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  • West Windsor residents react to station area planning process

    A mix of opinions as ordinary citizens are asked to be master planners By: Nick Norlen    Despite some agreement among participants about the plans presented Saturday, many residents said they’re still not convinced the workshop process is the right way to decide what’s best for the township.    After more than one presenter said they felt…

  • Ritual of renting videos is anything but outdated

    FAMILY BUSINESS Diane Landis Hackett    My children, ages 10, 9 and 7, have grown up thus far without television in our house. No "Sesame Street" or Saturday morning cartoons, "American Idol" or "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy."    We are not without entertainment however. We read and dance and play in the woods. We do…

  • El sabor méxicano!Cooking with Ruth Alegria in Mexico City

    Fruit-flavored aguas frescas, literally fresh waters, are part of every meal in warm and sunny Mexico By: Pat Tanner     Ruth Alegría is a name and face familiar to Princeton area residents, mostly as the proprietor-chef of Mexican Village II, the Leigh Avenue restaurant she established in 1980 and which continues to thrive, although she…

  • MILESTONES

    Issue of March 20, 2007 LAW    Deborah T. Poritz received the Barbara Boggs Sigmund Award from the Women’s Political Caucus of New Jersey Political Action Committee. Ms. Poritz is of counsel at Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP in Plainsboro, the firm she joined after stepping down last fall as Chief Justice of the New Jersey…

  • Princeton Township deer cull meets goal

    In its seventh year, 126 deer were killed By: Courtney Gross    Princeton Township has concluded the seventh year of its lethal deer management program, which is intended to further reduce motor-vehicle accidents attributed to the animals and the environmental effects of overpopulation in general.    According to Animal Control Officer Mark Johnson, White Buffalo Inc., the…

  • Battle monument rededication planned for June

    By: Courtney Gross    The Princeton Parks Alliance has confirmed the rededication and illumination ceremony of the Princeton Battle Monument just in time for the 85th anniversary of its unveiling.    The rededication ceremony, slated for 8 p.m. June 9, will precede a benefit hosted by the Princeton Parks Alliance and Historic Morven Inc.    The monument’s rehabilitation…

  • The crunchy taste of back home

    A visit to the Pennsylvania Dutch Farmer’s Market in Kingston By: Kristin Boyd    I grew up on Good’s Bar-B-Q flavored potato chips, a kettle-cooked delight made in Adamstown, Pa. — 12.83 miles from my childhood home.    I ate them as a bedtime snack and scooped them onto napkins at school functions. They were like part…

  • TANGENTS, by John Saccenti: Nation mourns death of Captain America

       The nation went into mourning over the death of Steve "Captain America" Rogers, who was shot March 7, by an unknown gunman in front of the Federal Courthouse in Manhattan, N.Y. By: John Saccenti    Editor’s note: Here’s what the South Brunswick Post’s take on the death of Captain America might be if the costumed adventurer…

  • Joe does go…to Denver

    Scott departs alma mater to coach Pioneers By: Justin Feil Joe Scott came back to Princeton University from a Colorado school, Air Force, and he will leave Princeton for another Colorado school, the University of Denver.    According to an ESPN.com report, Scott has confirmed that he will be named new men’s basketball coach at a…