Category: archives

  • Real world lessons

    Manville High School senior puts language skills to the test during trip to Russia. By: Donna Lukiw    Rafal Brozyna, a senior at Manville High School, said he was surprised when he visited Russia this summer.    He wasn’t expecting a country so rich with history.    "I was expecting a lot worse in Russia, from people’s views…

  • LETTERS

    From the issue of Sept. 29, 2005 Here’s a choice for first elected mayor To the editor:    I am writing today to strongly endorse the concept of a new form of government for Hillsborough Township, more importantly, electing our own mayor directly.    I have been taking into consideration both pro and con arguments, which seem…

  • This Week

    Thursday     Skateboarders club: The new Mercer County 4-H Skateboard Club will be hold its first meeting at 7 p.m., in the Mercer County 4-H office, 930 Spruce St., next to the Trenton Farmers’ Market.    The club is open to all boys and girls, fourth grade and up. Beginners to advanced are welcome. Parents are…

  • GETTING INVOLVED

    For the week of Sept. 30 thorugh Oct. 6.    Donations wanted    As part of an ongoing community outreach program, Dr. Debra DeMarco of Monroe Chiropractic Care, 15 E. Railroad Ave., is collecting donations of coats for needy children and their families.    Coats should be new or gently used and clean. They will be collected through…

  • BB and paintball guns found in high school

    Students charged with possession of a weapon. By: Joseph Harvie    Two South Brunswick High School students were charged Friday with illegal possession of a weapon after they were found with a BB gun and a paint ball gun while they were at the school.    Police said the weapons were discovered after a fellow student told…

  • Photographic Fairy Tale

    Images of ‘Life After Death’ start with haunting double exposures from Princeton Cemetery. By: Susan Van Dongen    Like something out of an Edgar Allan Poe story, a beautiful young woman in a gossamer gown floats like an apparition through the bleak landscape of a cemetery. Lost in thought, the otherworldy creature looks startled when confronted…

  • ‘Drama in Lawrence’ as Cards top Steinert

    Lawrence girls tennis By: John E. Powers    Lawrence High School’s girls tennis team had quite a week.    The Cardinals moved to 5-2, qualified for the Central Jersey Group III tournament and got some good efforts at the Mercer County Tournament. By beating Steinert 3-2 last week, the Cardinals improved to 5-2. Last year, the team…

  • Hankins hangs hat trick at LHS

    Lawrence boys soccer By: Jim Green    Right now, the Lawrence High School boys soccer team can’t be concerned with who it’s playing. It just needs wins.    So the Cardinals weren’t apologizing after notching a much-needed 6-1 victory over winless Mercer Christian on Friday at LHS — and rightly so.    "A win’s a win," Lawrence coach…

  • LETTERS: Democrats’ ads are comical

    To the editor:    Every time I hear the Greenstein/Benson commercial on the local radio station, I have to laugh. Beware Democrats promising to take on corruption, "pay-to-play" and all the other wonderful "hands-in-your-wallet" programs going on in Trenton.    Their words are lip service. Democrats are not interested in reform. They depend too heavily on money…