Category: archives

  • Cable panel wants RCN to rebuild system

    RCN’s nine-year franchise agreement expired in October. By: Jennifer Potash    The Joint Princeton Cable TV Committee is asking the state to require RCN to rebuild the aging cable system.    "RCN has acted in an arbitrary and irresponsible manner that can only further diminish their credibility with their Princeton customers," said Bernie Miller, chairman of the…

  • Manville High Fall Sports Awards

    Football win on Turkey Day provided highlights By: Rudy Brandl It wasn’t always the most glamorous season, but the Manville High fall athletic campaign sure went out with a bang. Is there any better way to usher in the winter sports season than with a commanding football victory over Bound Brook on Thanksgiving? I can’t…

  • Divisive board is disturbing

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    In the recent Board of Education meetings concerning expansion plans for the school district, a disturbingly divisive tone has prevailed so far. Board member Bob Laverty’s letters to the Herald are irresponsible at best, since they have conveyed a damaging public image of a divided board. The Herald…

  • Bickering board needs to show united vision

    EDITORIAL: Recent actions by two board members may jeopardize the prospect of making enough room for students in the school district.    The East Windsor Regional Board of Education has moved swiftly and intelligently over the past several months to find a solution to an expected student population surge over the next five years.    However, recent…

  • Remembering a day that lives in infamy

    PERSONAL HISTORIES By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — It was 60 years ago.    The quiet of Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, in the United States was rocked by the news that, in a surprise attack, Japanese war planes had bombed Pearl Harbor.    At 7:55 a.m., Hawaii Island time, 1:20 p.m. in the Eastern United States, the planes,…

  • Continuing education

    Mercer County Community College will be offering eight noncredit courses on the campus of Meadow Lakes in Hightstown beginning in January. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — Most people go to college.    But the folks at Meadow Lakes retirement community are about to have college come to them.    Beginning this January, Mercer County Community College will…

  • Planners await CVS papers

    The East Windsor Planning Board said it is waiting for a writen agreement concerning an easement between the Shalom Torah Academy and CVS. By: Chris Karmiol    EAST WINDSOR — Construction of a new CVS chain store at the Twin Rivers Shopping Center can’t come fast enough for Mayor Janice Mironov, who said she wants to…

  • ‘Spare change’ drive raises some big bucks

       Students at West Windsor-Plainsboro Upper Elementary School don’t want to stop giving.    Dana Kercheval, a faculty member at UES, created an awareness in her class about the need to raise funds for those affected by the Sept. 11 tragedy. Her fifth-grade students made a voluntary school-wide "spare change drive." Over the past few weeks, these…

  • Odette’s

    This classy riverside landmark in New Hope, Pa., delivers a fine performance of French haute cuisine. By: Lari Robling Odette’s River Road New Hope, Pa. (215) 862-2432 www.odettes.com Food: Very good, with a few exceptions Service: Attentive Prices: Expensive Hours: Lunch: Mon.-Sat. 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m.; Dinner: Mon.-Sat. 5-9:30 p.m., Sun. 4-9:30 p.m.; Brunch Sun. 10:30…