Category: archives

  • Returnees should make Peddie tennis a powerhouse

    By: Neil Hay    With the top six players from 2005 returning, this year’s Peddie boys’ tennis team should be a formidable one.    When the new season begins April 1 against public school power Moorestown, Coach Erik Gustavson could be writing in just about the same lineup that ended the season last spring. Or it could…

  • Finger-Licking Good

    Gastronomes delight in ‘Books2Eat.’ By:Megan Sullivan    Eat your words. With the inception of Books2Eat, an international edible book festival, eating your words has become enjoyable and tasty.    The idea came to book arts lover Judith A. Hoffberg while eating a Thanksgiving dinner with book artists in 1999. "I thought, books and food — wouldn’t that…

  • Books fly in a rite of spring

    Bryn Mawr-Wellesley sale kicks off its 75th year By: David Campbell    For the book-obsessed, there’s nothing quite like the Bryn Mawr-Wellesley Book Sale, which began Wednesday and runs through Sunday at the Princeton Day School Upper Gymnasium and Campus Center on The Great Road.    The book sale, which is marking its 75th anniversary this year,…

  • DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: The state’s bill has come due

    DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Short-term solutions won’t, and haven’t, solved the state’s budget. By: Hank Kalet    "Anyone who says we can save $3 to $4 billion dollars from eliminating waste, fraud and abuse is selling snake oil." — Gov. Jon Corzine, The Asbury Park Press, March 22    Anyone who expected Gov. Jon Corzine to have…

  • Weidel will heat up the market with its "Red Hot Sale"

    Properties participating in this event will feature valuable cash bonuses and/or incentives    Weidel Realtors is set to host a home selling extravaganza appropriately named the "Red Hot Sale" at selected Weidel properties for sale in New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania on Sunday, March 26. This one-day-only sale begins at 1 p.m. and continues until 5…

  • Princeton Packet Ice Hockey Player of the Year

    Czapka delivered big goals for the Panthers By: Justin Feil    Eric Czapka admits to having some reservations at the start of this season about how the Princeton Day School boys’ ice hockey team would do.    "Losing our top scorers, David Brownschidle and Will Denise, I thought it was going to be rough," said Czapka, a…

  • A Democratic spending spree

    Party garners $324,000 over 2-year period By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — The state Republican Party faced an almost 3-to-1 disadvantage in fundraising and spending against the state Democratic Party during the 2005 election.    But compared to the situation in Monroe Township, those odds look good.    The Star-Ledger reported in January that state Democratic organizations and…

  • Aid figures remain flat

    School district may see a 4.7 percent increase in aid for 2006-2007, while aid for the township would remain flat. By: Jessica Beym    Cranbury officials said there were few surprises when the state released aid figures to schools and municipalities this week.    Under the $30.9 billion state budget outlined by Gov. Jon Corzine on Tuesday,…

  • Council demands action on police

    Says mayor must discuss consolidation as it introduces plan for 28-cent tax hike By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN — The Borough Council has introduced a budget with a tax rate hike of about 28 cents while requiring Mayor Bob Patten to do something he says he’s been doing for a long time, apparently with no success:…