Category: archives

  • DOT ties Vaughn Drive funding to WW redevelopment plan

       WEST WINDSOR — State funding for the Vaughn Drive Connector road won’t be available until West Windsor develops a mixed-use redevelopment plan for the west side of the Northeast Corridor train tracks, according to a letter from New Jersey Department of Transportation officials.    The letter means that now is the time for the township to…

  • Road closing update for Princeton and West Windsor

          Quaker Road remains closed in Princeton Township and at Port Mercer in West Windsor Township due to downed wires, police said Tuesday.        However, sections of Route 571 in West Windsor that were closed on Monday have been reopened, as has Alexander Street in Princeton Borough.        Both streets were among the several that were closed on…

  • Irish music at church

       Sunday, March 16, at 34 p.m., musicians from Centenary United Methodist Church in Lambertville will offer Irish music in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day.    Refreshments will be provided.    Admission is $5 per person. Children under 12 are admitted free.

  • Bridge Commission meeting

    The Burlington County Bridge Commission will also host a meeting of the 26 “small” municipalities (those with fewer than 10,000 residents) most impacted by the proposed state aid cuts. The meeting, which will be held in the classroom of Palmyra Cove Nature Park on March 12 at 2 p.m., will include updated information on the…

  • Shad Festival scholarships

       Applications for the Shad Festival scholarship are available.    Eligible students must be seniors graduating from the South Hunterdon Regional High School or New Hope-Solebury High School sending districts or reside in either of those two districts.    Scholarships are merit-based and for students pursuing a collegiate career in the arts. The arts include fine art, music,…

  • Joan E. Bauer

       Joan E. Bauer, 78, of Pennington died March 7 at the Compassionate Care Hospice.    Born in Queens, N.Y., she received an undergraduate degree from Adelphi University in Garden City, N.Y., and received her master’s degree from NYU in New York. She also completed additional courses at The College of NJ and Kean College.    Ms. Bauer…

  • ‘Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day’

    In the end, this cheery fable is less about romance than it is about a mutually empowering friendship developed by two women. By Elise Nakhnikian JUST a couple of weeks ago I was writing about Fool’s Gold, complaining that they don’t make romantic comedies like they used to anymore. So I’m grateful to the estimable…

  • Fab & Fave

    ‘Highs in the ’70s’ By Susan Van Dongen My favorite radio experience as far as music is concerned is every month, the first Saturday of the month, when Dan Reed hosts “Highs in the ‘70s,” 2-6 p.m. on WXPN 88.5 FM. It started off not too orderly, just Dan serving up his personal favorites from…

  • Marilyn M. Odachowski

    WW-P language specialist     WEST WINDSOR — Marilyn Maser Odachowski died Thursday at the University Medical Center at Princeton after a long struggle with ovarian cancer. She was 55.    Mrs. “O”, as she was referred to by students and friends, she was a speech language specialist at the Upper Elementary School and Grover Middle School…