• SPOTLIGHT: ‘Family values’ promoted by PU in hiring faculty

    SPOTLIGHT: ‘Family values’ promoted by PU in hiring faculty

    Phil McAuliffe Jill Dolan and Stacy Wolf, domestic partners who are both professors in Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts, exemplify the university’s commitment to hiring both members of an academic couple, when possible. Academic couples are more common at Princeton than at other universities. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe

  • PLAINSBORO: Chinese New Year gala celebration at library on Feb. 12

    PLAINSBORO: Chinese New Year gala celebration at library on Feb. 12

        The Year of the Rabbit will be ushered in with great gusto at the new Plainsboro Public Library on Saturday, Feb. 12, from 1 to 6 p.m. The gala celebration will afford all attendees a chance to be swept away with hands-on activity, spellbinding entertainment, and a myriad of Chinese New Year’s traditions.    …

  • WEST WINDSOR: New sprinter aids Pirates’ county crown

    Rosenberg puts energy into South track By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Zach Rosenberg dabbled with track and field last spring.    The West Windsor-Plainsboro South senior dedicated himself to it full-time this winter, and he helped to deliver the Pirate boys their first Mercer County Championship since 2006 with a 92-58 advantage over 11-time champion…

  • PRINCETON: McCarter awards prize, slates free discussion Feb. 6

    PRINCETON: McCarter awards prize, slates free discussion Feb. 6

        McCarter Theatre celebrated the opening night performance of Sarah Treem’s “The How and The Why” and the Sallie B. Goodman Prize on Jawn. 14. This year’s recipient is Academy Award- winner Mercedes Ruehl, who co-stars with Bess Rous in the production. The Sallie B. Goodman Prize — given in Sallie’s memory by her husband,…

  • MONROE: Fire District 3 to receive grant for air packs

    By David Kilby, Staff Writer    MONROE — Monroe Township District 3 is one of seven fire districts in New Jersey that will receive a federal grant through the Federal Emergency Management Agency Assistance to Firefighter’s Grant.    U.S. senators Frank R. Lautenberg, D-NJ, and Robert Menendez, D-NJ, announced the grant recipients Jan. 27. The other districts…

  • MONROE: Township sets aside nearly $2 million for revaluation

    By David Kilby, Staff Writer    MONROE — The Township Council passed an ordinance Monday appropriating $1,975,000 to fund the township’s tax revaluation project.    The state is requiring Monroe to do a revaluation because Monroe properties are assessed at only about 53 percent of their actual value.    Wayne Hamilton, township business administrator, explained the first steps…

  • PRINCETON: Hun hockey heads into states

    Raiders look to upset MKA By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    The Hun School ice hockey team will try to finish its season up strong while building momentum for next year, when much of the young Raiders team is expected to return.    Hun, fresh off a 2-2 tie against Pennington on Tuesday, will skate in…

  • CRANBURY: Retiring teacher carried on family tradition

    By David Kilby, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — Cranbury School has helped second-grade teacher Barbara Mosley pursue her many interests over the past two and a half decades as she remained true to her first love, teaching.    After 30 years of teaching and 25 years with Cranbury School, Ms. Mosley will be retiring at the end…

  • CRANBURY: Man finds another use for iPhone

    By David Kilby, Staff Writr    CRANBURY — A cell phone can be used for much more than making calls.    It can be used as a GPS, a web browser, a calculator and a camera — and a canvas for artistic drawings.    The Blue Rooster Bakery and Cafe on Main Street in Cranbury is displaying the…

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