Category: archives

  • Light in the Darkness

    Actors’ NET gets ready for a regal series in Morrisville, Pa. By: Daniel Shearer    The dust has not yet settled from construction of the latest set at Actors’ NET in Morrisville, Pa. — the Gothic arch of Canterbury Cathedral.    Shaking off the winter chill, artistic director Cheryl Doyle utters a squeal of delight as she…

  • Empowered Youth

    The Peace Center, based in Langhorne, Pa., hosts a youth talent show. By: Jodi Thompson Why can’t they be like we were, perfect in every way? What’s the matter with kids today?"    If this refrain from the musical Bye-Bye, Birdie echoes through your head, then make a point to attend the Youth Empowerment Project’s Talent…

  • Solebury proposes community complex

    The New Hope-Solebury Library would be the focal point of the concept with room for Historical Society documents and administrative offices. By: Carl Reader    SOLEBURY — A community complex, complete with space for the Free Library of New Hope-Solebury, was debated by the Board of Supervisors at its reorganization meeting Monday.    With the library filled…

  • Florence Andersen

       Florence S. Anderson, 85, of Highland Park, died Wednesday, Jan. 2, at St. Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick.    Born in Dayton, she lived there for many years before moving to Highland Park in 1959.    Ms. Anderson was a former secretary for the Department of Law and Public Safety of the state of New Jersey.…

  • Princeton panel seeks simpler way to manage parks

    A joint parks commission may be on the horizon. By: David Campbell    A new joint task force will explore ways to centralize the administration of Princeton’s parklands, possibly by creating a new Joint Parks Commission and a related municipal office, director of parklands.    Larry Parsons of Random Road, Princeton Township, who heads the task force,…

  • Call to end early admission yields tepid response in area

    Yale president’s proposal draws no great rush to join in. By: Jeff Milgram    On Dec. 12, Yale University President Richard Levin told The New York Times that he would like to abandon the process of early-decision admissions and he hoped other elite colleges would do the same.    While many high school guidance counselors say the…

  • Benjamin Bucca

       Benjamin S. Bucca, 80, died Friday, Jan. 4, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.    Born in Newark, he lived there, Livingston and Highland Park for 16 years and Piscataway for 16 years before moving to Rossmoor in 1988.    He was a 1938 graduate of Barringer High School in Newark and received bachelor’s…

  • Letters to the Editor, Jan. 8

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Jan. 8 By: Senior-housing vote seemed predetermined To the editor:    I am currently a resident of Hamilton Township but have lived in the Princeton area in the past. So I still stay in touch with Princeton’s happenings. As someone concerned about Princeton’s future, I attended the recent Township hearing on the…

  • Ruling due from judge today on deer-managment plan

    Opposition lawyers claim governor’s mansion in danger from stray bullets. By: David Campbell    A Superior Court judge is expected to decide today whether to lift a temporary restraining order against Princeton Township’s deer-management plan and dismiss a lawsuit brought against the program in December.    On Friday, lawyers who filed the suit called on state law-enforcement…