Category: archives

  • Greyhounds hope to stay in swing of golf action even without Beers

    By: Sean Moylan    You can’t replace a Matt Beers in your varsity golf lineup. Well, not unless you want to spend the rest of your days combing the halls looking for young kids named "Tiger" or "Vijay" with wicked golf swings.    With Beers (a 36.8 average last year) as his top golfer, NBC head coach…

  • Group pushes preservation

    Says Pulda parcel has historical value. By: Joseph Harvie    Residents of the newly formed East Village Association want a 220-acre farm on Davidsons Mill Road preserved.    The residents have been fighting a proposal to rezone of farm — owned by Walter Pulda of Piscataway — for warehouse construction. The Planning Board already has recommended against…

  • Borough’s settlement awaits judge’s hearing

    COAH agreement delayed By:Roger Alvarado    A hearing to determine whether a settlement agreement between the borough and a developer that would call for 10 townhouse units to be built on a 1-acre site along 13th Avenue and Brooks Boulevard is "appropriate and fair" has been delayed until June.    In November, Borough Council members approved the…

  • LHS boys rebuilding this spring

    Lawrence boys tennis By: Jim Green    Lawrence High School boys tennis coach Pat Tarrant always seems to have a wealth of returning players to rely on.    Not this year.    The 2005 Cardinals perhaps will be the least experienced squad Tarrant has had during his five years as boys tennis coach. But if the longtime boys…

  • Raiders armed and ready for baseball season

    Pitching staff deep with veterans By: Rudy Brandl        The Hillsborough High baseball team is hoping to take care of some unfinished business in 2005.    As impressive as the Raiders were last spring, they didn’t accomplish everything they wanted. HHS posted an outstanding 20-5 record, losing four games by a single run, and won a…

  • NBC softball team ready for climb to the top

    By: Sean Moylan    You’d expect a team coming off a fantastic 25-5 campaign to have graduated a slew of players.    Yet in the case of the Northern Burlington County Regional High School girls’ varsity softball team, it has all of its starters back with the exception of outfielder Jess Byrne.    The only problem is Liberty…

  • House fire claims life of Hopewell Township resident

    Cause of death won’t be determined until toxicology tests are completed, which could take several weeks, police said. By John Tredrea    A 66-year-old Hopewell Township man, Louis Marut of 17 Pennington-Washington Crossing Road, was found dead in his burning house Friday morning, police said.    "The autopsy revealed no signs of foul play although the cause…

  • Teacher benefits bloats spending

    To the editor By:    The people of Hillsborough must stand up against the teachers union once and for all!    Two weeks ago I ordered and received from the State of New Jersey an uncensored copy of our school line item school budget for 2004. I wanted to see why our school taxes keep going up.…

  • Musician joins select group

    SBHS percussionist chosen to perform in a national honor band. By: Melissa Hayes    Not many students get the chance to perform in a national honor band. In fact, South Brunswick High School senior Gary Marx was the only student from the New Jersey chosen for such a distinction.    Gary, a percussionist in the high school’s…