Category: archives

  • SBHS too passive at Hunterdon Central

    By: Ken Weingartner    Football is a game to be played with emotion and a confidence that borders on arrogance. South Brunswick, by the admission of its own players and coaches, had neither last week as the Vikings were handed a 15-0 loss at hostile Hunterdon Central to fall to 2-1 this season.    Faced with their…

  • SENIOR HAPPENINGS

    For the week of Sept. 30 through Oct. 6.    Monroe Township Senior Center    The Monroe Township Senior Center is located at the municipal complex, 1 Municipal Plaza. For information on programs and services, call the center at (732) 521-6111.     Find out about activities, services, trips and classes in the "Senior Focus," the Monroe Township…

  • Festival features handmade goods

    The 16th annual Cranberry Fest will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. By: William Wichert    BORDENTOWN CITY — This weekend, a few hundred people on Farnsworth Avenue will be telling businesses like Wal-Mart to take a hike.    The products and atmosphere found in this superstore are decidedly not the focus…

  • Letters-Sept. 29, 2005

    Taking or giving back? To the editor:    While some people seem to view our current (West Amwell) stream corridor protection initiative as some type of "taking," I propose we consider this effort as a kind of giving — giving back.    We are extremely fortunate to live in a relatively pristine, intact natural area and have…

  • LPS superintendent resigns

    The Board of Education is seeking an interim head until it decides whether to hire another superintendent or share services with another district. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — Lambertville Public School will employ an interim superintendent while officials determine whether to hire a replacement for the district’s resigning school chief or share services with another…

  • ‘A Delicate Balance’

    Shakespeare ’70 takes on Edward Albee’s family drama. By: Stuart Duncan    A Delicate Balance occupies a unique standing in the lexicon of playwright Edward Albee’s dramas. It was his third full-length play, following Zoo Story, a one-acter written in 1959 that won numerous off-Broadway awards, and his first successful Broadway show, Who’s Afraid of Virginia…

  • ‘Flightplan’

    Don’t scratch the surface of the plot too deeply or you’ll wind up jumping without a parachute. By: Bob Brown    Anyone who tuned in to CNN the evening of Sept. 21 saw an example of modern TV reportage as we know it: what counts is not what’s happening now, but what may happen while we’re…

  • ‘High Society’

    Actors’ NET of Bucks County begins its 10th anniversary season by bringing back its first two stars. By: Stuart Duncan    High Society begins the 10th anniversary season at Actors’ NET of Bucks County at its theater in the Heritage Center in Morrisville, Pa. Behind that statement is a heart-warming story:    The premiere production of the…

  • Obituaries-Sept. 29, 2005

    Isabel DeFazio    WEST AMWELL — Isabel DeFazio, 78, died Wednesday, Sept. 21, at the Hunterdon Care Center in Raritan Township.    Born in Bonita Springs, S.D., she was the daughter of the late Frank and Emma Tholson Postlewait. She lived inn West Amwell since 1954.    An X-ray technician, she was trained at the University of Chicago…