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  • Last Minute Gift Guide

    If you’re still tackling that gift-giving list, check out our Last Minute Gift Guide’s ideas for book lovers, coffee aficionados, video buffs and creative gifts that keep giving yearlong. Remember, thoughtfulness goes a long way! Click Here to Read all the stories from the "LAST MINUTE GIFT GUIDE" Magazine Click here to see all our…

  • Merrow sees progress from PHS boys

    Little Tiger ice hockey team is .500 after two weeks By: Justin Feil    It’s early in the season, and Paul Merrow can tell.    The Princeton High boys’ ice hockey head coach has had to repeat himself in practices, has seen signs of inexperience in the Little Tigers’ decision-making in games and still hasn’t talked about…

  • Letters to the Editor, Dec. 14

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Dec. 14 By: Another kind of ‘terror’ in Princeton To the editor:    Maybe now is the time to get the question of terror out into the open. What is one person’s progress is another’s terror. We do not like to think that we, as Americans, terrorize each other. When that terror…

  • Walter Lyons

       TRENTON — Walter Lyons, 78, died Dec. 5 at Capital Health System at Mercer hospital.    Born in Macon, Ga., he was a longtime Trenton resident.    He was educated in Macon schools and worked as a landscaper for Twin Rivers Community Trust, East Windsor.    He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Dorothy Simmons-Barfield and Arthur…

  • Holiday shopping at the JFK school

    Students get the opportunity to buy gifts for their families and themselves. By: Melissa Morgan    JAMESBURG — Kindergartner Emily Fodor charged into the media center at the John F. Kennedy School on Wednesday afternoon ready to do some serious shopping.    She waved around a plastic Ziplock bag holding her cash and demanded to know where…

  • Let’s make sure seniors have a safety net

    DISPATCHES By: Hank Kalet    It wasn’t too long ago that the political establishment was singing a death knell for Social Security.    Critics and supporters of the system both have said the system was in crisis, that the money coming in likely would not cover the checks that would be cut to the growing number of…

  • Lions set Beamer memorial

    Boulder and scholarship fund will honor local hero. By: Casha Caponegro    The Cranbury Lions have reached a decision concerning a memorial honoring local hero Todd M. Beamer — a stone memorial in Heritage Park and a scholarship fund.    The Lions Club will erect a boulder with a bronze plaque in Heritage Park. In addition, the…

  • Seafood Empire

    This Chinese restaurant in an obscure North Brunswick location lives up to its name with at least 40 Hong Kong and Beijing style seafood entrées. By: Pat Tanner Seafood Empire Commerce Shopping Center 2205 Route 1 South North Brunswick (732) 398-9090 Food: Very good Service: Pleasant Cuisine: Chinese – Hong Kong and Beijing style Ambiance:…

  • Design work authorized for Village School music room

    By: Gwen Runkle    The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional Board of Education ended its debate over whether to add an instrumental music room to the Village School at its meeting Tuesday.    After hearing a slew of public comment pressing the board to add the room but also to proceed in a fiscally responsible manner, the board passed…