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  • The play’s the thing: Cranbury junior has love of theater

    By: Brian Shappell    How much work can a 16-year-old high school student get done on a couple hours of sleep every night?    If Cranbury’s Andrea Petzko is an indication — a great deal.    Andrea, a Princeton High School junior, has been the driving force behind the formation of the Spectacle Theatre Club. The club, which…

  • Senior center envisioned at Valley Road Building

    Space to become vacant when township moves By: Jeff Milgram    The Princeton Senior Resource Center wants to create a 14,000-square-foot senior center on the second floor of the Valley Road Building.    The senior center would pay to renovate that part of the building, said Harold Broitman, a member of the center’s Community Center Task Force,…

  • People-oriented garages receive council support

    Princeton Future plans get warm reception By: Jennifer Potash    Offering parking garage designs that focus more on people than on storing cars, Princeton Future pitched two plans to the Princeton Borough Council on Tuesday. The council was generally supportive of the proposals.    Instead of the more massive designs proposed by Desman Associates, one of the…

  • Tinseltown comes to Tigertown

    University campus goes gaga over ‘Gladiator’ glimpses. By: Andrew Romano and Paul Esformes        Hundreds of Princeton University students, faculty and staff made time in their busy schedules this week to pause and crane their necks in the hope of catching a glimpse of celebrity and movie magic.    Hollywood had invaded Princeton.    "Woo-hoo! My life…

  • Students keep on top of technological advances

       Parents and other professionals could probably learn a lot from students at the Cranbury School about how to use computers. By:Brian Shappell    Parents and other professionals could probably learn a lot from students at the Cranbury School about how to use computers.    One of the most important components in the lives of students is using…

  • Cranbury gives nod to tax hike`

       Only one resident raised questions Monday during the Township Committee’s public hearing on its proposed $7.1 million municipal budget — despite the first tax increase since 1997. By: Brian Shappell    Only one resident raised questions Monday during the Township Committee’s public hearing on its proposed $7.1 million municipal budget — despite the first tax increase…

  • Chance to meet school board candidates

    AROUND CRANBURY by Lorraine Sedor: A school board candidates’ night … Maplewood’s newest neighbors … softball season approaches … annual book sale.    The Cranbury School PTO will host a Candidates’ Night in the School Cafeteria on Wednesday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m. The program gives residents the opportunity to meet this year’s candidates for the…

  • Former Holmdel coach takes over HHS football

    Hightstown High School has a new varsity football coach. You can just call him "Skip." By: Neil Hay    Hightstown High School has a new varsity football coach. You can just call him "Skip."    Skip Edwards is the new man in charge of the Rams football program, having been approved by the Board of Education at…

  • A liftoff for Lindbergh papers

    Sealed 60 years, boxes reveal couple’s very private lives. By: Jeff Milgram    Six boxes of papers unsealed by Princeton University on Thursday showed the inner thoughts of famed American aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife, the writer Anne Morrow Lindbergh, during one of the most controversial periods in their lives.    "They’re very private people who…