Category: archives

  • Helping the needy have a nutritious breakfast

    Cambridge students collect cereal to fill shelves at township pantry. By: Elaine Worden    Boxes of every kind of cereal imaginable were piled in the main hallway of Cambridge School late last week. Hundreds of plastic bags brimming with boxes of Golden Grahams and Fruit Loops stretched out across the hall and into one of the…

  • South gains finals of GMC tournament

    By: Rich Fisher    It has come to the point in the high school girls lacrosse season where teams either survive or go home, and the tournament gods could care less whether you’re missing a key player or not.    South Brunswick understood that perfectly on Tuesday, as they smirked at the gods before rolling to a…

  • Library’s temporary home not ready

    Temporary sites may not be ready when library needs to move in June. By: Melissa Hayes    The South Brunswick Public Library has found the temporary space it needs, but the two sites may not be open yet to patrons by June, when the library has to move because of the renovation work under way at…

  • Prize-winning horse racer greets fans at store opening

    Former Secretariat jockey attends the grand opening of Rick’s Saddle Shop in Upper Freehold Township. By: Kyle Moylan    UPPER FREEHOLD — At his necropsy in 1989, it was discovered that Secretariat had an abnormally large heart.    As those who were at Rick’s Saddle Shop this past Friday or Saturday know, so does his jockey, as…

  • MHS band fares well in Canada

    Hear why band earned two awards in Toronto Friday night at school’s spring concert By:Donna Lukiw    The members of Manville High School’s Concert Band were nervous about how they would fare in a Canadian music competition, but the group collected two awards.    "I didn’t think we were going to do so well," senior and drummer…

  • Township gives developer ultimatum

    If repairs at the Mapleton and Four Seasons at Mapleton developments are not completed by developer K. Hovnanian, Mansfield Townsip will take the legal steps to do the repairs itself. By: William Wichert    MANSFIELD — Township officials are giving developer K. Hovnanian of Red Bank another month to meet all of their requests for repairs…

  • The road is her home: Local woman’s MS journey is cyclical, not cynical

    LIFESTYLE By: Lauren Burgoon    ALLENTOWN — She’s done it in the pouring rain. She’s done it in sun so scorching that she needed people to douse her with water. And this Saturday Dee Haker will attempt it again — a grueling two-day, 170-mile test of her endurance and determination.    Ms. Haker will take on her…

  • NEHS boys win Freedom track meet

       The New Egypt High School boys’ track continued an amazing season this past Saturday by winning the Burlington County Scholastic League Freedom Division Championship, held at Northern Burlington. New Egypt won with 160 points.    "This post season meet was very important to win because we split with Palmyra and Florence for the regular season title…

  • Back-to-back on the track

    Hopewell Valley girls track By: Jim Green    The Hopewell Valley Central High School girls track team was missing the injured sprinter Miriam Khan, while distance star Emily Sherrard was less than 100 percent. There aren’t many programs in the country that could overcome that loss of talent.    Then again, not many programs have someone like…