• PRINCETON: Costello names chairman of advisory board

       NEW BRUNSWICK — Longtime human resource executive Lawrence Costello has been elected chairman of the advisory board for the Center for Human Resource Strategy at Rutgers’ School of Management and Labor Relations.    Mr. Costello is one of the center’s founding members and has been providing visionary leadership since the center’s inception in 2002, said Paula…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Farm Sanctuary’s Walk for Farm Animals: Walking to show a little human kindness

    PRINCETON AREA: Farm Sanctuary’s Walk for Farm Animals: Walking to show a little human kindness

    Photos by Pat Summers By Pat Summers Special Writer     Strung out along Nassau Street, carrying signs and offering flyers, more than 70 people, many wearing T- shirts marking the occasion, walked the walk and whenever possible talked the talk about the horrors of factory farming. This was Farm Sanctuary’s Walk for Farm Animals, which…

  • PRINCETON: Loose Ends: I’m street-smart and well-read …

    PRINCETON: Loose Ends: I’m street-smart and well-read …

    By Pam Hersh Special Writer     Princeton Borough resident Peter Thompson is very well grounded — in infrastructure. His head is only in the clouds when it is following something that is coming up from the ground, such as power lines.     Peter, whom I have known for 20 years as Princeton Regional School District’s…

  • MONTGOMERY: Family goes to bat to fight rare atrophy disease

       MONTGOMERY — A Skillman family is hosting a benefit this weekend in the hope of finding a cure for a rare disease that could leave their son unable to walk.    ”Hoop, Walk ‘n’ Roll — Hula Hooping for a Cure for SMA” will be held from 9:30 a.m. to noon Saturday at Van Horne Park…

  • PLAINSBORO: Fire district requesting new trucks

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — A fire district special referendum will be held this week on a proposal to replace two aging firetrucks, at a cost of $2.125 million.    Polls will be open from 2 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26, at the firehouse, located at 407 Plainsboro Road.    The Board of…

  • MONTGOMERY: Tax assessment appeals get committee approval

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Residential tax appeals were on the agenda again Thursday night as the Township Committee approved three settlements that reduced home values by more than $100,000.    Falling prices in the real estate market have led to a substantial increase this year in the number of appeals filed in municipalities…

  • Sparks Fly in "Bus Stop" at MCCC’s Kelsey Theatre Oct. 16 – 25

    Sparks Fly in "Bus Stop" at MCCC’s Kelsey Theatre Oct. 16 – 25

    The cast for “Bus Stop” includes: from left, Jim Guenther of Princeton, Sally Page of Princeton, Del Howard of Lawrenceville, Hilary Crist of Stockton, Michael Kaish of West Windsor, Russ Weiss of Princeton Junction, and Tony Vizzari of Hamilton Square; (

  • ROCKY HILL: Rocky Hill’s day in court delayed until November

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    ROCKY HILL — Oral arguments in the borough’s legal objection to the shutdown and merger of the Rocky Hill School District, which were scheduled for last Friday, have been postponed until Nov. 4.    A complaint was filed July 2 in Somerset County state Superior Court challenging the merger, which resulted…

  • 18th Century Spice Cookie Baking

    Old Barracks Museum Old Barracks Museum, 101 Barrack Street, Trenton, NJ (609)396-1776 October 31st,  Saturday, 12-3pm  Come join the staff of the Old Barracks in baking spice cake cookies in our 18th century outdoor bake oven.  Enjoy some fresh mulled cider with your freshly baked cookies. Admission $8/adult, $6/senior, $6/child. Association members are free.

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