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  • Medical Center to include public in planning process

    An attempt to map hospital and community needs for the next 10 years. By: David Campbell    The Medical Center at Princeton has begun a public planning process to map hospital and community needs for the next 10 years.    "We want everyone to be able to look at the facts, to understand all the issues and…

  • JAMESBURG: Borough prepares for Buckelow Day

    Annual Buckelow Day slated for Aug. 17 By: Al Wicklund    JAMESBURG — The 201st birthday of James Buckelew, founder of Jamesburg, will be celebrated by The Jamesburg Historical Association with its annual Buckelew Day Aug. 17.    The birthday party is scheduled from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Buckelew mansion at the corner of Buckelew…

  • BACK PORCH: Cranbury Lions offer and excellent way to give back

    By: Melissa Morgan    I’ve always been determined to live in a big city. Throughout most of my life, I convinced myself that anything but the fast pace of a bustling metropolis like New York City wasn’t worthy of even slight consideration. Lately, however, visiting and writing about Cranbury has helped me appreciate the charms of…

  • Petition, survey, marches target borough garage plan

    Groups pressure Princeton Borough Council to abandon project. By: Jennifer Potash    Groups opposing the downtown parking garage continue to pressure the Princeton Borough Council to abandon the project.    A petition has garnered about 400 signatures and, in a more recent development, surveys were mailed to 1,000 Princeton households. And two opponents are planning marches on…

  • Letters to the Editor, Aug. 9

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Aug. 9. Princeton needs parking now To the editor: I am in favor of the Borough Council’s proposal to develop the Tulane-Spring Street lots with multi-use buildings including a garage. I reached this opinion early in 1999, when the Master Plan Subcommittee of the Princeton Regional Planning Board convened a series…

  • Red, Green and Blue

    Six years after its inception, Princeton-based record company NCM boasts about 50 artists on its roster. By: Susan Van Dongen    From Kiss to this.    Princeton resident Eric Hastings has come a long way since the days when his older brother’s Kiss Alive II record made him dream of a career as a musician.    "I was…

  • Democrats fined in financing snafu

    Township Committee canididates have problems with paperwork By: Casha Caponegro    Over the last two election years, three of Cranbury’s Democratic candidates for Township Committee received complaints for filing election documents incorrectly.    Committeeman Richard Stannard and Mary Ellen Larson, who ran for committee seats in the 2001 general election, were issued complaints on May 1 by…

  • NJ Transit considers light rail bus line for area

    Rapid transit bus line would be good fit for Princeton area By: David Campbell    NJ Transit has found that a rapid transit system could be an economic fit for the Princeton area.    According to an analysis prepared by NJ Transit at the request of the Central Jersey Transportation Forum, which met Aug. 2 at Sarnoff…

  • Philip Spano

       Philip Joseph Spano, 85, of Monroe, died Wednesday, July 31, at his residence.    Mr. Spano was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and was a resident of East Brunswick for 25 years before moving to Monroe.    He was a corporal in the New York National Guard with Company F of the 14th Infantry Battalion. Mr. Spano received…