Category: archives

  • Commission to explore historic preservation

    The commission will work with the state’s Historic Preservation Office to identify borough buildings suitbable for historic designation. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — In an effort to provide a broader, more diverse historic preservation assembly, the Borough Council recently established the eight-member Historic Preservation Commission as an off-shoot of the previously-created Historic Advisory Committee.    Councilman-elect…

  • WW council agrees to pay public-relations bills

    By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — The Township Council unanimously agreed to pay $850 in bills from Suzanne Barlyn, who was recently hired to produce press materials for the township, at its meeting Monday night with one clear stipulation — if the mayor or administration wishes to use Ms. Barlyn’s services in the future, they…

  • Drought watch for area

    Local farmers remain confident about crops. By: Brian Shappell    Below average rainfall throughout 2001 isn’t expected to have a negative impact on the 2002 growing season.    Still, the Department of Environmental Protection is urging people to begin using conservation techniques in case of another long dry spell.    With most of the state in a drought…

  • War seen benefiting Afghans, neighbors

    By: Jeff Milgram    America’s war against terrorism will be a win-win situation for Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and the Central Asian republics, a former U.S. ambassador told a Princeton University audience Wednesday.    "I really am confident we will participate in a major way in the rebuilding of Afghanistan," said a very upbeat Robin Raphel, former Central…

  • Splitting time with the military

    IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD By: Al Wicklund    JAMESBURG — When terrorist-hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, Adam Bushman, like many of us, saw it on a television screen.    The difference was that Mr. Bushman saw it in Turkey, where he was serving on a training assignment with the New Jersey Air…

  • Senior ‘overlay’ zoning may fit into State Plan

    NEWS ANALYSIS By: David Campbell    This summer, the state Office of the Attorney General advised the State Planning Commission it had the right to strip Morristown of its regional center designation if it went ahead with plans to run a sewer line through sensitive land to a planned senior-housing development outside the center’s border.    Morristown…

  • Newcomers lift Hun girls’ basketball to 3-0

    Raiders handle Stuart behind point guard Mims By: Bob Nuse    The roster of the Hun School girls’ basketball team includes as many new faces as old. But judging from the way the Raiders have played in the first three games of the season, it certainly hasn’t taken the team long to come together.    Hun improved…

  • Route 206 section to close for tree maintenance

    Daytime detours expected Dec. 17 to Dec. 21.    Route 206 between Cherry Hill Road and Herrontown Road in Princeton Township will be closed to traffic Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.    The closure will allow the township to prune and remove dead trees bordering the road, according to the Princeton Township Engineering…

  • Martine’s

    This tiny New Hope, Pa., restaurant lives up to its name, offering American eclectic and traditional cuisine with a French accent. By: Sally Silverman Martine’s 7 E. Ferry St. New Hope, Pa. (215) 862-2966 Food: Good to very good Cuisine: American eclectic and traditional Ambiance: Casual, cozy and romantic Service: Very good Price: Upper moderate…