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  • Nominees sought for Sustainable Princeton Award

       "Sustainable Princeton," an initiative of the Princeton Environmental Commission, is accepting nominations for its second annual Sustainable Princeton Leadership Awards, to be given on April 21, Earth Day weekend.    Sustainability, often defined as meeting our needs while letting future generations meet theirs, is "like a Calder mobile," said Wendy Kaczerski, Sustainable Princeton’s chair. "It’s a…

  • A new RR station for West Windsor?

    It’s still only one option By: Nick Norlen    WEST WINDSOR — Moving the Princeton Junction train station is one of the more popular ideas to emerge from West Windsor’s redevelopment workshops but planners say it is too early to focus on any one plan.    Moreover, the station move would be costly and complicated, according to…

  • Field of savings sought for Montgomery

    New playing field near high school seen as way to avoid expensive, time-consuming busing By: Greg Forester    MONTGOMERY — Busing high school athletes around town is costing the Montgomery school district $38,000 a year and all those dollars could be saved if fields near the school were used for practice.    Having the practice field would…

  • Library director to step down

       After eight years as the director of the Cranbury Public Library, Howard Zogott has announced his plans to retire by Jan. 1, 2008. By: Lacey Korevec    Howard Zogott is getting ready to start a new chapter in his life.    After eight years as the director of the Cranbury Public Library, Mr. Zogott has announced his…

  • Tigers push on without head coach

    Players, Levy react to Scott’s exit By: Justin Feil    Joe Scott’s departure from the Princeton University men’s basketball team leaves unfinished business or makes for a fresh start, depending on the source.    One thing is certain, however, and that is that the Tigers want to go forward to erase an 11-17 campaign in 2006-07. They…

  • Hockey Player of the Year

    PHS’ Ryan had knack for scoring goals By: Justin Feil    You’d have to go back almost a decade to find a time when John Ryan wasn’t a scoring machine.    "I wouldn’t say I was scorer when I was 7," said the Princeton High School hockey player. "I wasn’t really a scorer until Pee Wees. When…

  • Ensemble to share love of jazz, blues

    Cranbury Jazz to get bluesy at the Library. By: Lacey Korevec    Cranbury resident Paul Venanzi and his buddies play an unusual version of James Taylor’s "Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight."    "We kind of do it as a blues number," he said. "And it’s not exactly like James Taylor does it. No guitar picking. It’s…

  • From persistence to production: Goal of local man is no big mystery

    By: Cara Latham    EAST WINDSOR — Todd Parker knows more than anyone how important it is not to take "no" for an answer.    After more than a year of making calls, chasing down film producers, and sometimes being turned down, the 31-year-old township resident is finally getting the chance to see his work come to…

  • Borough sets budget hearing for May 7

    By: Dick Brinster    HIGHTSTOWN — The Borough Council has set a public hearing for May 7 on a municipal budget that would hike the tax rate by 19 cents, with Administrator Candace Gallagher hoping the increase can be lowered to 2 cents through an infusion of extraordinary state aid.    "We will be applying for $380,000…