Category: archives

  • Princeton Adult School fall registration is under way

    Over 130 courses to be offered at Princeton High School    Registration is under way for the fall semester of the Princeton Adult School.    Offerings this year include more than 130 courses ranging from wine appreciation and classical music to a lecture series, "Globalization: The Endless Flow of People, Goods, and Ideas — What Does It…

  • Clearbrook features two for the ages

    Club members prove that golf is for the (real) young and old By: Rich Fisher    If Clearbrook Golf Club members Waheed Zafar and Joe Golden ever decide to team up as a twosome for a scramble tournament, their total age would be 103 years old.    That is not odd on a golf course. One guy…

  • West Windsor arts council excited but impatient to occupy new quarters

    Occupancy of old firehouse building still awaits a formal agreement with township and construction work By: Courtney Gross    WEST WINDSOR — While promising to bring engaging arts programming to the community, representatives of the West Windsor Arts Council presented a yearly progress report to the Township Council on Monday and answered several questions regarding their…

  • Column: Nuse Sense

    Pod in fantasy world By: Bob Nuse    Have you asked anyone lately if they’re in a Fantasy Football League?    Chances are you get one of two responses. Either the person replies with a quizzical, "What’s that?" Or the more standard reply, "I’m in three leagues."    The tough part about being part of a fantasy football…

  • Throng eulogizes teen amid questions

    Possible drug overdose probed in death By: Cara Latham    HIGHTSTOWN — About 150 teary-eyed teenagers, teachers, friends and relatives crowded the Slow Down Café, one of Brian Landry’s favorite places, to celebrate the life of the 17-year-old who had just died from an apparent drug overdose.    "We’re investigating it as a possible drug overdose. The…

  • Moving up and out

    Cranbury School graduates excited about meeting new challenges By: Madeleine Johnson    For the students who bid adieu to their academic career at Cranbury School in June, September means that things are about to become a little different.    And for a handful of soon-to-be freshmen, moving on to a new school means that this school year…

  • Princeton Airport offers fall flight school

    By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — The Raritan Valley Flying School, located at the Princeton Airport, will be offering fall ground school evening classes.    The ground school classes are designed to cover material necessary for a student pilot to pass the Federal Aviation Administration written examination. The FAA requires that a student pilot pass a knowledge…

  • Historically speaking

    Allentown, N.J. its Rise and Progress (Part 36)    From New Jersey Historical Society’s Charles R. Hutchinson collection, deed extracts from property owned by Rev. Joseph Clark, Revolutionary War veteran and Presbyterian minister, east side of Rt. 539—across from stately house of Rev. Perkins.    April 20, 1791, "Elisha Lawrence and Elisha Newell, executors of Doctor James…

  • Boy Scouts soar to highest rank

    Three local teens reach the same goal By: Candice Leigh Helfand    Several local Boy Scouts will ascend to the highest level a Scout can achieve; they will become Eagle Scouts.    Anthony Gramieri, Brian DelGuercio and Justin Fraser have all recently completed their required Scout projects and reviews required in becoming an Eagle Scout.    Brian constructed…