Category: archives

  • Monroe hopes to feed on opponents

    By: Sean Richards    You can just sense the anticipation surging and excitement growing with the Monroe High School field hockey program.    When Monroe added a feeder program on the middle school level a couple of years ago, it was only a matter of time until it started paying dividends on the high school team.    That…

  • University’s affordable-housing proposal approved by Borough Council

    Five Leigh Avenue housing units would be reconstructed as part of the agreement By: Kara Fitzpatrick    The Princeton Borough Council unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday approving a Princeton University proposal for meeting its affordable-housing obligation in connection with the construction of a new Operations Research and Financial Engineering Department building.    The proposal would see five…

  • Farmers’ market mural project aims to bring West Windsor together

    An effort Saturday to create a community portrait By: Courtney Gross    WEST WINDSOR — Amid the fresh fruits and vegetables at the West Windsor Community Farmers’ Market, residents are no longer looking for just ripe produce, but a venue for artistic expression.    For four hours Saturday, artists and residents, young and old, will gather at…

  • Local man charged in burglaries

       HIGHTSTOWN — A local man has been charged with a string of downtown burglaries.    Richard Wolfmuller, 24, of Academy Street was charged Monday with burglaries over the last two months at the Slowdown Café and the Hightstown Diner, according to Detective Benjamin Miller .    Mr. Wolfmuller was charged with five counts of burglary, two counts…

  • Area observances set for fifth anniversary of 9/11

    Programs planned in Princeton, Montgomery, West Windsor and Plainsboro    The fifth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks will be marked next week by a diverse offering of ceremonies, services and programs by area towns and institutions.    Here is a rundown of events by location: Princeton    • An interfaith commemoration, sponsored by the Coalition for Peace Action…

  • A comfortable place to learn

    First day at Woodland focuses on adjusting By: Stephanie Brown    MONROE — "New" seemed to be the vocabulary word of the day at Woodland School on Wednesday — new faces, new beginnings, new buses and new shoes, which some students may say are a lot like the first day of school. They both can put…

  • Volunteers with MS sought for study

    By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — Volunteers are needed for a New York University therapeutic recreation doctoral study on multiple sclerosis, which will be conducted from September through December at the Princeton Center for Yoga and Health in Montgomery.    People with multiple sclerosis who wish to participate in the study must be willing to be randomly…

  • Plainsboro launching extensive series of road projects

    By: Courtney Gross    PLAINSBORO — Several transportation projects are slated to begin next week, including pedestrian improvements on Scotts Corner Road, township Director of Community Development Ernest Freeman said.    Improvements to Scotts Corner Road will be made between Quail Ridge Drive and Ravens Crest Drive, Mr. Freeman said, and construction will begin Monday. The project…

  • New editor joins Herald

    By: Theresa Poulson    Since the dawn of the age of reality television we have all become aware of the fixation media consumers have with watching people in their daily lives. Though most would chalk it all up to the public’s voyeuristic tendencies, I think the interest in reality television comes from a more innocent place.…