Category: archives

  • The cable wars

    Verizon wants your money … but the cable industry wants to keep it By: Mike Mathis    Several communications giants want you to invite them into your home.    And they’re battling one another over how they’re going to get through the door.    Verizon wants to provide cable television service to Princeton-area residents and throughout New Jersey,…

  • If it looks like a bank, smells like a bank …

    Lines blur between banks, credit unions By: Mike Mathis    They look like banks.    They offer many of the same services as banks.    But they’re not banks. And that’s what concerns so many banks about credit unions.    Bank officials claim credit unions are encroaching on the territories of local banks, and they say there’s little they…

  • Burlington Coat Factory deal almost done

    Bain Capital gets antitrust nod By: Annemarie Kropf    The sale of Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp. is one step closer to completion.    The $2.06 billion deal is part of a definitive merger agreement whereby Bain Capital Private Equity, an affiliate of Boston-based Bain Capital Partners LLC, will acquire Burlington Coat Factory. While the deal has…

  • Colliers opens a local office

    Firm completed deals in Lawrence, Hamilton By: George Spohr    PLAINSBORO — Colliers International, a commercial real- estate services firm with offices in 51 countries, has entered the Princeton market.    "Colliers is a global company, although certainly our focus is local," said Thomas March, a broker at the firm’s office at Princeton Forrestal Village. "All real-estate…

  • No rocks on this road

    25-year-old Cold Stone franchisee can taste her own success By: Mike Mathis    LAWRENCE — It’s not unusual for crowds to gather in Times Square, but Lauren Millner was puzzled when she saw one particular group of people more than two years ago.    They were waiting in line for ice cream — and it was January.…

  • North girls continue season of firsts

    Knights reach initial CJ III final By: Bob Nuse    Regardless of the outcome of Monday night’s Central Jersey Group III championship game, this season has been the best in school history for the West Windsor-Plainsboro North girls’ basketball team.    "We’re real happy," said WW-P North coach Brett Charleston, whose team defeated top-seeded Middletown South, 42-29,…

  • Vegetable soups from Deborah Madison

    Perhaps there is no easier way to satisfy the now nine-a-day requirement than with a bowl of soup By: Pat Tanner    Deborah Madison earned a permanent place of honor on my cookbook shelf back in 1987 with the publication of "The Greens Cook Book," named for the celebrated Bay Area restaurant where she pioneered an…

  • Frantzen is crowned Region V champion

    PHS senior completes rise to top By: Ken Weingartner    FLEMINGTON — Princeton High wrestling coach Rashone Johnson frequently tells Tom Frantzen that the third period is his.    Over the weekend, Frantzen proved it.    Frantzen won the Region V tournament championship at 171 pounds Saturday at Hunterdon Central High by sweeping to three wins, culminating with…

  • Letters to the Editor, March 7

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, March 7 High School North victim of unfairness To the editor:     On Feb. 9, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North was declared the winner of the 19th Annual New Jersey "We the People" Competition. Michael Zapicchi, High School North principal, received two letters of confirmation detailing the win, including registration information…