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  • ‘Snow Day’ enthralls kids

    Princeton Public Library puts plenty of variety into a winter theme By: Rachel Silverman    Everybody screamed when the liquid nitrogen hit the floor.    "Minus 321, that’s cold," chemist Bill Bernard said, dumping out a container of the misty stuff.    The room of kids giggled wildly.    "Woaaah," they cried, bobbing up and down as cloud crept…

  • Column: Justin Time

    Tigers in need of leaders By: Justin Feil    Leadership.    In one day, two different coaches pointed to it as the secret to their success, and one pointed to his team’s lack of leadership as a reason for recent failures.    At Montgomery High, both ice hockey coach Rob Scarpa and girls’ basketball coach Paul Popadiuk reflected…

  • Morven development plan hits another snag

    DEP commissioner says he will take seriously opposition by state Historic Sites Council By: Marjorie Censer    Historic Morven Inc. appears to have hit another snag in its plan to remake its estate grounds.    New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bradley Campbell has said he will take seriously the opposition of the state Historic Sites…

  • PHASE THREE by Arnold Bornstein: Pain in the neck, tooth and elsewhere

    PHASE THREE by Arnold Bornstein: New Years is good a time to count blessings and if you can’t think of any, try harder.    Two weeks ago, I went to my dentist because of a toothache that only ached when I pressed the gum above the tooth. He told me the old joke about the man…

  • Right venue is key to artistic success

    Painter to exhibit work in Bordentown gallery. By: Jessica Beym    For Cranbury artist Nadine Berkowsky, finding galleries in the area to show her work has never been a problem.    The challenge, she says, is finding shows that have works that complement her realist oil paintings.    "It’s hard to find a gallery where your work fits…

  • MHS, North boys split at tourneys

    Cougars drop final at Edison By: Bob Nuse    EDISON — Kris Grundy knows his team is better than it looked in the championship game of the Gene Haley Memorial Tournament.    Eric Becker knows his team is better than his team looked in the opening round of the J. Michael Tucker Memorial Tournament.    Fortunately for both…

  • CRANBURY RETROSPECTIVE

        10 Years Ago     • The Cranbury Tercentennial Committee is gearing up for a year of planning for the township’s year-long celebration in 1997. Mrs. Betty Wagner, township historian, said that the committee will prepare a calendar of events, starting with a kick-off dinner next January. Long-time residents have already begun recording their histories on…

  • Falcons rise and shine to help disadvantaged

    By: Lance Manion        A.J. Rudowitz doesn’t want to admit it now, but when Monroe High School boys basketball coach Bob Turco broached the idea of helping disadvantaged children on Saturdays he was apprehensive.    And he wasn’t alone.    "Nobody wants to wake up at 7 o’clock in the morning on a Saturday," Rudowitz said, "but…

  • Lupo ready to build upon his rebuilding efforts

    By: Ken Weingartner    It isn’t often that an individual refers to his previous season as a "rebuilding" year, a term more commonly assigned to a team. But that’s how Monroe High senior wrestler Justin Lupo looks back on his disappointing 2004-05 campaign.    Lupo won 19 matches as a sophomore and finished second in the District…