Category: archives

  • Letter writer had it wrong

    To the editor:     I would like to clear up an inaccuracy in a letter written by Marilyn Shustak. In her letter, she said that as each class graduates, there is more room for the younger children coming into the system. This is not true.    My daughter was in second grade five years ago at…

  • AROUND CRANBURY: Cranbury Day participants still selling

    Lorraine Sedor gives the update on the happenings around town        The aroma of freshly baked apple pie hovered around the Lioness’ booth on Cranbury Day, courtesy of the entrants to the club’s first-ever apple pie baking contest. About a baker’s dozen pies were submitted for inspection and tasting.    The winning pie was baked by…

  • TANGENTS: Spending (wasting?) the day as a potential juror

    TANGENTS by John Saccenti: Highly anticipated, greatly disappointing    I’m staring at a cinder block wall, white on the top half and blue on the bottom half. It’s stained with what looks like coffee or soda or maybe even spit. A part of the ceiling above it is gone, having been removed for some reason I’ll…

  • Residents must maintain sidewalks

    Downtown sidewalks close to being repaired By: Casha Caponegro    Sidewalks in downtown Cranbury are one step closer to being repaired.    The Township Committee introduced a sidewalk maintenance ordinance on Monday.    The ordinance will require residents to maintain sidewalks on their property. If residents do not comply with requests to repair their sidewalk, the township will…

  • The Knight House

    Indoors or out, fine dining or casual, this Doylestown, Pa., restaurant offers an exciting contemporary menu that changes daily. By: Sally Silverman The Knight House 96 W. State St. Doylestown, Pa. (215) 489-9900 Food: Good to very good Prices: Expensive Service: Adequate Cuisine: Contemporary Ambiance: Upscale, relaxed Hours: Lunch: Tues.-Sat. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Dinner: Tues.-Thurs.…

  • South served ‘Paine’-ful loss by PHS

    Junior helps Little Tigers tennis squad to rare defeat of Pirates By: Justin Feil    Laura Paine was well aware that the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South girls’ tennis team has lost its top two singles players who had made the Pirates unbeatable in dual matches over the past three years.    This summer, the Princeton High junior…

  • Taxi fare increase in pipeline

    Single-passenger rate would rise from $4 to $6 in borough. By: Jennifer Potash    Taxi rates in Princeton Borough are slated to increase, but passengers would have an easier avenue to lodge complaints about service, under policy changes endorsed Tuesday by the Borough Council.    The Borough Council agreed to several recommendations by its Public Safety Committee.…

  • Borough to lease property for use as cell tower site

    Tower to be built behind borough hall By: Al Wicklund    JAMESBURG — The Borough Council on Wednesday approved the introduction of an ordinance that will allow the borough to lease part of its property for the construction of a pole for cellular telephone antennas.    If approved on second reading, the ordinance will be in effect…

  • Poetry Heaven

    At Wordstock, as the Dodge Poetry Festival has come to be called, the nation’s greatest poets will read from their work. By: Jillian Kalonick Every other fall, poetry lovers have come to expect the best from past and future laureates at the four day festival on the grounds of Waterloo Village in Stanhope (above).    Former…