Category: archives

  • South hockey team still has some talent

    By: Ken Weingartner Some of the big names are gone, but the South Brunswick High ice hockey team still has plenty of talent as it opens the 2004-05 season.       Gone is Matt Ruffalo, who led the Vikings with 42 goals and 60 points last season. Gone, too, are Joe Bertucci, Dan Blaine, Nick Kouyalis and…

  • Win streak goes to 23 in 54-6 blowout win on Thanksgiving

    By: Sean Moylan    The Florence Township Memorial High School boys’ varsity football team was facing a difficult dilemma going into its Thanksgiving Day game at Riverside.    The Flashes wanted to rest their starters at least a half so they’d be fresh for this Saturday’s championship game. However, they also needed to win the game to…

  • Centennial nears for North Hanover

    Residents prepare to celebrate the anniversary of May 9, 1905, the day when the people of North Hanover held their first meeting as an established municipality. By: William Wichert    NORTH HANOVER — Some families stayed in the township through the Great Depression and World War II. Others headed south and west in search of better…

  • Allentown, its rise and progress, Part 15

    HISTORICALLY SPEAKING    From the New Jersey Historical Society’s Charles R. Hutchinson papers, this week’s installment concludes the story of Gilbert Barton and begins the chapter of the Rogers family. In partnership with Joseph Borden, Samuel Rogers established an early carriage trade between New York and Philadelphia.     Gilbert Barton removed to Allentown from Cranbury, where…

  • Denow Road extension has been completed

    The Denow Road project, which extends the road westward to Route 31 south of the Pennington Circle, has been a key part of the master plans of both Mercer County and Hopewell Township for several years.    County Executive Brian M. Hughes has announced that the extension of Denow Road to Route 31 has been completed.…

  • Local talent featured in holiday play

    MY TAKE by Rose McGlew    People often comment that Christmas is for kids. Well, at least for this week’s column, they’re right. More specifically, this week’s column is about some kids involved in a story about Christmas. "A Christmas Story" by Jean Shepherd, to be really exact.    "A Christmas Story" is from Mr. Shepherd’s book,…

  • Siris hopes familiarity breeds wins

    Hopewell Valley ice hockey By: Mike Molaro    When Rob Siris took over as head coach of the Hopewell Valley Central High School boys ice hockey squad last year, it took a little time for the Bulldogs to grasp his philosophy and ideas.    This season, things are starting to click right away.    "It took about a…

  • Fitness club to celebrate years of healthy growth

    Amwell Road facility to mark 25th anniversary with open house. By: Roger Alvarado    When the Hillsborough Pool & Racquet Fitness Club first opened its doors on Dec. 4, 1979, racquetball was the craze and everybody was playing it, said Tom Bonanne, the club’s general manager since 1981.    When that changed and the craze died, instead…

  • Experienced Cards look to make leap

    Lawrence ice hockey By: Jim Green    The numbers might be down, but the spirit definitely is up.    The Lawrence High School ice hockey team has just 18 players on its roster to open the season. That’s the bad news. The good news is a large percentage of that number consists of experienced returning players ready…