Category: archives

  • Perl, MJRC aim for first-place ending

    Boys’ eight, fours reach nationals By: Justin Feil    Mike Perl has enjoyed success in each of his first two trips to the USRowing National Youth Championships.    Last year, the West Windsor-Plainsboro South senior helped the Mercer Junior Rowing Club heavyweight four reach the grand final. As a sophomore, he was coxswain for the lightweight four…

  • Book sale is key for Friends’ success

    The Friends of the Cranbury Public Library held third monthly sale on Saturday By: Lacey Korevec    The Friends of the Cranbury Public Library wants no book go to waste.    That’s why the group has begun holding monthly book sales to encourage community members to donate and purchase used books and pass on the stories they’ve…

  • . . .while Hawes does same for Peddie

    By: Rich Fisher    There was a time when Erin Hawes looked to be the next great track & field star to come out of Cranbury.    Somewhere along the way, she spun out of a discus circle, into a boat and onto the water.    Now, she is part of one of the most successful high school…

  • Assessing Princeton Borough’s mayoral campaign

    Mayor Trotman’s touch triumphs over Pimley’s lawn signs By: Nick Norlen    By all accounts, Princeton’s Democratic mayoral primary, won by incumbent Mayor Mildred Trotman over challenger Kim Pimley on Tuesday, wasn’t preceded by a typical Princeton campaign.    In its aftermath, the opposing sides differ on whether that was a good thing or a bad thing.…

  • A write-in twist for Rocky Hill campaign

    Wife of former councilman to run for her husband’s old seat By: Greg Forester    ROCKY HILL — The wife of a former Rocky Hill councilman will run for her husband’s old seat on Borough Council in November after receiving 23 write-in votes in Tuesday’s primary election.    Republican Peggy Merritt, the wife of former councilman and…

  • Wheels turning

    Group brings back proposal for skateboard park in borough By: Matt Chiappardi    HIGHTSTOWN — Skateboarding has come a long way in the past few decades. Gone are the days when skateboarders are criminalized on sight, and when local residents considered it a nuisance relegated to delinquents.    It’s come so far that a conceptual proposal for…

  • ‘A new beginning’ at senior apartments

    Recently-completed complex allows a veteran Princeton resident to remain in his hometown By: Olivia Tattory    "Esposito: A New Beginning," reads the door plate on one of the 67 apartments in Harriet Bryan House, the newest addition to Princeton Community Housing’s senior housing facility Elm Court.    Vincent "Jim" Esposito resides in this apartment and after calling…

  • Princeton awards seven with honorary degrees

    A former boxer, a translator of Homer and a groundbreaking choreographer among those honored By: Nick Norlen    On Tuesday, Princeton University was just giving out degrees.    But the recipients were certainly worthy.    At Princeton’s 260th Commencement ceremony, President Shirley Tilghman awarded honorary degrees to seven individuals, including boxing legend and humanitarian Muhammad Ali, choreographer Twyla…

  • GOP’s lone hopeful was not registered

    Surprised Theokas’ candidacy in doubt By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN — Mike Theokas, the lone GOP nominee in this week’s primary election for two vacancies on the Borough Council, was not registered to vote in the borough nor as a Republican, according to county voter registration records.    And while his uncontested victory Tuesday as the GOP…