Category: archives

  • Former ad exec finds a home as Windrows editor

    "I like having health-care options available to me nearby, but appreciate the independence of deciding when I need them," says Wall Street Journal retiree Kit Melick-Niemiec.    As a former Wall Street Journal advertising executive, "Kit" Melick-Niemiec certainly brings an unusually-high level of expertise to her role as editor of Window on Windrows, the resident newsletter…

  • Family urges stem-cell support

    The Coates family met with Sens. Robert Torricelli and Jon Corzine last month to urge for support of stem-cell research in the fight to cure juvenile diabetes. By: Chris Karmiol    A Hightstown family recently took a trip to Washington to meet with Sens. Robert Torricelli and Jon Corzine.    The trip was not to Washington, D.C.,…

  • Dates to remember

        May 18    The Ponds’ Resident Big Dance Band: At 7:30 p.m. at the Richard P. Marasco Center for the Performing Arts at Monroe Township High School, the Monroe Township Cultural Arts Commission will present The Ponds’ Resident Big Dance Band, which plays music of the 1940s and 1950s in the style of Count Basie,…

  • Princeton claims county golf crown

    By: Bob Nuse    EWING — As the players on the Princeton High golf team have gone through the season, they’ve always had the feeling that if they could all put it together on the same day, they’d be a pretty tough team to beat.    That day turned out to be Tuesday, when the Little Tiger…

  • New governor must learn to watch his step

    EDITORIAL: The governor’s plan to end a reciprocal income tax agreement with Pennsylvania should have been more closely examined.    It would be fair to say that Gov. James E. McGreevey has made a misstep or two, both literally and figuratively, since taking office a little more than 100 days ago.    His first and most celebrated…

  • Mail carriers chip in for food pantries

    By: Nick D’Amore    Letter carriers locally and nationally will be helping stock local food pantries this weekend.    As part of a nationwide effort sponsored by the United States Postal Service, the National Association of Letter Carriers, Priority Mail, the United Way, Campbell Soup and Saturn Car Co., local residents are being asked to leave nonperishable…

  • Elm Court II rezoning in works

    Amendments would pave way for 68 more housing units. By: David Campbell    Master Plan amendments are in the works to incorporate a court-mediated settlement permitting the Elm Court II senior-housing development on Elm Road to proceed into Princeton’s long-range community vision.    The Master Plan Subcommittee of the Princeton Regional Planning Board on Wednesday recommended amendments…

  • Peddie getting set for Prep A tourney

    BASEBALL: The state prep tournament title is the only jewel left for the Falcons to reach for this season. By: Neil Hay    Having been unable to secure a spot in last weekend’s Mid-Atlantic Prep League Tournament finals, and because they sat out this year’s Mercer County Tournament, the only jewel of the baseball triple crown…

  • Plainsboro special election focuses on rescue truck

       PLAINSBORO — The Board of Commissioners of Plainsboro Fire District No. 1 will hold a special election May 18 to seek voter approval to purchase a new rescue truck. The purchase will have no impact on the district’s current tax rate, according to fire district officials.    Voting will take place at the Plainsboro fire station,…