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  • 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…

  • EDITORIAL: State budget guesswork must cease

    Where do the numbers come from and why are they so large?    A legislative task force is getting around to an issue that has vexed taxpayers for years: How do the people who put together the state budget manage to come up so consistently with revenue projections that bear so little resemblance to reality?    A…

  • Mayor offers defense of garage plan

    Reed says more parking badly needed, building height is appropriate. By: Jeniffer Potash    The downtown needs the extra parking spaces in the proposed Spring Street garage and the height of the structure fits with the surrounding buildings, Mayor Marvin Reed said Tuesday during a public defense of the much-criticized project.    Mayor Reed answered his critics…

  • Facing the Fire

    Playwright Regina Taylor talks about A Night in Tunisia at George Street Playhouse. By: Matt Smith    If you happen upon playwright and actress Regina Taylor on an airplane or in a New York City coffee shop, expect to see her immersed in conversation with her constant companions — pen and paper.    She keeps homes in…