Category: archives

  • An eclectic farmers’ market at Tre Piani

    …hundreds of locals would come out on a Sunday afternoon to sample, eat, and purchase the winter bounty of our state’s most resourceful and responsible farmers By: Pat Tanner    To me the idea of mounting a farmers market in New Jersey at the end of March seemed counterintuitive, what with winter still cold on our…

  • Pennington Quality Market slates ‘Fight Cancer Day’

    Event sent April 24 from 7 a.m.-9 p.m.    Pennington Quality Market will hold its 14th annual "Fight Cancer Day" on April 24 from 7 a.m.-9 p.m.    PQM will join forces with The American Cancer Society (ACS) and donate 5 percent of its total sales to the ACS. The donation will be used to further cancer…

  • DISPATCHES

    God bless you, Mr. Vonnegut. By: Hank Kalet    "Thanks to TV and for the convenience of TV, you can only be one of two kinds of human beings, either a liberal or a conservative." — Kurt Vonnegut, "Cold Turkey," — 2004 essay in the magazine In These Times    Kurt Vonnegut refused to allow himself to…

  • Eyeing up a pair of eyesores

    Officials get tough on negligent Main Street property owners By: Cara Latham    PLUMSTED — Township officials are looking to crack down on property owners who leave their buildings abandoned and in deteriorating conditions in the business district.    Officials plan to condemn one Main Street building and may take further action on a second neighboring building…

  • Editor’s Journal (04.19.07)

    For Karyn and Justin, on their wedding day By: John Dunphy    I must confess, I really do love weddings.    First, let’s look at pleasures of the palate: the usual bevy of foods, from the seafood crepes and calamari, to the penne vodka and Chateau Brignon. The fondue, which I would never willingly pay for, sits…

  • Library to present an evening with Brian Haig

    Event is May 15 from 7-9 p.m. at Amalfi’s, 146 Lawrenceville-Pennington Road    A reading, discussion and book-signing will be held May 15 from 7-9 p.m. at Amalfi’s, 146 Lawrenceville-Pennington Road.    The ticket price is $30.00 and tickets are on sale at the Pennington Library.    It will feature an evening with New York Times best-selling author…

  • Two budgets fail

    By: Cara Latham    Voters in both Washington and Millstone rejected their districts’ budgets on Tuesday.    While Washington voters also ousted an incumbent, those in Millstone also shot down three additional ballot questions. Voters there also selected a write-in candidate to fill a third seat in Millstone.    With a vote of 685 to 752, residents in…

  • Property Transfers — April 18, 2007

    The Princeton Packet Inc. publishes information on real estate transactions in its core market as a public service because it believes the information is newsworthy and appropriate. The information is all on the public record. In some cases the listing represents the property’s mailing address rather than the municipal location. While the intention is to…

  • Baseball bats boom in Diamond Classic split

    RAIDER ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl    Forget pitchers, catchers, infielders and outfielders. The Hillsborough High baseball team needs a weatherman more than anything else these days.    The Raiders were fortunate to get in a pair of games Saturday in their annual Diamond Club Classic, an event that often has been washed out in the last seven…