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  • Students see foreign culture up close

    By: Carl Reader    WEST AMWELL — The world is a big place made up of many little pieces, and for fifth-grade students at West Amwell Elementary School last week, some of those little pieces came together to show them part of the bigger picture.    Thanks to a couple of Polish graduate students now studying in…

  • Lawsuit challenges overlay zones

    Ordinances enabling housing for seniors on Ridge are targeted. By: David Campbell    Nineteen Princeton Township residents have filed a lawsuit to overturn two township overlay ordinances that encourage high-density senior housing on the Princeton Ridge.    "Our neighborhood is at stake," said plaintiff Tom White of Mount Lucas Road. "This is an area that has been…

  • Borough wants to trim parking’s paperwork

    Parking utility will consolidate diverse items in the budget. By: Jennifer Potash    Odds and ends related to the proposed downtown parking garage fill tonight’s Princeton Borough Council agenda.    The council is expected to introduce an ordinance establishing a parking utility to manage all of the borough’s parking operations — surface lots, meters and the proposed…

  • William Snook

    William "Si" Snook, 80, died Sunday at The Medical Center at Princeton. Born in Wertsville, he was a longtime Hopewell resident. He worked for Woolsey and Cadwalader in Pennington and Van Doren Lumber Yard. Son of the late Melvin and Emma Snook, brother of the late Laura Green, Richard C. and Howard, , he is…

  • West Windsor council members vow to cut tax hike

    Seven-cent increase faces opposition. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — Township homeowners could face an average increase of $175 in municipal taxes, according to the preliminary 2002 municipal budget released by township administrators last week.    The proposed $25.4 million budget represents an increase of about 4 percent over last year’s $24.4 million budget and would…

  • PHS girls’ hoops stumbles

    Visokay still looking to make progress By: Bob Nuse    Bill Visokay came into his first season as Princeton High girls’ basketball coach with realistic goals.    He knew a program that had won two games a year ago and just five in the past three years wasn’t going to contend for a state title this year.…

  • John Brown

       John W. Brown, 73, died Friday, Feb. 1, at The Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Goshen, N.Y., he lived in Monmouth Junction for 30 years.    He retired in 1996 from the South Brunswick Board of Education in the maintenance division for Crossroads and Deans Schools, where he worked for 10 years. Previously, he was…

  • Captivating Wilderness

    Lower Makefield, Pa., artist Silvère Boureau has a wilderness painting exhibit in Yardley, Pa. By: Jodi Thompson    It is the dream of many American artists to travel across the Atlantic and paint along the Left Bank. Paris has traditionally been the spot for art and artists. Of course, Bucks County isn’t exactly a cultural wasteland,…

  • Path seems clear for Quarry Street condominium units

    Princeton Nursing Home proposed to be converted into 34 apartments. By: Jennifer Potash    A local developer’s proposal to convert the Princeton Nursing Home on Quarry Street to condominiums appears to have strong neighborhood support.    The Princeton Borough Zoning Board of Adjustment will hear a request Thursday by J. Robert Hillier, the architect and developer, to…