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  • New businesses opening at Princeton Shopping Center

    From a Dunkin’ Donuts and vegeterian restaurant to an upscale pet store By: Courtney Gross    As the Princeton Shopping Center prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary, it is also welcoming several new tenants.    A vegetarian restaurant, a gourmet pet supply store, a designer children’s apparel and shoe store as well as a national chain ice…

  • Council to tackle hospital site zoning tonight

    Three ordinances set for introduction By: Courtney Gross    The Princeton Borough Council will introduce three ordinances tonight that could solidify the fate of properties currently occupied by the University Medical Center at Princeton — buildings that could be designated areas for retail and residential use when the hospital’s anticipated move to Plainsboro occurs, possibly by…

  • Fit for life

    Princeton yoga center is celebrating its 10th year By: Gwen McNamara    In the last 10 years, yoga has exploded into mainstream culture. There are videos, books and classes in the gym. Yoga apparel is "cool" and "hip" as celebrity practitioners like Madonna and Nicolas Cage only add to the hype.    All this exposure means more…

  • Forrestal lab in outreach effort

    Seeking a greater presence in community through demonstration programs By: Hilary Parker    Two questions.    Why do hurricanes turn in opposite directions in the northern and southern hemispheres, and how does one demonstrate this to people of all ages?    The answer to both questions lies in — or rather on — a lazy Susan turntable that…

  • Newest Montgomery police officer is sworn in

    By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — With more than 20 family and friends on hand, Timothy J. Giaccone was sworn in Thursday as the newest member of the Montgomery Township Police Department.    With his appointment, Officer Giaccone brings the township’s police force to 32 sworn members.    Officer Giaccone, a resident of East Brunswick, attended Middlesex County…

  • Montgomery youth join to create performing arts group

    "Performance Friday" events at Mary Jacobs Library target middle school-aged kids By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — Local performing artists have joined together to form the New Jersey Performing Arts Youth, a youth-led initiative that organizes events, networks, shares resources and connects young performing artists with each other.    "The group is just getting off the ground,"…

  • Puppet theater festival to debut

    Series of program slated at Montgomery Center for the Arts By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — The Montgomery Center for the Arts will present Puppet Fest 2006 — featuring performances by Tucker’s Tales Puppet Theater — from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the center’s home in the 1860 House.    Tom and Marianne Tucker will perform…

  • Artful education

    Riverside School team helps Chinese children learn through the arts By: Hilary Parker    Bob Wickenden had one of those "Eureka!" moments as he watched his daughter, Kita, perform in a student-written opera at the Riverside School this spring.    As the CEO of Franklin Park-based Jersey Cow Software, an educational software company, the Princeton resident had…

  • Extra Value Reel

    Lance Weiler will screen his latest effort, the psychological thriller ‘Head Trauma,’ at the County Theater. By: Josh Appelbaum    Director Lance Weiler says making digital features is the easy part of the filmmaking process — getting them seen is a wholly different challenge.    The Doylestown, Pa., resident is touring with and introducing his new effort,…