Category: archives

  • Dinner notes Fred Volpi’s contributions to schools

    LIVING IN MANVILLE By:Mary Ellen Zangara    When I was a student at Manville High School, Fred Volpi taught history, and was among my favorite teachers.    Over the years as Mr. Volpi served the school district as a principal at the high school and at Roosevelt, our paths often crossed. He’s been a neighbor, a teacher,…

  • Vikings stunned in GMCT opener

    By: James McKeever    South Brunswick High’s quest to win the Greater Middlesex Conference baseball tournament ended before it ever got going the way the Vikings had envisioned.    Third-seeded SBHS squandered several scoring opportunities and ended up losing a 4-1 decision to 14th-seeded J.F. Kennedy at home last Saturday.    Had the Vikings won, they would have…

  • Bordentown native, 33, killed in Iraq

    Thomas Walter Jaichner, formerly of the Bordentown area, died while on a security mission for Blackwater Security in Iraq. By: William Wichert    Thomas Jaichner was a big Philadelphia Eagles fan. He was the kind of fan who would get the Eagles logo tattooed on his chest. And, of course, he was devastated when they didn’t…

  • Campbell emerges as ace

    ATHLETE OF THE WEEK By: Rudy Brandl    Drew Campbell has made an impressive transition from closer to ace for the Hillsborough High baseball team this spring.    Last spring, Campbell was coming in to close out games started by a quality staff of pitchers. With almost every starter back on the staff this year, Campbell expected…

  • DATES TO REMEMBER: June 7

       June 9    Testing: Lifeline screening tests will be held Thursday, June 9, at Six Mile Run Reformed Church in Franklin Park from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The screening tests detect arterial abnormalities that can cause disrupted blood flow. The tests are non-invasive and use Doppler ultrasound technology.    Stroke screening carotid artery is $45, abdominal…

  • Lions host the big top

    Circus to raise money for charity. By: Joseph Harvie    A human cannonball, a Chinese acrobatic troupe and a man in a multicolored Slinky costume.    Put them under a big-top tent, add some popcorn, a few clowns and what you have is a weekend full of circus fun from the Cole Bros. Circus.    The circus is…

  • Bridging the gap through comedy

    Rabbi Bob Alper and Ahmed Ahmed to perform comedy act at local synagogue. By: Joseph Harvie    A Jew and a Muslim walk into a bar, and they start telling jokes.    Actually, on June 2 they won’t be walking into a bar, but into the B’nai Tikvah Jewish Center on Finnegans Lane, and they will be…

  • Boys advance in tennis team playoffs

    RAIDER ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl        The Hillsborough High boys’ tennis team began what it hopes will be a long post-season run with an easy 5-0 victory over Lawrence in the first round of the Central Jersey Group 4 playoffs.    Fourth-ranked Hillsborough (15-5) surrendered only 11 games in winning all five matches in straight sets.…

  • THIS WEEK: Sunday

    THIS WEEK Joel Siegel, entertainment editor and critic for WABC-TV’s Eyewitness News, will share his take on "Life, Movies & Chicken Soup" at the Women’s American ORT, New Jersey Region’s inaugural DIMENSIONS event.    Sunday    Concert: Joel Siegel, entertainment editor and critic for WABC-TV’s Eyewitness News, will share his take on "Life, Movies & Chicken Soup"…