Category: archives

  • Monroe artist has a lot to live up to

    Graziela Smith’s paintings are being shown at the Monroe Township Public Library. By: Chinenye Okparanta    MONROE — When Graziela Smith’s husband, Tom, died seven years ago, she told herself that she wouldn’t become a couch potato, so she signed up for an art class at Mercer County Community College.    "I enrolled, and it was a…

  • Red Raider boys ready for role as hunted

    Pennington boys soccer By: Mike Molaro    In the span of less than one year, The Pennington School boys soccer team has gone from being a hunter to being the hunted.    Coming off a 15-5 season that culminated in a 2-1 loss to Montclair Kimberly in the Prep B state finals, the Red Raiders know expectations…

  • Council gives some Pennington workers salary hikes

    Officials also introduced ordinance under which five employees of borough’s Department of Public Works would get a 4 percent annual salary increase for three years. By John Tredrea    About 20 full- and part-time borough employees will get a 4 percent salary increase for 2005 under a salary ordinance adopted unanimously Monday night by Pennington Borough…

  • South Brunswick tennis team off to solid start

    By: Rich Fisher    With an experienced lineup back, the South Brunswick High tennis team has looked good in the early going this season.    The Vikings got off to a 2-1 start by sandwiching wins over North Brunswick (4-1) and Piscataway (5-0) around a loss to J.P. Stevens. According to coach Barbara Whitman, the win over…

  • Allentown, N.J., its rise and progress, Part 28

    HISTORICALLY SPEAKING    From the New Jersey Historical Society’s C. R. Hutchinson papers, the story of the Anthony Woodward, an early owner of property south of Doctors Creek to Arneytown.     The street now known as Church Street, is mentioned as a "drift road" at a very early date. Then it began to be called "the…

  • Tennis squad rebounds against Steinert

    Hopewell Valley girls tennis By: John E. Powers    The Hopewell Valley Central High School girls tennis team had quite an interesting opening to its season last week. And both results — a win and a loss — bode well for the young team.    The Lady Bulldogs dropped their opener Aug. 31 to West Windsor-Plainsboro North…

  • N.J. national guards send water bottles to Gulf Coast

    The New Jersey Army and Air National Guard members have flown move than 67,000 cases of donated water to New Orleans. Since the first mission left McGuire Air Force Base for Naval Air Station New Orleans on Sept. 2, New Jersey Army and Air National Guard members have consolidated and flown 44 flights of approximately…

  • Washington adopts Gulf Coast town

    Trucks travel down to Ocean City, Miss., Washington’s newly adopted town, to bring supplies and donations to the Gulf Coast region. By: Lauren Burgoon    WASHINGTON — Few, if any, township residents have ever set foot in Ocean Springs, Miss. In fact, few had probably heard of the small Gulf Coast town until recently.    But that…

  • LETTERS: Community suffered loss

    To the editor:     The South Brunswick community suffered a great loss in the passing of a wonderful man, Sid Lee. While he was only on this earth for 37 years, Sid was able to accomplish more than most do in two lifetimes.    Sid was a quiet and simple man whose passion was to coach…