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  • Wine and Spirits

    ‘Some Assembly Required’ at New Hope Sidetracks Art Gallery includes work made from liquor boxes and butterfly wings. By: Jillian Kalonick    Canvases are expensive. Cardboard boxes are cheap, and as artist Marc Deasy discovered, at Doylestown, Pa.’s Wine and Spirits store, they are free.    "Art supplies and money are always an issue," says Mr. Deasy,…

  • Town mulls dog control

    Harsh terms in suggested ordinance, say officials By: Lacey Korevec    The Township Committee decided Monday not to introduce an ordinance that would allow the township animal control officer to shoot loose dogs.    The Cranbury Board of Health proposed the ordinance because of a series of complaints members received about menacing dogs, Board of Health President…

  • Princeton Township approves another round of deer culling

    Application still needs state endorsement By: Courtney Gross    To control motor-vehicle collisions related to deer and to reduce their impact on the environment, the Princeton Township Committee approved an application Monday evening to participate in a deer-management control program for the seventh year in a row.    Although the committee approved a contract with Connecticut-based White…

  • MTHS costs likely to rise

    District awaiting updated estimates for new building By: Stephanie Brown    MONROE — School district officials say they will have a solid cost estimate for the new high school next month, though they are expecting the price tag to be larger than originally predicted.    Epic Management, a Piscataway-based construction management company, is reviewing the architectural schematics…

  • Allentown boys’ hoop rebuilding

    By: Kyle Moylan    Rome wasn’t built in a day. And the Allentown High School boys’ basketball team isn’t going to be rebuilt in a weekend.    If one looked close enough, however, they could see the "constructions" signs and bricks and cement piled up in the parking lot.    While Allentown lost both of its games this…

  • Patten slams councilmen on mill plans

    Mayor also says consolidation wouldn’t solve financial woes By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN — Mayor Bob Patten lashed out publicly this week at Borough Council members, most notably Patrick Thompson and Walter Sikorski, for their proposals and actions related to the once-again stalled negotiations with the conditional redeveloper of the rug mill property.    The mayor also…

  • Township agrees to spray for gypsy moths

    The borough earlier declined program, but councilman seeks a reconsideration By: Courtney Gross    Nearly two weeks after the Princeton Borough Council rejected its gypsy moth suppression program, the Township Committee has taken an opposite position.    After the state Department of Agriculture surveyed the township, a total of approximately 815 acres, primarily in the Riverside area,…

  • Santa coming to Princeton Airport on Christmas Eve

    By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — Jolly Old Saint Nick — better known as Santa Claus — will be flying into the Princeton Airport at 11 a.m. Sunday to distribute gifts to children.    While children and parents wait for Santa, Princeton Airport’s Flying Tigers will be serving cookies and hot chocolate donated by area supermarkets in…

  • Anne S. Van Aken

       Anne S. Van Aken, 82, of Pennington died Dec. 21.    She was a resident of Stony Brook Assisted Living.    Born in Lancaster, Pa., she was a switchboard operator for many years. Her last employment was with the Delaware Valley Water Basin Commission.    An active member of the Ewing Presbyterian Church, the Girl Scouts and her…