Category: archives

  • Growing your own organic produce

    IN THE KITCHEN by Pat Tanner:  Daylong conference Sept. 28 at the Waldorf School in Montgomery will cover growing and preparing organic foods. Among the highlights will be a question-and-answer session with NPR host Mike McGrath. Illustration by Judy Martin "The next time you see a nice, crusty day-old loaf of bread at your bakery,…

  • Hospital could sell Harris Road homes

    Sale is one of several possibilities as medical center president seeks more time to complete strategic planning program. By: David Campbell    The Medical Center at Princeton could sell or rent out its 10 residential properties on Harris Road and relocate the professional offices that remain there, according to hospital President Barry Rabner.    In a wide-ranging…

  • North’s Su steps up after step down

    Knight girls’ tennis finds sophomore is perfect second singles By: Justin Feil    In one year, plenty has changed for Christine Su.    Last fall, Su had the unenviable task of taking on the area’s top players as a freshman for the West Windsor-Plainsboro High North girls’ tennis team. She quietly put up a solid 16-6 record…

  • Downtown visionaries seek business support

    Princeton Future meets with members of the Chamber of Commerce of the Princeton Area. By: Jennifer Potash    Princeton Future, the nonprofit citizens’ group that promotes a holistic approach to downtown development, met with members of the Chamber of Commerce of the Princeton Area last week to seek financial support and partnerships with area businesses.    "We’re…

  • MHS gymnasts think this may be big season

    By: Bob Nuse    While Montgomery High has had its share of talented individual gymnasts over the past several years, the Cougars have never been a team that has been feared by the powers of high school gymnastics.    That could very well be changing soon, perhaps as early as this year.    "I think this year is…

  • Sarbanes, Holt want more financial reforms

    Chairman of Senate Banking Committee joins congressman for some public policy and campaign events. By: Jennifer Potash    Congress passed legislation cracking down on accounting firms and corporate boards after a wave of accounting scandals shook investor confidence, undermined the stock market and stalled a halting economic recovery. But elected officials have much more to do,…

  • Office fantasies

    A different kind of football dominates talk around the office water cooler these days. By: Bob Nuse    It used to be that once football season started, Monday mornings at the office were spent talking about how your favorite football team fared the day before.    That’s still the case today, but more and more the talk…

  • Art for autism

    Barbara Piasecka Johnson hosts second gala auction By: Christian Kirkpatrick    The event was glamorous, even by Princeton’s standards.    The second biannual Art for Autism auction was hosted by Barbara Piasecka Johnson, the widow of Johnson & Johnson heir J. Seward Johnson, Sr. And it was presented, in the words of Saturday evening’s program, "under the…

  • Tents bloom at West Windsor camp-out

    More than 350 residents took part in community event. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — The township Recreation Department’s first Community Camp Out was a great success over the weekend.    Eighty-nine families, or more than 350 people, brought their tents and sleeping bags out to the Community Park on Route 571 Saturday to enjoy a…