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  • Rail line hearings set for October

    NJ Transit announced it will hold public hearings to gain input on town that will be impacted by the proposed M-O-M line By: Rebecca Tokarz    NJ Transit may hold public meetings in October on a proposed high-speed commuter rail line that will run through Jamesburg and Monroe.    Dates and times for the meetings have yet…

  • Slow down at the Corner

    The Corner Copia garden center in East Windsor is set to host the third annual Jersey Fresh Wine & Food Festival this weekend. By: Chris Karmiol    EAST WINDSOR — On Route 571 and Old Trenton Road cars and trucks are speeding by all day long. But this weekend at Corner Copia, the garden center at…

  • Hay fire draws several companies

    A blaze that started in a conveyor belt motor spread to hundreds of bales of hay on a township farm last week. By: Chris Karmiol    EAST WINDSOR — A malfunction in a hay conveyor belt motor started a fire that ignited bales of hay at a field at the intersection of Feldsher Road and Etra…

  • MONROE: The next round is on Hemingway

    Izzie Goldstein talks of time spent with Ernest Hemingway By: Al Wicklund Novelist Ernest Hemingway has a way of continually popping into Izzie Goldstein’s life.    First it was a meeting on the battlefields of France, then it was through the mail.    Now it’s by way of a book written about Hemingway.    Mr. Goldstein, a resident…

  • Erin C. Wedeking

       LAWRENCE — Erin C. Wedeking, 35, of Lawrenceville, died July 17.    Born in New Rochelle, N.Y., she lived in the Princeton area nine years.    She graduated from the University of Denver and received a master’s degree in business administration from The College of St. Rose in Albany, N.Y.    Mrs. Wedeking worked in various aspects of…

  • Critical Mass bike riders to gather today

       Critical Mass will gather for its monthly bicycle ride at 5:30 p.m. today at Palmer Square, said Paul Olchvary, the group’s unofficial co-organizer.    Critical Mass is an informal movement with rides worldwide where cyclists come together to promote bicycle use as an alternative means of transportation and raise awareness of over-reliance on automobiles.    Critical Mass…

  • Limestone Café

    A rich-and-lush cooking style satisfies both a craving for a hamburger and something never tried at this Peapack restaurant in an impeccably maintained clapboard house. By: Pat Tanner Limestone Café 89 Main St. Peapack (908) 234-1475 Food: Very good Service: Relaxed Cuisine: American eclectic Ambiance: "This Old House" as a café Prices: Moderate to expensive…

  • New map pinpoints downtown parking spots

    Merchants fear the new resource will do little to alleviate parking problems. By: Jennifer Potash    Maps illustrating all the legal parking spaces in downtown Princeton Borough became available this week, but some merchants fear the new resource will do little to alleviate the parking problems stemming from the closure of a major downtown lot.    The…

  • Learning to lead

    Cranbury teen-ager attends conference By: Casha Caponegro    A Cranbury youth got a taste of leadership and politics earlier this summer.    Justin Shapiro, 15, attended the National Young Leaders Conference outside of Washington, D.C., from June 24 to July 4.    Justin, who will enter his junior year at Princeton High School this fall, was one of…