Category: archives

  • Middle East column was wrong

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    Three weeks ago, Hank Kalet, managing editor of several Packet Group publications, published an editorial on the cycle of violence in the Middle East ("Middle East violence cycle needs to be broken," May 3, 2002, Page 14A). I believe that his underlying premise, that the cycle of violence…

  • South’s Miller grows into distance ace

    Pirate freshman will compete in state Group IV meet By: Justin Feil    Lisa Miller hasn’t actually sprung up, but the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South freshman has grown plenty in the last year.    As an eighth grader, she ran a lot of 100-meter races and nothing more than the 400, which she had a best of…

  • Kathryn Felmey

    Kathryn Felmey, age 85, died Saturday, May 25, at St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick.    She was born in South Amboy and lived in Jamesburg before moving to Monroe 23 years ago. She was a member of the Jamesburg & Monroe Senior Citizens of Jamesburg.    Her husband Frederick and a great-grandson, Robert Reinitz III, died…

  • Princeton Township move to new quarters pushed back

    New municipal building opening now scheduled for late June or early July. By: David Campbell and Jeff Milgram    The opening of Princeton Township’s new municipal building has been pushed back to the end of June or sometime in July.    "We’re making good progress," said Township Engineer Robert Kiser, who noted that much of the interior…

  • Rotary to honor township EMT

    Bruce Stein, who volunteered to help on Sept. 11, will be honored by the Rotary Club June 7. By: Chris Karmiol    Celebrating heroes may be the order of the day for years to come. This week the Rotary Club takes its best shot with a dinner and dance to honor police, fire and rescue workers:…

  • Peddie grad to hit books, herd cattle

    Nick Tsang’s collegiate experience promises to be much different from most others. By: Chris Karmiol    Although Nick Tsang, a recent graduate of The Peddie School, has spent the last four years knee-deep in academic pursuits, he may spend the next two years knee-deep in other things.    Milking cows and herding cattle are two of the…

  • DISPATCHES: Remembrances of a fallen friend

    DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Some regrets and memories following September’s tragedy.    Mukul Agarwala was a rare sort.    He was one of the funniest people I knew back in high school, a real easygoing kid with a quick wit and sharp mind. We were friends from middle school through high school and then, after graduation, like…

  • Inner Rhythms

    As both scientist and artist, John Hess uses photography to express his curiosity about the natural world. Art Listings By: Ilene Dube Photographs by biologist John Hess, on view at Princeton Theological Seminary’s Erdman Gallery, include "Crooked Forest," above.    If you look at the coast of Maine from a helicopter and chart its patterns, then…

  • Parents show support for teacher

    George Murphy is a music teacher at Millstone Elementary School. For now. By: Scott Morgan    MILLSTONE — George Murphy is a music teacher at Millstone Elementary School. For now.    Next year, unless a personnel policy decision changes, Mr. Murphy will not be part of the school. But there is strength in numbers, and the numbers…