• Hopewell Elementary will fete ‘National Farm to School Month’

    Hopewell Elementary will fete ‘National Farm to School Month’

    This is Freddy’s Garden Patch. Freddy the Frog is the school’s mascot. The children voted to name the gardens, where they are learning about growing fresh vegetables and healthy eating, in honor of Freddy.

  • AROUND CRANBURY: Design a wine bottle label for prizes

    Lorraine Sedor    In honor of its 80th anniversary of service to Cranbury, the Cranbury Lions Club is making a barrel of wine at The Grape Escape in Dayton, and you’re invited to join in!    Says Lion Bob Virgadamo, “The project is fun, the wine is quite good, and members of the community might see, first-hand,…

  • Longtime resident supports Mayor Pucci

    Judy Brodman, Monroe To the editor: I’ve been a resident of Monroe Township for many years.    I have much respect and appreciation for Mayor Richard Pucci. He has been a true local leader in every sense of the word.    Under his terms as mayor, he has kept our tax rate consistently low. Monroe, in fact,…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Creating a Halloween cabaret

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Creating a Halloween cabaret

    Staff photo by Charles W. Kim Cabaret band mem´bers, Andrew Porcelli, 23, of Philadelphia, Colin Duffy, 34, Yardville, Jacob Wall, 31, Trenton and David Lewis, 31 of Ew´ing practice the assorted numbers to be performed during the show.

  • PRINCETON: Let’s consolidate. And that’s that.

    By Pam Hersh Special Writer    I require no special committee or commission to prove that consolidation of Princeton Borough and Princeton Township has nothing to do with rodents. But this past week, my mind was making a connection between the consolidation debate and Princeton’s newest mascot — the huge inflatable rat occasionally hanging out on…

  • MONROE: Firehouse receives piece of Twin Towers

    MONROE: Firehouse receives piece of Twin Towers

    David Kilby, Managing Editor    MONROE — Firefighters from Fire District 2 in Monroe took a ride up to Hanger 17 at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City on Wednesday to retrieve a piece of history: a 147-pound beam of steel from the fallen World Trade Center towers.    They originally wanted to…

  • AS I SEE IT: Oh deer! And don’t forget the Dinky

    By Dennis Scheil    There is something special about fall in Princeton. The air loses its Central Jersey humidity, turning crisp and cool. Leaves start to turn red and gold, and the line of cars heading to Terhune Orchards stretches almost back to Rosedale Road. It is a good thing I got my fix of apple…

  • PRINCETON: Car crashes into McCaffrey’s

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    An elderly man drove through the front entrance of McCaffrey’s supermarket at the Princeton Shopping Center today and a 21-year-old cashier realizes how lucky he is to be unscathed.    Store employees are hailing Christian Brault, 20 of Lawrenceville, a hero as he jumped into help the driver, David I.…

  • PRINCETON: Lithgow comes ‘home’ to Princeton

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    A pompous cartoon lord, an alien dropped on Earth to learn about human life, a psycho killer and Shakespearean thespian are all roles that define stage and screen actor John Lithgow.    The former Princetonian had a warm homecoming on Wednesday night as he visited the Barnes & Noble on Route…

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