Category: lifestyle

  • HEALTH MATTERS: A number of techniques can help curb incontinence

    By Dr. Nina Bhatia, Princeton HealthCare System  Is your urge to go bringing your life to a stop? Do you run to the bathroom instead of running around the track? If incontinence is interfering with your daily activities, it’s time to seek help. With the right treatment approach, you can control incontinence rather than…

  • LOOSE ENDS: An issue that’s ruffling some feathers

    LOOSE ENDS: An issue that’s ruffling some feathers

    By Pam Hersh Some would say I am egging Princetonians on by bringing up the following fact: The ultra-thorough Princeton Consolidation Study neglected to deal with one very hairy — or more accurately feathery — conundrum: chickens as backyard pets. I predict that the next cockeyed Princeton zoning ordinance controversy to take place — rivaling…

  • PRINCETON: A picture perfect business for more than half a century

    PRINCETON: A picture perfect business for more than half a century

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer From a creaky swivel chair inside his shop on Spring Street, David S. Rosendorf has as good a view as any of the world around him in downtown Princeton. He likes to say he is 74 “going on 29,” someone who has spent more than half a century being…

  • PRINCETON: Michele Russo named to lead Young Audiences

    PRINCETON: Michele Russo named to lead Young Audiences

    Michele Russo has been named the new president and CEO of Young Audiences New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania, according to a statement released by the organization on Monday. Ms. Russo will transition into the role on Oct. 19 as Laurence Capo retires after 25 years of dedication to YA. A national search was conducted by…

  • Keeping Princeton’s streets safe

    Keeping Princeton’s streets safe

    By Keith Loria    Growing up in Princeton, John Bailey learned early in life the importance of community and helping others, and found a strong mentor in Pete Young Sr. And that’s what led him to starting the Joint Effort-Princeton Pete Young Sr. Memorial Safe Streets Weekend nearly 10 years ago.    ”He was a businessman, role…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: School donates ponytails to Locks of Love

    June 15, more than 50 parents, faculty members and students participated in Hopewell Elementary School’s annual Locks of Love event. The event collected 163 individual ponytails to benefit Locks of Love, a nonprofit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children suffering from long-term medical hair loss. All Hopewell Elementary students, grades pre-kindergarten to fifth,…

  • D&R Greenway gets Down to Earth

    D&R Greenway gets Down to Earth

    More than 100 D&R Greenway Land Trust supporters, donors and board members enjoyed fun at St. Michael’s Farm Preserve in Hopewell on June 6. Dressed “west” and ready to kick up their heels in cowboy boots, revelers enjoyed barnyard games, a parade, the bounty from preserved farms and dancing to the Tone Rangers Band, all…

  • ‘Moon Over Buffalo’ comedy opens tonight (June 5)

    Somerset Valley Players will present “Moon Over Buffalo” at the theater at 689 Amwell Road (Route 514) from June 5 through 21. Shows are Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 and Sunday matinees at 2. General admission is $20, or senior citizens and students are $18. Zany shenanigans comically light up a backstage dressing room…

  • 11th Annual ETS Firecracker 5K Run/Walk set for Tuesday, June 23rd 2015

    11th Annual ETS Firecracker 5K Run/Walk set for Tuesday, June 23rd 2015

    Call for 5K runners, walkers, and sponsors! PRINCETON: Runners and walkers looking for a 5K race need to look no further! Educational Testing Service (ETS) and YWCA Princeton will host the 11th annual Firecracker 5K Run/Walk on Tuesday, June 23rd. Runners, walkers, families, and corporate or organizational teams are invited to enjoy an early summer…