Category: archives

  • Princeton Temperature Record – June 2001

    By: Tom Lederer The Princeton Temperature Record is based on readings from a Nimbus Ultra digital thermometer with an accuracy of 0.2 degrees F. Readings, taken in Princeton Township near the Princeton Shopping Center, are rounded to the nearest degree. DATE HIGH LOW June 30, 2001 93 73 June 29, 2001 89 70 June 28,…

  • Parade the work of many helping hands

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    This past Memorial Day in the Borough of Hightstown was one day not only to memorialialize the past veterans of our country, but the best of the best that gave their lives for our country’s security, dignity, and honor. And also not to forget all men and women…

  • Lesley Johnson

       SAINT PAUL, Minn. — Lesley Johnson, founder of South Pacific Florist in Hightstown and current owner of the Flower Hut in St. Paul, Minn., died suddenly on June 24.    Daughter of the late Myrtle Steele and sister of the late Robert Steele and Elaine Furey, she is survived by her son, Darrin of St. Paul;…

  • Princeton scientists’ hopes to ride with MAP satellite launch

    $145 million satellite will measure cosmic microwave background radiation left over from the Big Bang that created the universe. By: Jeff Milgram This photo, taken Wednesday at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, shows workers at the top of the rocket on launch pad 17B watching as half of the farring cover is moved into position…

  • Sutton pitches PAL to third straight Babe Ruth win

    BASEBALL: The East Windsor PAL program evened its record at 3-3 with a 3-1 win Wednesday night over Hamilton. By: Neil Hay    Solid pitching and timely hitting prevailed Wednesday night, as visiting East Windsor PAL defeated Hamilton, 3-1, in a Mercer County Senior Babe Ruth League game.    Chris Sutton took the mound for the locals…

  • Changes affect senior housing

       MONROE — The Planning Board made a recommendation that could allow a new planned retirement community on Spotswood-Englishtown Road while holding off on a similar action that would allow a second to be built near the Applegarth School. By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — The Planning Board made a recommendation that could allow a new planned…

  • Miriam Dubin

       Miriam "Mary" Dubin, 82, of Monroe, died Sunday at the Elms of Cranbury Nursing Facility.    Born in Bayonne, Ms. Dubin lived there for most of her life before moving to Monroe in 1986.    She was a graduate of the Bayonne school system and had been employed for many years as the orders department manager for…

  • Township has more to offer than borough

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    I have been a resident of East Windsor Township for 10 years now. I like the shopping, I like the elected officials, I like my neighbors and friends in Cranbury Manor and throughout the township. What I don’t like is reading opinions from people in Hightstown, in letters…

  • Brainerd Lake testing postponed

       DEP-mandated testing of a wall at Brainerd Lake is going to be delayed until the fall because of heavy recreation and irrigation uses in the summer. ByBrian Shappell    DEP-mandated testing of a wall at Brainerd Lake is going to be delayed until the fall because of heavy recreation and irrigation uses in the summer.    The…