Category: archives

  • Letters to the editor

    District should act for autistic To the editor:     I am the parent of a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder who is currently enrolled in the Mercer County Special Services School District. We have 39 students in East Windsor and Hightstown with ASD who are currently classified.    Gov. Corzine recognizes the escalating rates of autism,…

  • Column: Nuse Sense

    Up is lone option for Tigers By: Bob Nuse    It wasn’t supposed to be like this.    The third year under Joe Scott was supposed to be a step forward for the Princeton University men’s basketball program.    After going 15-13 in Scott’s first season, including a 6-8 mark in the Ivy League, the Tigers were only…

  • CompUSA store to be closed

    Nassau Park location among many to be shut in corporate restructuring By: Lauren Otis    WEST WINDSOR — The CompUSA computer and electronics store in Nassau Park shopping center is being closed as part of a restructuring by its corporate parent.    The West Windsor store is one of a total of 126 stores that will be…

  • DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet:A rose by another name

       Stephen Lourie and Frank Pisciotta joined into a civil union, Thursday. By:    Stephen Lourie and Frank Pisciotta have been together 30 years.    They own a house and a condominium together, travel together, share everything — everything, that is, except legal recognition for their relationship.    That was expected to change Thursday when the couple, who live…

  • Board nixes residency challenge

    Amy Speizer will still be allowed to run for school board. By: Bill Greenwood    MONROE — Board of Education member Amy Speizer will be allowed to continue to seek a new term on the board.    The board voted 8-1 Monday to reject an objection to her candidacy filed by Jennifer Dressel, of Dey Grove Road.…

  • School budget on the rise

    School budget 5 percent larger than last year’s. By: Lacey Korevec    Increases in the amount paid for employee benefits and in tuition to send students to Princeton High School is driving this year’s proposed school budget increase.    The Board of Education introduced a $16.7 million budget Tuesday that is 5 percent larger than last year’s…

  • Spanish nights

    The Princeton Festival makes ready for Bizet’s passionate ‘Carmen’ By: Crhistian Kirkpatrick    The Princeton Festival offered a taste of Spain and a sample of treats to come Saturday night during "Una Noche de Cabaret en España" — an Evening of Spanish Cabaret. Nearly a hundred guests gathered at the Present Day Club in Princeton for…

  • Free legal help offered Wednesday at Princeton Public Library

       The next Ask-A-Lawyer free legal clinic will be held 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.    Open to all, the program will bring attorneys to the Princeton Public Library to answer questions about immigration and other legal issues, including traffic violations, domestic violence and landlord complaints, among others.    No registration is necessary and Spanish interpretation will be…

  • Grabbing a book with breakfasat

       Cranbury School students who love to read and are eager to venture into challenging literature for their grade level are in luck. By: Lacey Korevec    Cranbury School students who love to read and are eager to venture into challenging literature for their grade level are in luck.    Breakfast Book Club, a new program being piloted…