Category: archives

  • WW-P school projects progressing on many fronts

    Construction proceeds apace at facilities throughout the district. By: Courtney Gross    Behind Community Middle School in Plainsboro, the black asphalt where children could normally spend free time is littered with dumpsters, wood and discarded material from the building’s roof.    Construction workers scale the school’s walls and survey the ongoing improvements. Day by day, the approximately…

  • Planning board approves school relocation

    Wilberforce School will move to Church of Christ on River Road. By: Kara Fitzpatrick    The Regional Planning Board of Princeton approved an application Thursday night that will permit The Wilberforce School, a classical Christian school founded last year, to move from its current location in the Lutheran Church of the Messiah on Nassau Street to…

  • Crime-fighting event to debut in Princeton

       The Princeton Township Police Department will host its first National Night Out program Aug. 1 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Community Park School.    The event, part of the nationwide National Night Out crime- and drug-prevention awareness program, will feature a free swim at the Community Park Pool and tours of the adjacent police and…

  • Conservative-leaning foundation is looking to make its mark

    Witherspoon Institute will move into permanent home on Stockton Street. By: Hilary Parker    The Witherspoon Institute takes far more than its name from John Witherspoon.    Just as the sixth president of Princeton University and signer of the Declaration of Independence was a devout supporter of education and freedom, Witherspoon Institute President Luis Tellez says, the…

  • Finding Baseball in China

    The great American past-time helps to make Shanghai feel more like home. By: Jimmy Hoeland    Basking there in the setting sun, I smiled through my panting breath as my teammates congratulated me with a round of high-fives for having just completed a breakneck tear around the bases. I had hit a home run. It wasn’t,…

  • Owning the Title

    With two published novels, Plainsboro’s Brandi Scollins-Mantha can now call herself a writer. By: Josh Appelbaum    Plainsboro author Brandi Scollins-Mantha has a hard time telling people she’s a writer when they ask what she does.    Like many 21st century women, she works to balance family life with work while furthering her education. The South Brunswick…

  • Monday, July 17, 2006

    Donald "Don" Bish    Donald "Don" Bish, 77, of Lambertville died Friday.    Born in Wycoff, he was a longtime resident of Lambertville.    He was employed by R.G. Runkle in Trenton for 25 years. He was owner of Bish Sales in Pennington for 36 years. He owned concessions at local fairs for the past 60 years and…

  • WW baseball orders happy ending

    Baseball stars hope to change history By: Justin Feil    The West Windsor 12-year-old all-star baseball team would like a new ending to its the District 12 Little League tournament.    Two years ago as 10-year-old all-stars, the West Windsor Americans went through pool play unbeaten in four games. West Windsor has already repeated that feat this…

  • Pitching, defense win WW title

    Prevail in District 12 softball final By: Bob Nuse    LAWRENCE — The West Windsor 12-year-old softball all-stars used an old formula to capture yet another District 12 championship.    West Windsor used great pitching, solid defense and timely hitting to defeat Washington, 2-0, Monday night and capture the District 12 Little League softball championship.    Kaitlin Perrine…