Category: archives

  • College-bound graduates find they face new challenges

    ‘They seem like much more important decisions that I’ve ever had to make before, and you have to make them so quickly.’ HHS graduate Becky Kramer By: Michael Arges    “What will I do after high school?”    According to the Schools Report Card for HHS, 90 percent of the graduating Class of 1999 is pursuing college…

  • Cranbury eighth-graders end year with a splash

    By:Brian Shappell         Nearly every school marks the end of the year with some form of a senior week for its graduating students — the Cranbury School was no exception.     Facing the usual, end of the year pressures of final exams and papers was not much of an issue for the eighth-graders as…

  • McCarter Theatre plans addition

    Groundbreaking is slated next year for the 350-seat theater.    McCarter Theatre has unveiled architectural drawings of the new, 350-seat, $10.5 million Berlind Theatre, which will provide a second stage for McCarter and permit closer integration with Princeton University’s programs in theater and dance.    The new theater will be located on the south side of the…

  • Postcards recall Plainsboro’s rural past

    Exhibit of turn-of-the-century cards depicts wide-open farm community By: David M. Campbell    PLAINSBORO — “You’re looking at images of a farm community, a wide-open farm community,” said Robert Yuell, executive director of the Plainsboro Historical Society, as he surveyed his exhibit of turn-of-the-century photo postcards on display in one of the parlors of the Wicoff…

  • Locals amazed by Woods’ Open show

    Princeton area standouts rate Tiger’s performance among best ever By: Bob Nuse    It was a performance unlike any before in professional golf.    With the top players in the world gathered at Pebble Beach, Tiger Woods put on a display that may never be matched again. Woods, who each week continues to amaze those in and…

  • PRESS FORUM: HPAC

    Should Cranbury add a rural zone to its historic preservation ordinance? By: Should Cranbury add a rural zone to its historic preservation ordinance?

  • Head to Etra Park July 2 for celebration

    Fourth of July celebration includes music and fireworks By: Michael Arges        EAST WINDSOR – Fireworks, patriotic music and a park setting are featured in East Windsor’s Independence Day celebration, scheduled for July 2nd in Etra Lake Park.    The evening will begin with concerts at about 6 p.m and fireworks at 9:30 p.m. Jerry Rife’s…

  • New high school student lot delayed

    Project proving to be more costly than expected By: Jeff Milgram    The on-again, off-again parking lot at Princeton High School is off again.    At least for now.    The Princeton Regional Board of Education tabled the project Tuesday night after learning that the cost of the 35-space lot will probably exceed the $9,000 appropriated. The school…

  • EDITORIAL:Graduation is the end, but a beginning

    By: Congratulations graduates!    You’ve finished 13 years of school and have successfully navigated the pitfalls of high school — which friends to keep, which clubs or sports to join.    Whether you’re embarking on a career right out of school, getting ready for college, joining the service or taking a year off, it’s important to know…