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  • Planning panel backs garage for seminary

    By: David Campbell    A Planning Board subcommittee on Wednesday unanimously endorsed Princeton Theological Seminary’s plans for a triple-deck parking garage along College Road West adjacent to the seminary’s Templeton Hall.    The Site Plan Review Advisory Board of the Princeton Regional Planning Board recommended the Planning Board approve the seminary’s design for a 98,400-square- foot garage…

  • Monroe eyes municipal tax hike

    MONROE- Increase in salaries is cause of a projected 5.7 percent boost By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — An increase in salaries is a leading factor in what could be a 5.7 percent boost in municipal property taxes this year.    Township employees are scheduled for a 4 percent salary increase in 2002. The township also will…

  • Professional riding goal within Williams’ reach

    WW-P North junior among region’s best By: Justin Feil    Most high school students would love to take six weeks off from school in the dead of winter to head south. But, in the case of Ashley Williams, her six weeks off to compete and train at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Classic was part of her…

  • Langhorne Coffee House

    This charming neighborhood haunt in Langhorne, Pa., serves fresh baked goods and breakfast all day long. By: Sally Silverman Langhorne Coffee House 102 S. Bellevue Ave. Langhorne, Pa. (215) 757-6070 Food: Good Service: Slow but friendly Price: Inexpensive Cuisine: Breakfast any time and light lunch fare Ambiance: Relaxed Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 7 a.m.-4 p.m.; Fri. 7…

  • Experienced pitching leads PU baseball

    Tigers open season in South By: Bob Nuse    Scott Bradley knows his Princeton University baseball team will likely come out of March with a losing record.    But that doesn’t bother the fifth-year head coach one bit. He knows the games the Tigers play in March are designed to make them better in April, which is…

  • Word pictures

    Photographer’s book documents China’s many tongues. By: Gwen Runkle    To photographer Cindy Ho, the written word is more than just a simple collection of symbols or arbitrary lines — it is an art form all its own, and can reveal more about the people behind the writing than meets the eye.    And now we, too,…

  • High school students to take on ‘Damn Yankees’

    Hightstown High School’s annual musical production will take place this weekend in the school’s auditorium. By: Chris Karmiol    The orchestra played fanfares that the cast did not know existed. The director noted that two pages of dialogue were skipped. The sound board operators tried to figure out the cause of humming feedback through the speakers.…

  • Expansion OK’d for clubhouse restaurant

    West Windsor Planning Board approves 600-square-foot addition for Cranbury Golf Course. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — The township Planning Board unanimously approved a 600-square- foot addition to the Cranbury Golf Course’s clubhouse Wednesday.    The one-story addition would provide 45 more seats for the clubhouse’s bar and restaurant, eliminating the use of the outdoor tented…

  • Greenway group offers to help on Updike tract

    Organization geared up to help protect open space By: Casha Caponegro    Cranbury may get some help from Delaware and Raritan Greenway Inc. in preserving the 50-acre Updike property as open space.    The nonprofit organization has already successfully worked with the township to preserve the 30-acre Frosztega property, located along North Main Street near the intersection…