Category: archives

  • Borden tosses no-hitter as 12’s open new tourney

    By: Sean Moylan    If the East Windsor 12-year-old Little League All-Stars had one regret — other than not advancing out of pool play — in their first District 12 Baseball Tournament, it would have to be that not enough people got a chance to see the amazing Dylan Borden pitch.    That situation was remedied on…

  • Night Shift

    Philadelphia writer Michael Bamberger takes a fly-on-the-wall look at the process of making the Bucks County, Pa.-based ‘Lady in the Water.’ By: Anthony Stoeckert    In researching his newest book, The Man Who Heard Voices (Gotham, $27.50), Michael Bamberger experienced the dream of many a movie buff. He spent countless hours with one of the world’s…

  • Doyle siblings make junior golf history

    By: Rich Fisher    There has been a lot of focus on sibling relationships lately. Time magazine did a cover story on it, National Public Radio recently had a show on it.    But when it comes right down to it, you can throw out all the experts and psychological evaluators. The sibling relationship can always be…

  • Letters

    More bike paths needed To the editor:     I have a business on Main Street and I know that in lots of cities it’s illegal to ride bicycles on the sidewalks. Having remarked this to a visiting friend from Germany, she said only small kids with the tiny bicycles are allowed to ride on the…

  • Valente’s early start led to swim success

    Wins three events, helps relay to record at PASDA By: Bob Nuse    Like most kids, Jake Valente started swimming at a young age.    He just started swimming competitively earlier than a lot of other kids.    "I started swimming competitively when I was 6 years old with a team called Whitewaters," said the Princeton resident, who…

  • Corner House oversight change adopted

    Objector’s request for more consideration time rejected by Borough Council By: Kara Fitzpatrick    Another last-minute jab of dissent Tuesday against the creation of a Corner House board failed to persuade the Princeton Borough Council that delaying an ordinance intended to shift oversight of the municipally funded drug and alcohol counseling center would be in the…

  • OBITUARIES, July 28, 2006

    Donald G. Dickason, Dorothy Hostler, Michael S. Montgomery, Margaret H. Prescott, Laura Leuck, Dorothy A.P. Dey Donald G. Dickason Career in college admissions     Donald Garrett Dickason of Princeton died July 17 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was 75.    Born in Wooster, Ohio, and raised in the Midwest, he had been…

  • Letters to the editor

    Mayor’s answers sought on IACC To the editor:     The July 19 public meeting about the proposed Indian American Cultural Center on Milford Road raised more questions than answers. Part of the reason for this was those in attendance were informed they could only ask one question, and many present were not given the opportunity…

  • No clowning – library card is magical

    Rainbow the Clown shows kids the fun to be had at library By: Jessica Beym    There’s no need for magic tricks, silly music and furry puppets to have fun this summer, or at least that’s what Rainbow the clown said when she came to the Large Group Room in Cranbury on Tuesday.    "Sometimes in the…