Category: archives

  • Local teens bowl with the pros

    Szabo enjoys experience By: Mary Ellen Zangara        A few weeks ago, some local residents had the chance to participate and bowl with the pros.    The two-day event took place Feb. 13-14 at Brunswick Zone-Carolier Lanes in North Brunswick. A PRO-AM tournament was held in conjunction with the 62nd U.S. Open.    Jeff Szabo, Bryan Sweney…

  • Taking another look at Condoleezza Rice

    BOOK NOTES by Dr. Joan Ruddiman    As March is Women’s Month and Gifted Child Month, how appropriate it is to revisit a remarkably gifted woman of our times. Condoleezza Rice may give new meaning to Type A personality. Whatever she does, she does at full tilt with an amazing degree of excellence.    According to the…

  • It’s the Reed Thing

    The New Jersey Saxophone Quartet premieres Mark Zuckerman’s homage to Rooseveltians. By: Susan Van Dongen TIMEOFF/FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI    Geographically speaking, New Jersey may not take long to cross, but if you’re stopping to enjoy all the talented musical organizations across the state, the journey could last for months, even years.    Mark Zuckerman, a composer based in…

  • Valley needs strong lobby to fix Route 31

    EDITORIAL By Ruth Luse    Last July — months before the Feb. 21 local meeting at which residents of Route 31 (between I-95 and the Pennington Circle) and officials discussed the topic in depth — we said: "Something obviously must be done to improve safety conditions for those driving on Route 31 between I-95 and the…

  • POLICE BEAT

    BORDENTOWN CITY    A Thompson Street resident reported to police on Friday at 5:06 p.m. that someone stole the motor from his boat while it was parked in the Third Street parking lot.    The motor, a Mercury out-board model, is valued at approximately $1,200, police said. A lock securing the motor was also missing, police said.…

  • Editorial, cartoon were posturing, too

    To the editor By:    On Feb. 24, you ran an editorial entitled "Posturing takes precedence over governing." I agree that "politicians" seem to be involved in a "game" of appearances (and I think they play that game by relying upon short memories of the electorate) but "politicians" aren’t the only ones who engage in "posturing."…

  • Old Black Magic

    John Pizzarelli offers an intimate opportunity to hear swinging jazz standards, smoky ballads and some sublime guitar playing. By: Susan Van Dongen John Pizzarelli brings his trio to the War Memorial in Trenton March 10.    Meeting Frank Sinatra was kind of strange for singer-guitarist and New Jersey native John Pizzarelli. On the one hand, he…

  • Circle in the Square

    An exhibit at The Gallery at Bristol-Myers Squibb looks at how symbols and signs evoke ancient truths. By: Ilene Dube "Quicksilver Pool" by Sally Spofford    Remember those children’s books designed to teach the alphabet: A is for apple, or aardvark, or Aunt Agatha’s alligator purse?    Artist Bruce Wall has taken the concept to a new…

  • EDITORIAL: Plowmen deserve kudos

    EDITORIAL A big thank you to the South Brunswick road crews.    It’s been a rough winter.    In the last week and a half alone we’ve had three storms, each dumping between 4 and 7 inches of snow on the area. Before that there was the blizzard of 2005, which brought 12 or more inches of…