103-pounder, the runner-up in last year’s tourney, came from behind to post a thrilling 5-4 decision over Old Bridge junior John Pagnotta for his…

  • School snow days will shorten breaks

    Spring break and Memorial Day weekend will not be as long as originally scheduled. By: David Pescatore    Check your calendars and rearrange those vacation plans. In response to the recent snow days enjoyed by area school children, the East Windsor Regional School District has shortened both spring break and Memorial Day weekend.    Spring break is…

  • Excited WW-PN girls get first state tourney game

    Knights hold on to advance By: Bob Nuse    Having never played a state tournament basketball game before, the girls from West Windsor-Plainsboro North weren’t quite sure what to expect Tuesday night against Middletown South.    "It was definitely exciting and a real adrenaline rush," said North senior Krista Eccleston, who scored six points to help the…

  • Creatures Great and Small

    A group show at the Atelier Gallery in Frenchtown includes animal-inspired works in varying styles, techniques and mediums by a dozen of the region’s well-known artists. By: Susan Van Dongen Barry Snyder’s "Mother Feeding Offspring" is part of an exhibit on Creatures at the Atelier Gallery in Frenchtown.    In the world of Barry Snyder, even…

  • Thanks to municpalcrews for ‘exemplary’ work

    To the editor    With this seemingly endless winter finally, and hopefully, coming to a close, I wish to extend accolades to our municipal employees for doing an exemplary job under most adverse and challenging conditions throught said winter.    The road department, police, fire, EMS and the other nameless, behind the scenes coordinators, and decision makers…

  • Professor sees anti-Semitism on the left

    It also thrives in Middle East and Europe Jewish history scholar says. By: Jeff Milgram    After more than four decades of being little more than a memory for most American Jews, anti-Semitism is alive and thriving among the American left, in Europe and in the Middle East, a scholar of Jewish history told a Princeton…

  • Goff, jensen happy for region experience

    Monroe duo advances with third place finishes in District 20 tournament By: Ken Weingartner    The season wasn’t even over for John Jensen or Mike Goff, but they were already thinking about the future.    By advancing to the Region 5 wrestling tournament, the two Monroe High wrestlers knew they would get a glimpse at some of…

  • El Halaby wins first national title

    Princeton U. freshman claims squash crown in initial attempt By: Justin Feil    Though Yasser El Halaby entered Old Nassau as highly touted a squash player as anyone to visit the collegiate scene, Princeton University coach Bob Callahan didn’t want to heap expectations on a freshman who’d come more than 5,500 miles and seven time zones.…