Category: archives

  • Chit-Chat: Join knitting circle for ‘purls’ of laughter

    By: Merle Citron    If you think that knitting has gone out of fashion, think again.    Just take a walk down Church Street and stop in at Simply Knit, a cozy knitting shop where people can buy yummy yarns and sit, knit and chat for a while.    When the Tomato Factory Yarn Shop on Church Street…

  • Letters-Nov. 28

    Resident will fight inn expansion To the editor:    In the last issue of the Beacon, one of the owners of the Inn at Lambertville Station said, "I think it (the expansion of the Inn) will be very good for the city of Lambertville."    I’m truly moved that the owners of the Inn at Lambertville Station…

  • Cross-country connection

    Au pairs share their cultures as they learn about America By: Dara-Lyn Shrager    It’s not news that Princeton’s level of cultural diversity is remarkable for such a small town. The scores of foreign au pairs who sign on to spend a year in Princeton get dropped into this melting pot. They bring with them the…

  • Borough likely to OK higher legal expenses

    Additional $135,000 needed for attorney and consultant fees. By: Jennifer Potash    Ongoing lawsuits involving Princeton Borough, as well as legal costs associated with the downtown garage development and the opportunity to seek up to $750,000 in grant money, will likely lead the Princeton Borough Council tonight to authorize nearly $135,000 to cover attorney and consultant…

  • It’s a holiday about thanks, not Pilgrims

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Nov. 26 By: Packet Editorial    There’s been a lot of revisionist history associated with Thanksgiving in recent years.    We are now told, for example, that most of the Pilgrims (not renowned for their tolerance or generosity of spirit) were extremely reluctant to break bread with their neighboring Native Americans, whom they considered instruments…

  • University professor wins Mellon achievement award

    Contributions to the humanities cited    Michael Cook, the Cleveland Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University, has been named one of five winners of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s Distinguished Achievement Award.    The awards, in their second year, honor scholars who have made significant contributions to the humanities and provide the recipients and…

  • 11/28 OBITUARIES, pt. 1

    From the Nov. 11 edition of the Register-News By: Madeline A. Ryan    BORDENTOWN — Madeline A. Ryan, 92, died Nov. 23 in the St. Joseph’s wing of Morris Hall.    Mrs. Ryan was the first female born in Mary Immaculate Hospital in Jamaica, N.Y. She came to Bordentown when she was five years old.    She retired…

  • Mt. Fuji Japanese Seafood & Steak House

    This Japanese-style steak house in Southampton, Pa., dishes out a sizzling performance. By: Judith Norkin Mt. Fuji Japanese Seafood & Steak House 459 Second Street Pike Southampton, Pa. (215) 396-8985 Food: Good Service: Good Prices: Moderate to expensive Cuisine: Japanese Ambiance: Lively Japanese steak house Hours: Lunch: Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Sat.-Sun. noon-3 p.m.; Dinner:…

  • Obituaries

    Sarah Petrolino    RINGOES — Sarah A. Mauro Petrolino, 94, died Thursday, Nov. 21, at Rolling Hills Care Center, Lebanon.    Born in New York City, she lived in Guttenburg, N.J., for 69 years and then in Ringoes.    She was the widow of Anthony L. Petrolino, who died in 1989, and sister of the late Frank Mauro.…