Category: archives
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Chef set for Monday’s Taste of the Nation
The gourmet food festival raises money for the region’s hungry. By: Pat Tanner Eric Hambrecht of New Brunswick’s The Frog and The Peach restaurant has participated in every one of Princeton’s annual Taste of the Nation events since he came aboard six years ago. Last year, this highly acclaimed executive chef wowed guests with smoked…
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Panel dissects the Putin ‘enigma’
The consensus was that President Putin is the embodiment of Winston Churchill’s description of Russia: a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. By: Jeff Milgram Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to reform his country’s economy, but he has the instincts of the KGB control officer he once was, according to Mark Medish, a…
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‘Visiting Mr. Green’
THEATER REVIEW: Delivering a not unfamiliar theme young vs. old, gay vs. straight, orthodox vs. contemporary veteran Lois Carr’s staging of this Langhorne Players work makes it look easy. By: Stuart Duncan "Sometimes," as the old saying goes, "when a door shuts in one spot, a window opens somewhere else." When the Langhorne…
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State grants borough power over news boxes
The problem is described as a clutter of boxes clogging sidewalks on Nassau Street. By: Jennifer Potash Responding to complaints about the clutter of newspaper boxes and "courtesy" boxes for free publications obstructing sidewalks on Nassau Street, the state Department of Transportation has decided to allow Princeton Borough to enforce state regulations on state-owned Nassau…
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Theological seminary plans parking garage
Planning Board to consider application Thursday. By: Jennifer Potash A proposed three-level parking garage on the Princeton Theological Seminary campus and a discussion about the community values and a vision statement for the Princeton Community Master Plan are on the Princeton Regional Planning Board’s agenda Thursday. Citing the frustration of students, employees and visitors in…
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Wraps are off draft West Windsor master plan
A new plan for Alexander Road bridge and reduced density for two big office sites. By: David M. Campbell WEST WINDSOR The township’s revised Master Plan for land use and development, unveiled Friday, includes a realigned Alexander Road bridge and new zoning for the Sarnoff and former American Cyanamid sites that would reduce potential…
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Ground broken for elementary school in WW-P
The new school, which will house grades K-3, will be located off Scudders Mill Road. By: David M. Campbell The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District held a groundbreaking ceremony Sunday at the site of the future Town Center Elementary School. The new school, which will house grades kindergarten through third grade, will be located off…
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Parking at Borough Hall scant as project resumes
The construction is part of the $1 million renovation of the Battle Monument and Monument Drive. By: Jennifer Potash Parking at Borough Hall became a bit more scarce this week as construction work resumed on the parking lot. The construction is part of the $1 million renovation of the Battle Monument and Monument Drive. Several…
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In insurance fraud battle, a new leader
Plainsboro resident Greta Gooden Brown has a state staff of 230 to deal with civil and criminal insurance-fraud cases. By: David M. Campbell PLAINSBORO Greta Gooden Brown said her parents always knew she would end up a lawyer, due to what Ms. Gooden Brown referred to as her "loquaciousness." As a child, Ms. Gooden…
