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  • Drawn to the Bones

    The Philadelphia Museum of Art looks at the ‘Memory and Magic’ of American icon Andrew Wyeth. By:Ilene Dube    Why travel the world in search of meaning and beauty, when all of life’s possibilities exist in your own backyard?    Andrew Wyeth became one of this nation’s greatest artists while focusing on the land surrounding his homes…

  • Princeton High garners 16 awards at science fair

    Senior wins grand prize and moves on to international competition representing Mercer County By: David Campbell    Three Princeton High School students garnered 16 prizes at the Mercer Science and Engineering Fair held recently at Rider University.    Senior Rohith Chandrashekar, 17, won the grand prize for his project — "Design of An Aerodynamically Enhanced Plasma for…

  • Arresting images

    U.S. 1 Poets’ Cooperative publishes a "perfect" 51st collection By: Carolyn Foote Edelmann    March in Princeton has gone out with the literary lions, as it were, as the U. S. 1 Poets’ Cooperative gathered Sunday for a public reception at the Princeton University Store to celebrate the release of U.S. 1 Worksheets, Volume 51, the…

  • A life in words

    Poet to bring his love of poetry to Cranbury By: Hank Kalet    Charles Johnson discovered his love of poetry in high school.    The Hillsborough poet, who will be reading Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Gourgaud Gallery, remembers an assignment in ninth-grade English class.    "The entire class was asked to write a poem," he said…

  • Candidates Forum, March 31

    CANDIDATES FORUM, March 31 Anthony Fleres Plainsboro candidate, West Windsor-Plainsboro Board of Education     I am writing as a candidate for the West Windsor-Plainsboro Board of Education and asking for the support of Plainsboro voters on April 18.    I have been a resident of Plainsboro for 13 years. My wife, Marcia, and I care deeply…

  • Vivens is first-time (head coach), longtime (assistant)

    PHS mainstay will help steer baseball team By: Bob Nuse    Over the course of his career at Princeton High School, Bob Vivens has played a role in just about every sport.    This year, he’s getting his first taste of something he never thought he would be at PHS, a head coach. Vivens, a long-time Princeton…

  • Tax hike put at 5.3 percent as Montgomery board OKs budget

    $69.4 million spending plan is a 2.3-percent increase over last year By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — The township Board of Education unanimously approved the proposed $69.4 million school budget Tuesday at a formal hearing, which included the announcement of an unexpected infusion of state aid that the board put toward decreasing the tax levy.    The…

  • Princeton school board weighs new policy on student health

    Wellness program would promote healthy lifestyles and combat obesity By: David Campbell    The Princeton Regional Board of Education on Tuesday night reviewed a proposed new district-wide wellness policy that seeks to promote healthy lifestyles and combat obesity among school-age children.    "With all good reason as we look at the population of our youth and growing…

  • Council rejects ban on Rogers parking

    Takes step on Greenways project By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN — Borough Council has rejected a plan to ban street parking on a section of Rogers Avenue on weekends.    The council voted 4-2 last week against the measure, which was initially suggested as a seven-day ban from Stockton Street to Railroad Avenue by Police Chief James…