Category: archives

  • School board names interim superintendent

    Thomas Butler, who has served as an interim superintendent in 16 school districts, starts on July 1. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer    Thomas Butler, a retired superintendent of schools, has been named interim superintendent by the Lawrence Township Board of Education while it searches for a permanent superintendent of schools.    Dr. Butler, who has served as…

  • The School House in the Triangle, Letter No. 8 of 8

    HISTORICALLY SPEAKING    From the August 11, 1932, Allentown Messenger and subtitled "Last Years of the Little Red School House—Closed 1916," the story of the old school house near the Washington Township Library.     Silently, ceaselessly, regardless of the night and day, or the change of seasons, or life, or death, or war, or peace. Time…

  • Rivera comes in with a boom

    Vikes give first-year boys track coach a season to remember By: Carolyn M. Hartko    South Brunswick High School boys’ track head coach Wil Rivera reversed that old saying about going out with a bang. Rivera completed his first year at the helm of the Viking program with a list of accomplishments that would be the…

  • Raiders produced historic championship season

    Team won county, sectional, state titles By: Rudy Brandl        Norm Hewitt called this year’s Hillsborough High baseball team the greatest one he ever coached. That’s pretty high praise from a man who’s been around as long as Hewitt and coached many championship ball clubs.    Anyone who watched the Raiders win their final 10 games…

  • Class of champs graduates from Florence

    Florence Township Memorial High School Class of 2005 celebrated their graduation ceremonies on June 17. By: Scott Morgan    FLORENCE — For some, it was no doubt a dream come true. Thank winter for that.    Florence Township Memorial High School was supposed to graduate on Monday, but thanks to a winter that made few demands on…

  • Victims of fire create a circle of support

    Fire victims reach out to one another. By: Joseph Harvie    Fire victim Wendy Butera believes that talking to a previous fire victim helped her.    That’s why she’s reached out to the Bonagura family, whose Kendall Park house was badly damaged by fire earlier this month.    Ms. Butera’s Highgate Manor home was destroyed by a fire…

  • Mansfield mulls next step with developer

    Mansfield officials say developer K. Hovnanian failed to meet the township’s deadline for completing all the repair work at the Mapleton and Four Seasons developments. By: William Wichert    MANSFIELD — Developer K. Hovnanian apparently has failed to meet the township’s deadline for completing all the repair work it was ordered to do at the Mapleton…

  • Towns join to solve yard waste problems

    Borough hopes to share disposal services By:Melissa Edmond    Seven Somerset County communities — including Manville — have agreed to meet to discuss ways of getting rid of lawn clippings and leaves from yards — and sharing the costs of doing so.    Manville, Bridgewater, North Plainfield, Raritan, Somerville, South Bound Brook and Watchung are considering the…

  • A trip to Mickey’s house highlighted SBHS season

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    With uniforms collected, and the team dinner already over, the one thing that South Brunswick High School softball players and coaches are still talking about is the way the 2005 season started – with a trip to Disney World in Florida for spring training.    "It was an awesome trip," Samantha Littlejohn,…