Category: archives

  • DISPATCHES: Angry ruminations on the 2004 election

    DISPATCHES By Hank Kalet Have national politics become nothing more than a dysfunctional blood sport?    At least we didn’t have a repeat of the 2000 election.    Or, I don’t think we’ve had one.    President George W. Bush has won re-election, Sen. John Kerry is conceding and Americans appear to have been spared the single most…

  • Fleischacker, Miscoski victorious in tight committee race

    Upper Freehold voters choose Republicans Bill Miscoski and Steve Fleischacker to serve on the Township Committee. By: Dana Lynn Flatekval    UPPER FREEHOLD — The Township Committee will remain all Republican after voters Tuesday re-elected incumbent Bill Miscoski and elected newcomer Steve Fleischacker to fill two three-year seats.    Mr. Miscoski received the highest vote total at…

  • Cardinals clinch playoff spot

    Lawrence football By: Jim Green    With the Lawrence High School football team’s first playoff berth in three years and the Colonial Valley Conference Valley Division title on the line, Cardinals coach Rob Radice knew who he needed to turn to.    Senior fullback Adam Oliszewski, who has been the rock of the Lawrence offense all season,…

  • MOMS unite to fight breast cancer

    Second fund-raiser to be held at Amalfi’s. By: Rosalie Ann LaGrutta    The Lawrence MOMS Club — West will hold its second annual fund-raiser for breast cancer this Wednesday, Nov. 10.    The fund-raiser last year at Amalfi’s Cuisine at 146 Lawrenceville-Pennington Rd., was so successful, the MOMS decided to hold a second event at the same…

  • Bike, walk paths planned

    Bike path and Delaware River Heritage Trail will be constructed in Bordentown Township. By: William Wichert    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The developer of an 87-house community off Highbridge Road is expected to construct the first phase of a bike path that will ultimately run throughout the entire township, officials said.    This bike path is one of…

  • Board’s town center efforts are ‘marvelous’

    To the editor By:    For those of you who were unable to attend the recent "Town Center Planning" meeting, between 50 and 100 of us engaged in a very interesting exercise, conducted by architectural planning firm, Wells Appel.    Groups of 10 residents and others shared our ideas for our proposed town center, enterprise zone, and…

  • Child injured in accident

    Child seriously injured head after hitting dumptster. By: Joseph Harvie    A 12-year-old Peekskill, New York boy was critically injured Sunday when he tried to catch a football and hit his head on a trash bin at the Royal Oaks Apartments, police said.    The boy had been visiting relatives in Royal Oaks Apartments when the accident…

  • Underage patrons in bar ‘spot check’

    Two teens inside Mi Casita when police visit By:Emily Craighead    A police raid that briefly closed Mi Casita Mexican Bar Restaurant on South Main Street on Saturday night could lead to penalties imposed by the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Unit for liquor license violations.    The 11 p.m. spot check followed a brawl at 1 a.m.…

  • Andrew J. Savoca

       Andrew J. Savoca, 61, died Saturday, Oct. 30, at the University Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in New York City, he lived in Brooklyn before moving to Kendall Park in 1979. He was a merchandise manager for Mercantile Stores Co. in New York City for 31 years before retiring in 1995. Since then he was…