• Counterpoint

    W.S. Me rwin, live fro m Maui By: Michael Redmond – Lifestyle Editor "Now all my teachers are dead except silence" (from "The Lice," 1967) W.S. Merwin is enjoying some unaccounted notoriety as a film star. Or, better put, he is bemused by the same. The poet, twice the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, appears…

  • Arbor Day organizers thank all for support

    Karen Linder of Friends of Princeton Nursery Lands     The Friends of Princeton Nursery Lands hosted a colorful and spirited Arbor Day Celebration April 17 that could not have happened without the help and support of many.    We thank you for listing the event. We are indebted to Jim Consolloy, who led our tree walk;…

  • West Windsor farmers market plans May 1 opening

    By: John Saccenti – Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR – When Beth Feehan and Mireille Delman set out to start the West Windsor Community Farmers Market seven years ago, they wanted to create more than just a place to buy fresh local food. They also wanted to create a place for neighbors to get together. "The…

  • Proposed Mercer County spending plan would raise tax rate by almost 4 cents

    By: centraljersey.com TRENTON – Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes has introduced his administration’s annual proposed budget, a $294 million plan that would raise the tax rate by almost 4 cents per $100 of assessed property value. The budget seeks to limit spending and sustain programs under threat of elimination by state budget cuts, according to…

  • Police beat

    East Windsor By: centraljersey.com A 14-year-old boy from Stockton Street was charged April 16 with possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute and other drug-related offenses. Police said that at 12:57 p.m. they received a call from officials at Melvin H. Kreps Middle School that they had a student in custody who was in…

  • Things to do

    Friday, April 23 By: centraljersey.com Managing conditions: 11 a.m., Monroe Township Senior Center. Dr. Joseph Schafer and Marina Rabkin, RD, of Manalapan Medical Center, discussconditions prevalent to the older adult: diabetes, osteoporosis and thyroid disease. Saturday, April 24 Health fair: 11 a.m.-3 p.m., The Residence at Forsgate, 319 Fosgate Drive, Monroe. Free medical screenings, educational…

  • Police blotter

    Princeton Township By: centraljersey.com Harold Phillips, 75, and Natividad Phillips, 83, a married couple who live in Hopewell, were charged with shoplifting from McCaffrey’s Supermarket on Tuesday morning, police said. Store management reported that they witnessed the couple stealing items throughout the store, and they had been warned for shoplifting in the past. The couple…

  • Monroe baseball starts off quickly

    By: Ken Weingartner – Special Writer If Greg Beyer was told before the season that two of his top three starters would be limited to 17 innings through Monroe Township High’s first 11 baseball games, he would have been worried. "I’d have said, ‘Wow.’ Where would we be?" Beyer said. As it turns out, the…

  • Voters OK PRSD, WW-P budgets, nix Montgomery

    Princeton: Yes: 2,359 No: 1,184 By: Kristine Snodgrass – Staff Writer Princetonians left no question of their support for the 2010-11 school budget, voting overwhelmingly in its favor in Tuesday’s election. The $60.5 million tax levy was approved by in the township by a vote of 1,740 to 833, and by 619 to 351 in…

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