Category: archives

  • Prosecutor’s office named in complaint

    Girlfriend of former Bordentown City Police Chief Philip Castagna has filed notice that she may sue the Burlington County prosecutor’s office. By: Scott Morgan    Three months after officers from the Burlington County prosecutor’s office charged former Bordentown City Police Chief Philip Castagna with arson and conspiracy to commit murder, the ex-chief’s girlfriend has filed notice…

  • PERCEPTIONS: So, how much are the cheap seats?

    PERCEPTIONS By Steve Feitl Could the price of participating in the presidential inauguration be a smidge steep?    Forget saving for retirement. Starting today, I’m saving to take part in the next presidential inauguration four years from this week.    After hearing all about the big-time events going on in and around Washington this week, I’m frankly…

  • Lawrence High students learn of ritual

    Inauguration is a rare governmental tradition. By: Lea Kahn    In their 14 to 18 years of life, Lawrence High School students may have watched as many as three presidential inaugurations — but in reality, they may only remember the most recent one that occurred in 2001.    But Lawrence High School history teacher William Tucker is…

  • Local firefighter ready to serve his country

    Allentown Firefighter Paul Steelman leaves for military training this weekend. By: Marisa Maldonado    ALLENTOWN — Paul Steelman’s four years with the Hope Fire Company in Allentown have given him some good memories — and fighting a brush fire gave him a special nickname, "Pigpen."    "He came out (of a brush fire) covered from head to…

  • Celebrating Paine’s birthday

    Events commemorating the 268th birthday of Thomas Paine are scheduled for Jan. 29 in Bordentown City. By: William Wichert    BORDENTOWN CITY — Mae Silver has an agenda: She wants to put people on the streets and customers in the stores as part of a citywide birthday party for Colonial author Thomas Paine.    No RSVP is…

  • Thompson, Hassett head Pennington Planning Board

    PENNINGTON PLANNING UPDATE By Marianne Hooker    At its Jan. 12 meeting, the Pennington Planning Board elected officers and reappointed its professional staff.    The board heard testimony concerning a change in plans for the proposed Emily’s Café.    Members also received an update on plans for the Shoppes at Pennington development, which will be located along Route…

  • EDITORIAL: Rail survey asks wrong questions

    EDITORIAL Township needs to address whether train station will benefit community.    The Township Council is reaching out to the community to determine whether local commuters want a train station built in South Brunswick.    It is mailing out a survey to residents designed to gauge local interest in a station that would be built somewhere along…

  • Wage proposal too much, too fast

    To the editor By:    Recently, acting Gov. Richard Codey gave his State of the State Address. He proposed raising the minimum wage by 38 percent over a two-year period, to $7.15 per hour.    The New Jersey minimum wage was increased by 18 percent in 1992 and by 2 percent in 1999. The minimum wage should…

  • Kids’ coins to assist tsunami victims

    Local schools collect money to aid Southeast Asia and eastern Africa recover from the Dec. 26 tsunami. By: Scott Morgan    Great things come not only from the mouths of babes, but sometimes their pockets.    When local school administrators and officials came back from their winter holiday breaks last week, many of them found pockets open…