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  • They’ve Got Rhythm

    Bucks County Playhouse goes ‘Crazy for You.’ By: Stuart Duncan    If Crazy For You seems like an old-fashioned musical, that’s because it is. It opened on Broadway in mid-October, 1930, just as the Depression was beginning to show its teeth, and its tale of luck and pluck helped a lackluster theater season. It had a…

  • Newly created West Windsor document committee criticized

    A move defended as promoting more openness attacked on closed nature of its formation By: Nick Norlen    WEST WINDSOR — The announcement of the creation of a West Windsor Township Document Committee has met criticism from some Township Council members who said they were not consulted about its creation.    According to the members of Township…

  • Helen Higgins

       Helen Higgins, 92, of Pennington died Tuesday at the University Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Orange, she had resided there for many years before moving to Pennington.    She was a member of St. James Roman Catholic Church in Pennington.    Daughter of the late Andrew and Edith Saurer Ziegler, she is survived by her husband,…

  • ‘Spirit of America’

    Eagle Scouts, community leaders honored    More than 200 young men who achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in the Central New Jersey Council of the Boy Scouts of America’s Class of 2007 were saluted on Thursday during the council’s "Spirit of America" awards dinner.    Chaired by State Senator Peter Inverso (R-Hamilton) and hosted in the…

  • ‘Merrily, merrily merrily — life is but a dream’

    On the water at "Learn to Row Day" By: Euna Dwon Brossman    In recent weeks, a number of area residents have made a big splash in the world of high school rowing by qualifying for the national meet. They had to start somewhere, of course, and Euna Kwon Brossman discovered just where the journey begins.…

  • Safer crossings the goal of a West Windsor study

    Spurred by concern for pedestrians trying to cross Canal Pointe Boulevard By: Greg Forester    WEST WINDSOR — An engineering study aimed at making Canal Pointe Boulevard less hazardous to pedestrians and bicyclists has been approved by the West Windsor Township Council.    West Windsor Township Engineer Jim Parvesse said the township has earmarked $75,000 to perform…

  • Letters to the Editor, June 19

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, June 19 No senior housing for Merwick tract? To the editor:     In reading about the potential rezoning plans for the Merwick Tract, it was disappointing to see no mention of senior housing as one of the "mixed uses" to even be considered.    Such a location is ideal for a senior…

  • Cottage Club bill clears legislative hurdles

    Full Assembly and Senate vote is next on agenda By: Nick Norlen    A bill that could get the Cottage Club back on Princeton Borough’s tax rolls has been released for a floor vote by committees in both the state Assembly and Senate.    The state Assembly’s Housing and Local Government Committee approved the measure by a…

  • Summer doesn’t slow the pace on Princeton University campus

    Programs, events, visitors and sports all generate activity By: Allison Musante    Summer has the ability to empty out a college campus. But this is not the case for Princeton University, which is busy and brimming with sports and academic programs designed to educate and inspire fun.    Eric Hamblin, director of the Office of Conference and…