Category: archives

  • Most students return to school Sept. 6

    West Amwell students won’t return until Sept. 11 By: Mae Rhine    Most of the 2,600 students in the area will return to school Wednesday, Sept. 6.    The exception is the 185 youngsters at West Amwell Elementary who will come back Monday, Sept. 11. The school is in the midst of adding two classrooms as well…

  • Senior menus

       All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville.    The value of each meal is $3.13. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution. All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine. The sodium-controlled menu is the same unless otherwise noted.    Thursday, Aug. 31 – Chicken rice soup, roast…

  • Scouts learn to be better leaders

    By: Cynthia Williamson    Patrick Hornberger learned how to be a more effective communicator.    Eric Casey mastered new techniques for resolving disputes.    Patrick, 15, of West Amwell, and Eric, 13, of Lambertville, say the skills they developed at a weeklong Boy Scout leadership training conference at the Yards Creek Scout Reservation in Blairstown, N.J., not only…

  • Smoyer Park beginning to take shape

    By: Jane Karlicek    While the Barbara Smoyer Memorial Park is not expected to be completed until June of next year, there’s much evidence of what’s to come for area residents and it appears to be a place for all sorts of outdoor enthusiasts.    A bike path, not completely finished, runs along the outskirts of the…

  • Dead crow found in Princeton carried Nile virus

    The finding should not be a cause for panic, health officials say. By: Jennifer Potash    A dead crow found in Princeton Borough has tested positive for the West Nile virus, marking the first such discovery in Mercer County.    The finding should not be a cause for panic, health officials said.    "We really don’t know where…

  • Mackey remembered as a friend

    Former PHS teacher, coach succumbs to cancer By: Bob Nuse    As Carol Parsons remembers it, you couldn’t help but like Becky Mackey.    "She could get along with anybody," the former Princeton High School athletic director said of Mackey, who passed away Thursday after a long battle with cancer. "I think that is why she was…

  • Verna Mae Rollhauser

    Services Thursday    Verna Mae Rollhauser, 85, of Lawrenceville, died Sunday at Hamilton Continuing Care Center, Hamilton.    Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong area resident.    She was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church, Trenton.    Daughter of the late Harry and Viola Smith Heater, stepdaughter of the late Royal Morton, and wife of the late Charles…

  • Arts Council outreach gets nods of approval

    The Borough Council responds to efforts to reach minority residents. By: Jennifer Potash    The Arts Council of Princeton’s outreach efforts to minorities in the Princetons during the past year struck a positive chord with the Princeton Borough Council.    The Arts Council is required, as a condition of its purchase of its building from the borough,…

  • Plainsboro aims to draw older residents

    More than 200 age-restricted units are proposed for a village center. By: David M. Campbell        PLAINSBORO – The Township Committee is expected to approve a zoning change Sept. 13 that would allow a builder to construct more than 200 units of age-restricted housing near the municipal complex on Plainsboro Road as part of a…