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  • Casimir, Johnston reach Meet of Champs

    By: Justin Feil    For Cranbury’s Elisha Casimir, the time has run out to just come close.    She wants it all.    Casimir, fellow Cranbury resident Olivia Johnston and Hannah Davis and Libby Bliss finished third in the 4×400 relay at Saturday’s NJSIAA Group III championships in Egg Harbor Township. The quartet set a school record with…

  • Plaque marks Buckelew role in borough past

    Borough founder James Buckelew is commemorated with historic marker By: Stephanie Brown The legacy of James Buckelew, the borough’s namesake and early entrepreneur, will be memorialized in bronze Sunday.    The Jamesburg Historic Association will unveil a bronze historic marker at 2 p.m. on June 11 in Buckelew Park. The marker is engraved with a picture…

  • History of Mount Lucas Road focus of talks at Princeton Public Library

       Princeton Borough resident Jim Firestone will lead a series of free programs examining the history of Mount Lucas Road beginning Monday at 6 p.m. in the Princeton Public Library’s second-floor Princeton Room.    Two series of three programs each will be offered at 6 p.m. on Mondays June 12, July 10 and Aug. 14 and at…

  • The sounds of June Fete 2006

    With a Jersey Shore theme, the event promises three outdoor stages By: Michael Redmond    In keeping with its Jersey Shore theme, June Fete 2006 — today and Saturday, Princeton Universiuty Stadium, come one, come all — will have three stages for music performances: The Stone Pony, Rock Lobster and Surf City.    The hot buzz about…

  • Geraldine Franko

       Geraldine "Geri" Franko, 63, of Rossmoor, died Sunday, June 4, at Saint Peter’s Medical Center in New Brunswick.    Born May 7, 1943, in Perth Amboy, she resided in Old Bridge before moving to Monroe one month ago. Ms. Franko was a customer service representative for Canon USA, Inc., in Dayton for 10 years. She formerly…

  • Borough Council hears pitch for Verizon’s cable TV plan

    Company seeks to challenge Patriot Media for customers By: Kara Fitzpatrick    The ball began rolling on a proposal by Verizon Corp. to compete with Patriot Media for cable television customers in Princeton Borough when the Borough Council opened a public hearing Wednesday on the company’s application to provide the TV service.    The telecommunications company is…

  • Borough Council resolves final budget details

    Tax increase remains at 5 cents for $22.9 million spending plan By: Kara Fitzpatrick    A series of amendments to the Princeton Borough budget that were approved Wednesday by the Borough Council will result in a $30,000 increase in the introduced $22.9 million spending plan.    But the changes will not impose a tax increase beyond the…

  • Little Mandarins

    Riverside School students learn the language and culture of China By: Hilary Parker    Catching a glimpse of the children seated in a circle with arms waving overhead, smiles broad and backsides resistant to remaining in place on the floor, most people would accurately assume the Riverside Elementary School students in an after-school program taught by…

  • When child’s play turns deadly

    The key to stopping the spread of this deadly trend is to increase awareness among parents and to stress the value of prevention By: Madhurani Khare, M.D.    Parents of preteens or adolescents, take note: There’s a disturbing and potentially deadly game sweeping the country it’s called the Choking Game.    The game involves depriving the brain…