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  • This Cook stirs up a popular Web site

    By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — The Somerset County Business Partnership will honor Catherine Cook, a senior at Montgomery High School who founded an online Web site with millions of members, as the Young Entrepreneur of 2006 at its annual awards luncheon Dec. 5.    Catherine is being honored for her work in creating an online forum…

  • Letters to the Editor, Nov. 28

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Nov. 28 Skatepark initiative is truly on a roll To the editor:     On behalf of the Princeton Parks Alliance, I would like to thank everyone who participated in the Nov. 18 "Skate Jam Princeton" that the Alliance sponsored with the Princeton Recreation Department. More than 100 people came out on…

  • Library hosts event on New Orleans recovery

    By: Molly Petrilla    Princeton Public Library will host a United New Orleans Plan Community Congress on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.    New Orleans residents who have relocated to New Jersey or the Philadelphia metropolitan area are invited to attend the session and watch live video feeds from town meetings in five cities: New…

  • Postcards from Italy

    A tour group can be as much of a trip as the trip itself. By: Pat Summers    One day you move through your usual activities with familiar people, places and things. Next day, you’re in a bus with nearly 40 strangers, traveling between cities in Italy.    Everything’s new, starting with the country itself. Your comfort…

  • Le bon gout de Paris à PDS …

    The inspiration for the dinner originated with club co-leader Katherine Levinton, a junior… By: Pat Tanner    It’s 6:32 on a recent Sunday evening and the first of 50 guests arrive at the ad hoc French bistro in the campus center of Princeton Day School. They — family, friends, faculty and former students — have come…

  • Mary T. Babick

       Mary T. Babick, 81, of Pennington died Wednesday at the Stony Brook Assisted Living in Pennington.    Born in Allentown, Pa., she resided in Titusville from 1979 to 1994, moving to Pennington Point 10 years ago. She was a member of St. James Roman Catholic Church in Pennington.    Daughter of the late Stefan Kedle and Johanna…

  • Rodney J. Bates

       Rodney J. Bates, 83, of Whiting died Saturday at the Community Medical Center in Toms River.    Born in Trenton, he had resided in the area for many years before moving to Whiting. He was a mechanical engineer for the Hydrocarbon Research Company in Trenton and also for the State of New Jersey.    He was an…

  • Winging It

    A new permanent exhibition at the Academy of Natural Sciences celebrates the diversity and life cycle of the butterfly. By: Jillian Kalonick    There’s a bright, tropical, plant-filled spot in Philadelphia that, at a steamy 84 degrees, is a welcome oasis — as long as you don’t mind sharing it with about 130 butterflies.    The first…

  • Favorite Places

    Joseph Crilley will exhibit oil paintings of his preferred destinations at the Carversville General Store. By: Jessica Loughery    The Carversville General Store will host its second Joseph Crilley art show Nov. 30 through Dec. 31. Some Favorite Places features 40 oil paintings of Mr. Crilley’s personally preferred destinations, including his impressions of Nova Scotia and…