• PRINCETON: Buzzer beater thrills end to pro-am finals

    PRINCETON: Buzzer beater thrills end to pro-am finals

    By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Christian Burns put an exclamation point on a successful first season for the Victory Sports Pro-Am Summer Basketball League. Burns’ three-point shot at the buzzer lifted Masselli & Warren Law Firm to a 67-64 win over CertaPro Painters in the league’s first championship game last Thursday night at The Hun…

  • PRINCETON: Woodside following friend to PDS helm

    By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor John Woodside was officiating track and field when Princeton Day School cross country coach Merrell Noden first asked him about running the Panthers program. “He said, ‘I don’t know if I can coach next fall,’” recalled Woodside. “‘If not, I want you take over.’” Woodside responded with only well…

  • CRANBURY: Run honors her legacy of community service

    CRANBURY: Run honors her legacy of community service

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor Helene Cody wanted to bring a tradition back to town. A 5K race had taken place in Cranbury for 35 years but suddenly stopped when backers couldn’t sustain it financially, according to Helene’s mother, Linda Morris Cody. “She had taken up running as a freshman at Princeton High School and…

  • CRANBURY: Geocaching comes to Cranbury

    Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor Get the coordinates and find the cache. The township’s Environmental Commission has announced that the first official geocache has been placed in Cranbury. Geocaching is the recreational activity of hunting for and finding a hidden object by means of GPS coordinates. Residents who would like the coordinates of the Cranbury cache…

  • CRANBURY: Seeing common plants on a deeper level

    CRANBURY: Seeing common plants on a deeper level

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor Juliana Lako was surprised at what she was seeing — what she considered weeds turn into native green plant allies right before her eyes. “It’s so crazy all of the things that you overlook about the plants and trees you are so used to seeing,” Ms. Lako, who owns Studio…

  • CRANBURY: Library offers free seminar for Alzheimer’s caregivers

    CRANBURY: Library offers free seminar for Alzheimer’s caregivers

    According to the latest “Facts and Figures” released by the Alzheimer’s Association, friends and family of those with Alzheimer’s and other dementias provided an estimated 17.9 billion hours of unpaid care in 2014 and nearly 40 percent of those caregivers suffer from depression. Melissa Stables, director of Memory Care at Goldenview Living, a group of…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Campers’ talents shine

    HIGHTSTOWN: Campers’ talents shine

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer The Rise Summer Camp held its annual talent show and art walk during its finale the week before last. “Counselors worked with students to plan and rehearse for the talent show scheduled for the final week of camp,” said Rise Case Manager and Summer Program Coordinator Cristiana Ciobanu. “The children…

  • GUEST COLUMN: Chance to ‘do more’ is real responsibility

    By Bryan Fisher Anyone who has been a part of West Windsor-Plainsboro Pirate Soccer over the past 35 years knows that the Spirit Shirt is a part of our rich tradition. “You Gotta Stay Hungry”, “It Takes a Little More” and “You Gotta Believe” are shirts from the 1990’s when I was a player at…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Concerns raised over hiring of inspector

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer The township unanimously awarded a contract for a private elevator inspector and plan review services despite a resident raising concerns over the company’s history of being found guilty of violations. Resident and Republican candidate for Township Council Sean O’Connor told council on Aug. 4 that EIC Inspection Agency Corp of…

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