• PRINCETON: PHS Studio Band to play at Carnegie Hall

    PRINCETON: PHS Studio Band to play at Carnegie Hall

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    Following in the footsteps of jazz great Benny Goodman more than 70 years ago, the Princeton High Studio Band will bring the contemporary musical style to Carnegie Hall in a performance next Friday at the famed Manhattan concert landmark.    The band was selected as the first and only jazz band…

  • PRINCETON: Sidewalk sign crackdown in Borough?

    PRINCETON: Sidewalk sign crackdown in Borough?

    Princeton Borough officials say that sidewalk signs, a fixture downtown, are only supposed to be used temporarily to promote specific events or sales. Staff photos by Mark Czajkowski

  • Simply educate

    Brian J. Mc Hugh, Hopewell Township     I have confidence that the Hopewell Valley teachers can provide students with valuable knowledge and skills that will aid them both at college and in the work force.    During a presentation at the HVRSD board meeting on Feb. 17, the K-12 supervisor of educational technology, business, and practical…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Fire budgets pass; Orlandi beats Lang

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    All three Hopewell Valley fire district budgets passed Saturday, with voter turnout very light, as it has been since fire districting was instituted in the Valley in the late 1980s.    In Hopewell Township, challenger Cynthia Orlandi won a seat on the board of fire commissioners, defeating incumbent Timothy Lang.    In…

  • AROUND CRANBURY: A weekend of history and art is on the way

    by Lorraine Sedor, Columnist    Cranbury’s Frank Marlowe presents “A Talk on Ida B. Wells” on Sunday at 2 p.m. This talk will examine three episodes in Ida B. Wells’ career that illustrate the complex nature of the problems black people faced after emancipation. Frank is sure to provide insight into the inspirational life of this…

  • Letter misrepresented Rep. Holt on Israel

    Chiara Nappi of Princeton     U.S. Rep. Rush Holt recently joined 53 of his House colleagues in signing a letter asking President Obama to help ease the Israeli and Egyptian embargo on humanitarian aide to Gaza. One of your readers (Feb. 9) complained so bitterly about thatletter as to make me wonder if he had…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Municipal consolidation is March 10 topic

    Hopewell Valley League of Women Voters will host ‘Conversation on Municipal Consolidation’ at Hopewell Township Municipal Building By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    The issue of whether Hopewell Borough and/or Pennington Borough should merge with Hopewell Township has been raised periodically over many years, but the topic died again and again for want of a definite…

  • PRINCETON: Sidewalk sign crackdown in Borough?

    PRINCETON: Sidewalk sign crackdown in Borough?

    Princeton Borough officials say that sidewalk signs, a fixture downtown, are only supposed to be used temporarily to promote specific events or sales. Staff photos by Mark Czajkowski

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Three longtime Timberlane teachers are retiring

    They are Richard Byer, Walter Krichling and Joyce Cahill By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Three Timberlane Middle School teachers, who have been teaching in the Hopewell Valley school district for a collective 115 years, will retire at the end of this school year.    Accepted by the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education on Feb. 17…

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