Category: archives

  • 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…

  • Proposed dorm passes site plan test

    Princeton University wants construction to begin as early as possible in the new year. By:Jeff Milgram    A plan to build a dormitory west of Washington Road to house 211 Princeton University undergraduates was endorsed Thursday by the Princeton Regional Planning Board’s Site Plan Review Advisory Board.    The application is scheduled to be heard by the…

  • Verizon may submit plan for cell antennas

    By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — Verizon Wireless now has the green light to submit plans to the township Planning Board to attach antennas to a high-tension tower on Dutch Neck-Edinburg Road, thanks to the approval of an amended easement agreement by the Township Council on Monday.    The council approved the amended easement agreement by…

  • 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…

  • Veteran looks back without fondness on difficult days

    "Here you are in an infested jungle, loaded with malaria and mosquitoes and you say, ‘What the hell am I doing here? I shoulda been dead a long time ago.’ And it was all just luck, whether you lived or died." By: Steve Rauscher    HILLSBOROUGH — There are a lot of stories that Alex Malko…

  • TR campaign flier flares emotions

    Twin Rivers board of directors candidate Al Wally has distributed a campaign flier asking some residents not to vote for Joe Molinari because he is not Jewish. By: Chris Karmiol    EAST WINDSOR — To garner support for his campaign to sit on the Twin Rivers Homeowners Association board of directors, candidate Al Wally has distributed…

  • Burglars hit trio of houses

    By: Brian Shappell    Two men dressed in black cut phone wires and kicked in the front door of a house on Yorktown Road in the Deans Pond Crossing development in an attempted burglary Friday night.    The men attempted to enter the house at 9:30 p.m. but fled when the woman inside began screaming, police said.…

  • Upcoming events

    For the week of December 6. By: Saturday, Dec. 8    The fourth annual Class of 2002 craft fair/breakfast with Santa will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Allentown High School, High Street. ***    The Millstone annual holiday lighting will be at the Millstone Elementary School, Schoolhouse Road, from 7 to 9 p.m. Celebrate…