Category: archives

  • Lady Raiders repeat in summer hoops league

    A team ends summer with 25-2 record By: Rudy Brandl    In a bigger league with more teams and better competition, the Hillsborough High girls still prevailed and captured their second straight summer basketball championship.    Hillsborough’s older and more seasoned of two competing teams clinched the local summer league crown with a 49-34 victory over Hunterdon…

  • EDITORIAL: Lawrence should support ULI plan

    Cooperation with Trenton, Ewing will be needed.    We hear all-too-frequent stories of one town developing right on its border without the consultation and care for its neighbors. Lawrence Township has the opportunity to share in an initiative that would buck that trend.    Last week, we reported on a presentation by the Urban Land Institute on…

  • PERCEPTIONS: Stupidity vs. stupefying at movies

    ‘Alien vs. Predator’ is in class by itself. By: Steve Feitl    The No. 1 movie in America is "Alien vs. Predator."    In a year that brought us controversial fare like, "The Passion of the Christ" and "Fahrenheit 9/11," as well as flashy, big budget, but well-received blockbusters like "Spider-Man 2" and "The Day After Tomorrow,"…

  • EDITORIAL: Special vote best for state

    EDITORIAL: New Jersey voters deserve the chance to choose their next chief executive.    New Jersey voters deserve a say in who their next governor will be.    That’s why we are asking Gov. James McGreevey to step down earlier than the Nov. 15 date he chose in announcing his resignation last week and allow a special…

  • Special questions fail to win support

    Mansfield will not ask voters to approve two special taxes for the construction of a new firehouse and farmland preservation. By: William Wichert    MANSFIELD — At a special meeting on Tuesday night, the Township Committee dismissed the idea of asking voters in November to approve two special taxes for the construction of a new firehouse…

  • New CHS principal’s goal: making ‘very good school better’

    Joseph Mangiaracina said "This school’s in good shape. I’m following a very good and successful principal." By John Tredrea    Joseph Mangiaracina, who took over as principal of Hopewell Valley Central High School July1, says the way you help kids most in school "is by teaching them as well as you can. That’s my passion –…

  • Modernizing our school district’s aging facilities

    GUEST OPINION By Carl Swanson    The referendum that will be before the voters on Sept. 28 will be an opportunity to bring badly needed renovations and operational improvements to our public schools at a significant discount to taxpayers in the Hopewell Valley.    The centerpiece of the referendum is the modernization of Timberlane, originally built when…

  • New start, new school

    Ribbon-cutting marks Northern Burlington County Regional Middle School’s upcoming opening. By: William Wichert    MANSFIELD — The image of two children standing in a doorway and wielding a pair of 25-inch scissors signaled the official opening of the new Northern Burlington County Regional Middle School on Monday night.    Standing before a crowd of more than 100…

  • NEWS OF OTHER DAYS

    115 years ago    The lady baseball players drew a large crowd Wednesday and caused no end of fun. They played a home nine and were beaten by only one run, the game standing 23 to 24. * * *    The improvement at the Eagle Shirt factory has begun. William S. Herbert has the contract for…