Category: archives

  • Hennessey tosses no-hitter for Peddie softball

    By: Sean Moylan    Cailyn Hennessey tossed a no-hitter to lead the Peddie softball team to a 6-0 road win over East Brunswick this past Tuesday. She struck out an unbelievable 19 batters and she was just one strike away from pitching a perfect game. So one could safely say, she was positively dominating.    "She (Hennessey)…

  • Woman’s Club offers scholarships

    By: Lorraine Sedor The Woman’s Club of Cranbury would like to remind students that applications for scholarships for the 2007 – 2008 school years are due by April 30.     Applications are available in the library and at cranbury.org/ clubs/womansclub.htm.     Scholarships for $2,000 each will be awarded to two students who will be entering…

  • School plan a bargain for residents

    Voters who take only a quick look at Monroe’s proposed the $87.34 million school budget could be forgiven for getting hung up on what might appear on first blush to be a rather large spending increase.     The board, after all, is asking voters to approve a 9.24 percent increase that carries a 4.8 percent…

  • Chemists’ research at university could help advance drug development

    A significant finding with an impact that may still be years away By: Lauren Otis    A team of Princeton University chemists has published its research on a new method of synthesizing organic molecules which holds the possibility for improvement in the drug development process by the pharmaceutical industry, although such improvements may not come for…

  • Guest Opinion: Good value on budget

    School board president offers his personal views on why voters should support the South Brunswick school budget. By: Martin Abschutz    As we move closer to the upcoming school budget election, I’d like to share some important information about one of the most significant and largest operations in the township — our school district.    South Brunswick,…

  • Hydrant flushing slated in Princeton

       New Jersey American Water plans to flush hydrants in Princeton Borough and Princeton Township beginning Sunday.    The company said in a statement that the program will continue through May 12 and residents could experience low water pressure and see discolored water when the flushing operation reaches their neighborhoods.    The flushing program is conducted annually and…

  • Peddie boys and girls track teams excel at Prep Relays

    By: Sean Moylan    Last Thursday the subject of the day across New Jersey was the terrible weather conditions. But before sending his talented, yet cold, Peddie boys and girls track and field teams off to battle at the NJISAA Prep School Relays at Lawrenceville High, Falcons’ head coach Mark Gartner had some words of wisdom…

  • Obituaries

    Hertha Rubel     Hertha "Pat" S. Weinberg Rubel, 86, died Tuesday, April 3, at the University Medical Center at Princeton.     Born in Germany, she came to the United States in 1934 and resided in Queens and Washington Heights, N.Y., before moving to Monroe 25 years ago.     Prior to retiring, she was a hairdresser.…

  • Anthrax postal attacks remain unsolved, five years later

    Holt, union chiefs gather near site of Princeton mailbox where traces found By: Courtney Gross    Five years after anthrax attacks were directed at mailboxes in Princeton and other communities across the nation, a new call for answers was issued here this week.    U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12), with representatives of postal workers’ associations and unions…