Category: archives

  • EDITORIAL: Resignation will test state constitution

       There’s been a lot of talk lately about the political implications here in New Jersey of Gov. Christie Whitman’s nomination by President-elect Bush to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Pundits are having a field day assessing the political fortunes of Senate President Donald DiFrancesco, Jersey City Mayor Bret Schundler, Woodbridge Mayor Jim McGreevey and…

  • HHS band concert features classic and modern jazz

    By:Michael Arges        If the TV documentary "Jazz" has piqued your interest in jazz music, don’t miss next week’s Winter Jazz band concert at Hightstown High School."    From big band to jazz combo and choir, a varied menu of old and new favorites is on the menu at next week’s concert. IF YOU GO When:7:30…

  • Gifts will make our community a stronger one

    By:John Patten    The title of the book may be "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," but in our area it’s a tree of hope.    The annual Tree of Hope fund raising effort by the Community Action Service Center continues through the end of the month, and we hope everyone will take a moment to make a…

  • Richard Webb

    By: Staff    HIGHTSTOWN — Richard E. Webb of Hightstown died Jan. 8 at his home.    He was the widower of the late Josephine L. Silver Webb of Hightstown.    Mr. Webb, a British subject, was a retired British Diplomatic Service officer. Born in Burbage, County of Wiltshire, England, he was the son of the headmaster of…

  • Preliminary WW-P school budget shows big increase

    The draft $114.8 million spending plan is a 12-percent increase over the current budget. By: David M. Campbell    The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District’s $114.8 preliminary budget for 2000-2001 represents a 12-percent increase over the current budget, considerably larger than either school board members or administrators expected.    At a presentation to the school board of…

  • BOYS HOOPS: Monroe gets lift it needed

    By: Redd E. Patrick    After suffering a three-game losing streak, which followed a 2-1 mark coming out of the gate, the Monroe High School boys basketball team was looking for two things in its home encounter with Metuchen this week.    — A victory.    — A contribution from someone besides the big three — Chris Felix,…

  • Borough mayor turns salesman for improvement zone

    But Palmer Square does not want to be included. By: Jennifer Potash    Princeton Borough Mayor Marvin Reed turned salesman to about 20 merchants Tuesday morning, extolling the merits of a special improvement district for the downtown area. But the biggest "customer" still wasn’t buying.    Borough Merchants for Princeton, a voluntary group comprising downtown business owners…

  • The Old School’s long history of change and memory

    By: Brian Shappell    Cranbury’s Old School Building has stood proud at the end of Schoolhouse Lane for more than a century — and while the base of the building looks the same as it did in 1897, there have been many changes.    In 1896 voters decided to build one school to unify the existing north…

  • Win streak puts Peddie on ‘cloud nine’

    Undefeated Falcon girls’ basketballimproves to 9-0 on the season By:Neil Hay        If, as coach Sean Casey says again and again, "We are getting there," the Peddie girls’ basketball team must be awfully close by now.    The Falcons, the four-time defending state prep "A" champions, showed they can compete with the best public school teams…