• TRENTON: Mercer County sells $36.5 million in bonds

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    The Mercer County government has sold $36.5 million in bonds under a federal program that allowed the county to save more than $3 million in interest while funding capital projects and preserving open space.    The bonds, known as Build America Bonds, were made available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Legion squad makes run at final eight

    Baseball season ends with 19-9 record By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Even if West Windsor-Plainsboro had won on Friday to get to the New Jersey American Legion state tournament final eight, the odds would have been stacked against their success.    But that doesn’t mean WW-P would not have liked to have taken a shot at…

  • PRINCETON: Loose Ends: All aboard to nowhere …

    PRINCETON: Loose Ends: All aboard to nowhere …

    The Dinky: ‘The Princeton community has been so focused on the issue of moving the train station a few hundred feet to accommodate Princeton University’s redevelopment plans that it may have lost sight of far more ominous changes coming down the track — curtailment of service.’

  • HEALTH MATTERS: Physical therapy helps to relieve arthritis pain

    HEALTH MATTERS: Physical therapy helps to relieve arthritis pain

    By James McCracken, P.T. Princeton HealthCare System     If you suffer from arthritis, you know that it can be a painful disease that often limits your physical movements and daily activities.     You may be surprised to learn, however, that exercise and motion can actually help improve your symptoms and bring relief from the pain…

  • WEST WINDSOR: 11s baseball comes close to title

    All-stars fall in finals By Rich Fisher, The Packet Group    Despite the fact that West Windsor’s 11-year-old All-Stars were one win from a District 12 title that never came, manager Brian O’Leary could take solace in one thing.    ”I feel like they beat us more than we beat ourselves,” said O’Leary after Robbinsville took a…

  • PRINCETON: Commissioner earns award

    Stentz rewarded for service to basketball league By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    When Ben Stentz first took over as league commissioner of the Princeton Recreation Men’s Summer Basketball League, there was a sense of loyalty to his former high school coach.    ”I guess the timing of it must have been good,” said Stentz, who is…

  • PRINCETON: Halligan, George’s/Ivy set to defend

    Cool Runnings next up for 2008 champs By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    His playing days may have ended at The College of New Jersey, but that didn’t mean Brian Halligan couldn’t keep playing basketball with his former Lions teammates.    Halligan, along with four of his former teammates at TCNJ, make up the core group of…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Hightstown man dies in industrial accident

       EAST WINDSOR — A Hightstown man was found dead last week inside a commercial-size chipping/mulching machine on Disbrow Hill Road.    Christopher Silverthorne, 32, of Morrison Avenue, died at a Timberwolf Tree Service work site July 23, according to township police.    Police said officers and emergency medical technicians responded at 12:35 p.m. to a report of…

  • PRINCETON: Walking tour of African-American history

    PRINCETON: Walking tour of African-American history

    Phil McAuliffe Shirley Satterfield, Vice President of the Princeton Historic Society, makes at stop at Nassau Hall as she leads a group on a Black History walking tour in Princeton on Saturday morning. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe

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