Category: archives

  • 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…

  • Mildred C. Cronce

       HAMILTON — Mildred C. Cronce, 79, died Feb. 27 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in Texas, she lived in Hightstown before moving to Hamilton five years ago.    Wife of the late Roland B. "Tuffy" Cronce Jr., she is survived by three stepdaughters, Melissa Grishaber, Kathy Cronce and Ellen Jean Cronce of…

  • Don’t raise taxes

    To the editor    Has anyone noticed the unusually large amount of "For Sale" signs suddenly appearing all around Hillsborough? A quick check with a friend of mine at ReMax quickly confirmed that the number of homes being put on the market has quickly risen in response to the impending tax crisis.    Recent comments by Mr.…

  • AHS wrestling ends at Region VII

    Painchaud sees season come to tough conclusion. By: Kyle Moylan    Nick Painchaud deserved better. Nick Painchaud was better.    In what was a domino effect of bad luck, a couple of questionable calls took Painchaud from an undefeated record and the title match of the District 25 Tournament to having his season ended in a matter…

  • Plumsted voters to decide growth plans

    Proposed $17.95 million expansion/renovation project faces decision on Tuesday. By: Scott Morgan    PLUMSTED —Township residents will decide the future of school construction and renovations when a $17.95 million referendum hits the polls Tuesday.    Polls are open 2-9 p.m. Residents of District 1 can vote at New Egypt Volunteer Fire Company, 59 Main St.; District 2…