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  • Frozen fun at Brainerd Lake

    Lake opens to skaters By: Lacey Korevec    It was a picture perfect weekend at Cranbury’s Brainerd Lake.    For the first time in three years, residents and visitors were able to enjoy ice skating on the village lake, and Mayor David Stout said more than 1,000 people showed up to take advantage.    "What could be better…

  • PHASE THREE by Arnold Bornstein: Wintry mix of thoughts

    Extreme weather brings back memories By: Arnold Bornstein    While Central Jersey is having an exceedingly different weather pattern than upstate New York is, my thought patterns periodically are affected by the weather, no matter where it is.    Going back to childhood, perhaps few things affect our long-term memories like extreme temperatures do: snowball fights, sleds,…

  • School board supports limitations on NPDC cleanup

    Demolition seen as inappropriate when school is in session By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — Board of Education President David Pettit told concerned residents this week that the board supports their view that demolition work at Skillman Village, the former North Princeton Developmental Center, should not be undertaken while school is in session.    About 100 buildings…

  • Cougars anxious for first district meet

    Castronova, MHS wrestlers have high hopes By: Bob Nuse    Participating in the District 18 wrestling tournament will be a new experience for Montgomery High.    It’s an experience the Cougars are anxious to be a part of. A first-year varsity program, Montgomery has exceeded the expectations of many. In recording nine regular-season wins, the team has…

  • The Light Has Returned

    Teddy Roosevelt’s bravado and soft side are brought to life in ‘The Bully Pulpit’ at Bristol Riverside Theatre. By: Susan Van Dongen    History has been kind to Teddy Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States. If you psychoanalyze him, though, he is a bit of a conundrum.    Born into a wealthy family in New…

  • Plan carries tax increase

    Property revaluation complicates results for residents By: Lacey Korevec    The Township Committee may seek a 23.4 percent increase in the total amount it needs to raise in municipal taxes, but the impact on the average residential taxpayer is difficult to calculate because of a recently completed townshipwide property revaluation.    The committee introduced a $12.17 million…

  • Obituaries

    Miriam Dorothy Post    HIGHTSTOWN — Miriam Dorothy Post, 92, of Meadow Lakes, died Feb. 8 at her residence.    Born in Greenwich Village, N.Y., she lived most of her life in Mt. Vernon, N.Y.    Ms. Post served in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps during World War II.    She retired in 1973 as a legal secretary for…

  • Incense and Agave Juice

    An exhibit at the Princeton University Art Museum looks at a Pre-Columbian ritual involving the use of hallucinogens. By: Ilene Dube    The Princeton University Art Museum has always been a good place to view Pre-Columbian art, from the Olmec to the Maya, Aztec and North American Eskimo cultures. The magnificent terracotta ceramics are pleasing to…

  • Tang is hard guard to keep down

    Injured senior helps North hoops advance in MCT By: Justin Feil    For almost two weeks, Liz Tang has been playing with a sore dominant hand.    It has slowed the West Windsor-Plainsboro North point guard, but it won’t keep her off the court for the rest of the Mercer County and Central Jersey Group III tournaments.…