Category: archives

  • Nassau Hall blaze is old news

    Newspaper describing "Princeton College burnt!" donated to university on anniversary of 1802 fire. By: Jeff Milgram    The March 9, 1802, edition of The True American newspaper featured news stories about a customs official who was accused of fraud, a French fleet with 20,000 troops sailing for Cape Francois in the West Indies and oh, by…

  • Red Hen Café – Medford

    Central and Eastern European delights abound at this creative, detail-oriented restaurant in Medford. By: Pat Tanner Red Hen Café 560 Stokes Road (Ironstone Shopping Center) Medford (609) 953-2655 www.redhencafe.freeserver.com Food: Excellent Service: Youthful but professional Prices: Moderate Cuisine: Central and Eastern European Ambiance: Winsome, unpretentious café Hours: Dinner only: Wed.-Sun. 5-10 p.m. Essentials: Major credit…

  • Letters to the Editor, March 8

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, March 8 By: Neighbors deplore cowardly attack To the editor:    This week our neighbors, Phyllis and Sy Marchand, awoke to find their car festooned with the entrails of a deer. We believe this act represents a new low in our township life.    Cowardly attacks such as this trespass against a public…

  • Week of Mar. 8, 2002

    From East Windsor, Hillsborough, North Brunswick, Pennington, Princeton and South Brunswick EAST WINDSOR    Felix Quist-Natter, branch manager, has announced that John Kim at Weichert, Realtors’ East Windsor office led the office in listings, sales and dollar volume in January.    To contact John Kim, call Weichert’s East Windsor Office at (609) 448-1400, located at Route 130…

  • Oratorios in Miniature

    The Dryden Ensemble, one of the area’s most accomplished baroque ensembles, will honor Bach’s birthday at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Doylestown, Pa., March 9, and at Richardson Auditorium in Princeton March 10. By: Susan Van Dongen    Now that people are living longer, there are all kinds of special birthday cards for folks marking their…

  • New Jersey water supply really up the creek

    Rainfall shortfall lasting 17 months creates ‘very serious’ need for conservation. By: David Campbell    New Jersey has witnessed its driest fall and winter since the state began recording rainfall levels in 1895, according to State Climatologist David Robinson.    The state has accrued an 18-inch rainfall deficit during the last 17 months, which Mr. Robinson this…

  • West Windsor to adjust group-home ordinance

    By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — In response to a complaint filed by The Arc, a national nonprofit advocacy organization for people with mental retardation and related developmental disabilities, the Township Council plans to introduce a revamped community residence ordinance at its meeting Monday.    Council President Alison Miller said The Arc filed its complaint against…

  • Traffic requires ‘global’ answers in Montgomery

    Taking on one of central New Jersey’s thorniest issues. By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — Traffic congestion is among the thorniest and most persistent problems that plague towns in central New Jersey.    Left untouched, a choked intersection or bridge bottleneck almost never improves and is likely to worsen. But when townships tackle traffic, they often are…

  • Tilghman wins prestigious science award

       Princeton University President Shirley M. Tilghman is one of five winners of the international 2002 For Women in Science Award.    The winners were chosen by an international jury for the award, which is sponsored by UNESCO and the L’Oréal cosmetics company. They were honored March 6 in Paris at a ceremony Dr. Tilghman was unable…