Day: June 26, 2003

Home and school associationends sponsorship of Scouting By:G. Natasha Zoe    A change in school district policies regarding home and school associations has put one Cub Scout pack searching for new sponsors at short notice.    Cub Scout Pack 389 has been sponsored for six years by the Amsterdam Home School Association (AHSA), but the pack is…

Princeton Rep kicks off its season with the farcical ‘Comedy of Errors.’ By: Matt Smith    Had William Shakespeare somehow survived into the late 20th century, he might have recognized elements of his own work in a popular mid-1980s TV series, Miami Vice. With its frantic action, twisting plots and outlandish costumes, the show bore striking…

Team swept major track and field titles By: Rudy Brandl        The Hillsborough High girls have won their fair share of track and field meets over the past six years, but they never enjoyed a perfect run all the way through the Central Jersey Group 4 Championships until this season.    Veteran head coach Rich Refi,…

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A couple of political cartoonists take on the news. By: Hank Kalet    Ted Rall, in his usual take-no-prisoners style, offers this spoof on the Bush administration’s rationale behind the Iraq War and the missing weapons of mass destruction. Check it out.    And, for good measure, here is a cartoon on critics of affirmative action by…

Christopher Walson    Christopher Florian Walson, 6, died suddenly in a swimming accident at his Lawrence home on Monday.    Born in Princeton, he was a kindergartner at Ben Franklin Elementary School.    He is survived by his parents, Deborah and Erik Jan Walson; older brother, Sinclair; older sister, Margaux; toddler sister, Adelaide; oldest sister, Cecile of Paris,…

   Elizabeth K. Harrison, 78, of Kingston, died Wednesday, June 18, at the University Medical Center at Princeton after a brief illness.    Born in Elizabethport and raised in Westfield, she had resided in North Plainfield for 30 years before moving to Kingston in 1981. She was employed by Western Electric Company, Weston Electrical Instrument Corporation, DeCozen…

To the editor    I have read with increasing disappointment a number of letters in the Hillsborough Beacon about alleged "misconduct" of Mayor Tony Gwiazdowski.    However, my disappointment is not with the mayor — it is with the people in this township that seem to be searching for topics to make into issues. Since the beginning…

DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Our editor believes we must recognize that America is still a highly segregated society. By: Hank Kalet    Race remains the unspeakable topic in our collective cultural closet.    Sure, we talk about it a lot, generally around the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday or during Black History Month. We offer neat little…