• Senator needs to back greenhouse gas measure

    Casey Coley, Lawrenceville To the editor: Every week, I find time to visit Princeton for one reason: to breathe. I am a regular at Michael Cremone’s Yoga Above yoga studio.    Yoga teaches the importance of breath through movement and focus; yoga keeps me sane, helps me find peace every day.    I want to think about…

  • Summer Basketball Camp

    By Dan Schantz The Dan Schantz Basketball Camp has announced the camp dates for this summer. This year, the camp will be held at its original location – Mary, Mother of God, in Hillsborough. The camp, in its sixth season, will be directed by Dan Schantz, Former Assistant Varsity Basketball Coach at St. Patrick High…

  • MCCC Gallery Calls for Entries for "Mercer County Artists 2012"

    By Wendy Humphrey West Windsor, N.J. – Calling local artists!  Artists aged 18 or older who live, work, or attend school in Mercer County are invited to submit their art for consideration for this year’s “Mercer County Artists 2012” exhibition at The Gallery at Mercer County Community College (MCCC).  Jurying takes place on Saturday, Feb.…

  • MONTGOMERY: Boys capture first fencing team title

    MONTGOMERY: Boys capture first fencing team title

    Sledeski takes individual crown for Cougars By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Nick Sledeski was thrilled to see the Montgomery High School fencing team grow into a district champion in his final year.    The Cougars senior claimed the individual sabre title at the District 2 championships at North Hunterdon on Sunday and helped lead MHS…

  • Press Release: Jambalaya Brass Band to Perform for Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras Party at B.B. King Blues Club

    By Stephen McConnaughey FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  JAMBALAYA BRASS BAND TO PERFORM FOR FAT TUESDAY MARDI GRAS PARTY AT B.B. KING BLUES CLUB   New York, NY, January 31, 2012–Jambalaya Brass Band, NYC’s ultimate New Orleans party band, will be performing four sets at the Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras Party at Lucille’s in the world famous…

  • SPRINGFIELD: 476 farm acres to be auctioned

    By Birgitta Wolfe, Managing Editor    SPRINGFIELD — Three township tracts of preserved county-owned farmland totaling 476 acres will be auctioned Feb. 22.    The auction will be at the Rutgers EcoComplex on Florence-Columbus Road and conducted by the Max Spann Real Estate and Auction Co. at 1 p.m.    The farms are the 213-acre BF&W North Farm…

  • PRINCETON: Gillette earns big win

    PRINCETON: Gillette earns big win

    PHS senior claims MCT heavyweight wrestling crown By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    ROBBINSVILLE — Rashone Johnson could sense that Nick Gillette was primed for a big effort at the Mercer County Wrestling Tournament.    The Princeton High senior proved his coach right when he defeated Michael Remboski of Steinert in the finals to win the 285-pound…

  • MONTGOMERY: Student competes in New Jersey Braille Challenge

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Fifth grader Mihir Doshi, a visually impaired student at the Montgomery Township Lower Middle School, is hoping to make a second trip to the National Braille Challenge this year in California.    Last year, he beat more than 850 preliminary round contestants in North America to qualify for the…

  • In favor of guidelines on school meals

    Jonas Bennett, Princeton To the editor: I was delighted to read the new USDA guidelines requiring schools toserve meals with twice as many fruits and vegetables, more whole grains,less sodium and fat, and no meat for breakfast. The guidelines weremandated by the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act signed by President Obamain December of 2010 and will…

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