Category: archives

  • DISPATCHES: Singing the songs of protest

    DISPATHCES by Hank Kalet: My annual summer music column looks at new tunes from the rock, pop and country scene that have a bit of a political edge. By: Hank Kalet    Rage and protest are all the rage these days on the radio.    And I’m not talking about those right-wing talking heads who like to…

  • Tasteful Teas… and More

    It’s tea time for the ladies — and gentlemen too — at this Victorian spot where sweets, treats and finger sandwiches are served. By: Amy Brummer    Driving down Washington Street in Newtown, Pa., one day last fall, I felt as if I was seeing the building at the corner of Swamp Road for the first…

  • Cranbury bicyclist hits the road for MS

    Local man to test his endurance during 200-mile fundraising ride. By: Jessica Beym    Nothing could keep 37-year-old George Hoffman off his bike for long — not even an accident last June in which he was hit by a car on Plainsboro Road while riding to his office in Skillman.    Two months after he recovered from…

  • National Merit Scholarship winners named

    Two from PDS and one each from West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South and Montgomery High make the list By: Hilary Parker    Four area students were named winners of National Merit Scholarships this month.    The national program — started in 1955 — selects winners based on their academic performance, recommendations from school officials, involvement in school…

  • Plaza neighbors wonder where the pergola is

    Eyesore unmoved a full year after downtown plaza opened By: Kara Fitzpatrick    As the weeks turned into months — and the months into a year — many people might be wondering why the chain-link temporary fence at the downtown plaza has not been replaced with its permanent counterpart, a pergola.    The pergola — an open-roofed…

  • Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week

    Rainey running to top for Knights By: Justin Feil    Brian Gould had a good feeling about new transfer Iquan Rainey even before he saw him run. All he had to do was hear his name.    "That sounds fast," Gould recalled thinking. The West Windsor-Plainsboro North boys’ track and field head coach has admired the rewards…

  • Vikings continue GMC track dominance

    Girls win B title again while boys finish second By: Rich Fisher    For the most part, athletic programs at the Cranbury School take turns having great years.    Except for that Viking track and field team, which proves its mettle every year.    On May 24, the Vikings again dominated the B Division of the Greater Middlesex…

  • Rocky Hill library to present face-reading session

    By: Jake Uitti    ROCKY HILL — What does your face reveal about you? Does the structure of your face and the placement of your features actually tell others about your personality and character?    The Friends of the Mary Jacobs Library will be presenting a program on face reading with Montgomery resident Sarah Romagnoli 7 to…

  • Princeton Festival prepares to fly

    Origami project helps promote Madama Butterfly performance By: Jessica Emili    During Communiversity, hundreds of paper butterflies attracted attention to the booth representing The Princeton Festival, which will be mounting its second season later this month at The Lawrenceville School. For Helene Kulsrud of Princeton, the festival’s chairwoman, the idea for "A Flight of Butterflies" had…