Category: archives

  • Hun boys replace memory

    Raiders win county soccer crown in shootout By: Bob Nuse    Now, Chris Kingston can think about something else.    It’s been two years since Kingston’s Hun School boys’ soccer team lost to Steinert in overtime in the Mercer County Tournament final. And for two years, Kingston couldn’t forget that loss.    On Friday night, he found a…

  • Whither tourism?

    With so many visitors to Princeton, talk is how to best serve them By: Lauren Otis    When Ken Larini, owner of Larini’s Sunoco on Alexander Street, hears talk of the need for a location in Princeton where tourists can obtain information, his first reaction is, "I thought that’s what we were."    Motorists constantly stop at…

  • Stuart repeat meant to be

    Tartans top Allentown field hockey again for county By: Bob Nuse    Call the rivalry even.    For the last four years, the Stuart Country Day School field hockey team has faced Allentown in the Mercer County Tournament championship game. The first two times they met, not only did Allentown win, but Stuart failed to score a…

  • MHS girls win first county title

    Cougars top Pingry in finals By: Bob Nuse    BASKING RIDGE — The Montgomery High girls’ soccer team has enjoyed a very successful run in the eight years Jeremey Beardsley has been head coach.    That success seemed to peak a year ago, when the Cougars tied Moorestown for the Group III state championship. But on Saturday…

  • Vaclav Havel to offer Nov. 13 lecture at Princeton University

       Vaclav Havel, former president of the Czech Republic, will present a public lecture at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, titled, "A Conversation with former Czech Republic President, Vaclav Havel," at 4:30 p.m. Nov. 13.    The lecture will take place in Dodds Auditorium in Robertson Hall on the Princeton University campus.    Mr.…

  • Work of New Yorker cartoonist Whitney Darrow Jr. donated to PU

       The family of Whitney Darrow Jr., a 1931 Princeton alumnus and longtime cartoonist for The New Yorker magazine, has donated a collection of more than 1,000 of Mr. Darrow’s original drawings to the Princeton University Library.    The donation includes works from many projects of Mr. Darrow’s 60-year career, including 325 drawings for the New Yorker…

  • US Fiduciary opens Princeton office

    Chicago-based firm hires financial advisory veteran George Wislar By: Lauren Otis    US Fiduciary, a Chicago-based investment firm which serves high net worth and institutional clients, has recruited 20-year financial advisory veteran George Wislar to head up its newly opened office in downtown Princeton.    Mr. Wislar has spent a total of 21 years with Paine Webber,…

  • OK, not a ghost in sight, but devilment is afoot at Princeton Cemetery

    It isn’t the dead that cause problems, but the living By: Courtney Gross    Decades ago, Douglas Sutphen, the longtime superintendent of the Princeton Cemetery, settled down in the small, white house imbedded among the rows upon rows of graves in the cemetery to watch a scary movie.    As the rain pelted against the windows, Mr.…

  • Major New Jersey law firm sets up shop locally

    Sills Cummis Epstein & Gross opens Plainsboro office By: Lauren Otis    Sills Cummis Epstein & Gross PC, a prominent 180-member New Jersey law firm based in Newark, is opening a Princeton-area office in Plainsboro.    The office, which will be in operation Nov. 1, will initially be staffed by 10 attorneys, with that number to grow…