Cover Stories

Foundation gives a future to retired Standardbred racehorses

By Jane Meggitt A horse once headed for slaughter surged through traffic, scaffolding and parked cars on a Manhattan street, carrying a New York City mounted police officer in pursuit...

Strategic Plan Rethinks Modern Library Space In Plainsboro

The Plainsboro Public Library is asking residents to help shape the next phase of one of the township’s...

Real and Remembered

Two hundred and fifty years after the American Revolution reshaped both a nation and a university campus, Princeton...

Landmark Robbinsville Town Center building takes on new role as town hall

Robbinsville has moved into a new municipal building, marking the transformation of one of the most prominent structures...

Go Inside This Week’s Issue of U.S. 1: May 13, 2026

The following stories were originally published in the May 13, 2026, issue of U.S. 1 Newspaper. ...

The Nutcracker: 50 Years of Dreaming & Dancing

When E.T.A. Hoffmann began to close his story “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” — the 1816 tale that became the seed for the...

Sweet Nutcracker Memories

The saying goes, “You can’t go home again.” Or at least that’s what Thomas Wolfe titled his novel back in the 1940s. ...

From Unlikely Beginnings, an American Classic

The creation of the popular seasonal ballet “The Nutcracker” is one of departures and returnings. ...

Seniors in Service, from Ushers to Docents

Ushering at area cultural venues is a popular activity, especially among the senior set who don’t have to get up too early the morning....

Game Change: Getting Congress To Work For You

Re-releasing a book titled “Reclaiming Our Democracy: Healing the break between people and government” during a government shutdown is either a stroke of serendipity...

Gospel of ‘Godspell,’ According to Stu Duncan

The road show stop of “Godspell” — set for Sunday, November 10, at the State Theater in New Brunswick — may seem routine. After...
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