Category: archives

  • Ralph Nader coming to area to tout ‘people power’

    By: Jennifer Potash    Ralph Nader, former presidential candidate and longtime consumer advocate, is bringing his "People Have Power" tour to Trenton on Saturday.    The rally, sponsored by Mr. Nader’s Democracy Rising, begins at 12:30 p.m. at the Masonic Temple, 100 Barrack St., Trenton.    Mr. Nader, a former presidential candidate, last year founded Democracy Rising as…

  • Sons of the Revolution to rededicate historic site

       The New Jersey Society Sons of the Revolution held a rededication ceremony Monday at the spot where Gen. George Washington and his troops drank from a spring after the Battle of Princeton in 1777.    Princeton Township Mayor Phyllis Marchand and society President Robert P. Vivian were present for the rededication of a marker of the…

  • A Significant Happening

    Voices of Light: The Michener Museum’s new exhibit and publication seeks to add Bucks County Impressionism to the annals of American art history. By: Amy Brummer "Red Sails in the Sunset," by Fern I. Coppedge, oil on canvas, is part of Earth, River and Light — Masterworks of Pennsylvania Impressionism at the Michener Museum in…

  • Candidates Forum

    Carl Mayer, Green Party candidate U.S. House of Representatives, 12th District By:     Princeton voters have a crucial choice this fall. Voters cannot vote for politics as usual by supporting the Torricelli/Holt ticket that is campaigning under an ethical cloud. Princeton voters deserve better in their choices. Not only was Sen. Torricelli reprimanded by the…

  • Iraq panel slated at Princeton University tonight

    By: Jeff Milgram    President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld are for it.    Former Vice President Al Gore, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Russian President Vladimir Putin are against it.    And a whole lot of other people are ambivalent about war with Iraq.    The experts at Princeton University will…

  • Eighteen bypass alternatives are unveiled to public

    A selection by the state of a preferred plan expected by April. By: David Campbell    Transportation consultants from Rutgers University unveiled 18 roadway alternatives Monday that are under consideration to resolve the longstanding stalemate over the former Millstone Bypass.    The Rutgers’ Transportation Policy Institute, which held the day-long open house at the New Jersey Hospital…

  • Young cyclist injured in collision with car

    By: Jennifer Potash    A Princeton Borough teen-ager riding a bicycle on the Harrison Street sidewalk was struck by a car at the Prospect Street intersection Saturday afternoon.    The juvenile, 15, of Princeton Borough rode his bike on the sidewalk of Harrison Street and proceeded into crosswalk at Prospect Avenue when Monique Burton, 18, of Princeton…

  • PU football holds on for first win

    No repeat of opener in win over Lafayette By: Bob Nuse    It could have been a terrible case of déjà vu. Instead, it was a win that should do wonders for the confidence of the Princeton University football team.    In the Tigers’ season opener a week earlier, Lehigh had rallied from a 24-7 halftime deficit…

  • Healthy Sciotto has found niche with XC

    Sophomore has become Cougars’ No. 2 runner By: Justin Feil    Nikki Sciotto grew up playing soccer and basketball, but she’d always been told that she had the talent to be a good runner. So last year, she gave it a try. After an injury-plagued fall and winter, the Montgomery High runner was questioning her choice.…