Category: archives

  • Vikes rebound for season’s first win

    By: Ken Weingartner    If there was ever a time for an early season collapse, the South Brunswick High ice hockey team might have been looking it in the face last week.    The Vikings, already off to an 0-3 start in which they were outscored 19-6, squandered a two-goal lead with nine minutes to play in…

  • ‘Scrooge’ ballet takes to the stage

    Bordentown Ballet Theatre performs "Scrooge," their own ballet version of Charles Dickens’ "A Christmas Carol." By: William Wichert    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — To describe the Bordentown Ballet Theatre’s production of "Scrooge," Fred Walker said it was "somewhere between a marathon and an oral painting."    For over an hour, about 50 children and adults from the local…

  • LETTERS: Eckerd bad for Rt. 27

    To the editor:     By the time this letter is printed, I realize the Planning Board will have already conducted preliminary and hopefully not final hearings on a proposal heard before the Board on Wednesday.    It is my understanding a parcel on the corner of Route 27 and Finnegans Lane is under consideration for development.…

  • Michael Polak receives borough’s appreciation

    Leaving council after three terms By:Roger Alvarado    After three consecutive terms on the Borough Council and a lifetime of service to the community, Councilman Michael Polak graciously ended his career as a public servant on Monday.    Mr. Polak, 74, will be replaced on the council by Robert Petrone when it reconvenes in January.    During Monday’s…

  • EDITORIAL: Death penalty moratorium is right move

    EDITORIAL Gov. Codey takes a step in the right direction as he works to start death penalty study commission.    If acting Gov. Richard Codey is intent on making his mark in Trenton as the un-McGreevey, he is off to a flying start.    First he pledged to be a voice for the voiceless, rather than the…

  • POCKETS OF NEED: Middle schools to the rescue

    2 Crossroads collect truckloads of food for township. By: Melissa Hayes    Editor’s note: Part of an occasional series focusing on issues of hunger and financial need in South Brunswick.    The South Brunswick Food Pantry was empty and in dire need of supplies Wednesday morning. That was until the Crossroads middle schools called and said they…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    By:    James Sunday, 23, of New Brunswick was charged with driving while intoxicated at 11:23 p.m., Dec. 6.    Police were traveling south on Millstone River Road when they observed a blue Subaru traveling north going 60 mph in a 45-mph zone.    After stopping the vehicle, police detected the odor of alcohol on the driver’s breath.…

  • Cooperative planning could refine process

    EDITORIAL By Ruth Luse    What a great idea: Have a developer collaborate with local government and the people who live close to the affected tracts of land on how those tracts might be best used.    The reasoning behind the concept — having neighbors and the landowner attempt to reach consensus on what should be built…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR

    Holiday concert    Thursday, Dec. 16 — The music department at MacFarland Junior High School will present its annual holiday concert at 7:30 p.m.    The MJS string orchestra, chorus and concert band will stage this concert in the Edward T. O’Malley Auditorium at Bordentown Regional High School. The program will include "It’s Beginning to Look a…