Category: archives

  • Keeping their English fresh

    Summer ESL course helps studetns keep up By:Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    JAMESBURG — Some new English speakers will start the school year with an edge, thanks to a four-week language learning program at the John F. Kennedy School.    About 25 students in kindergarten through 12th grades met from July 5 to Aug. 2 to keep their…

  • WW considers paying for a Rt. 571 proposal.

    Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh asks Township Council to spend $59,000 to prepare its case before county officials. By: Shanay Cadette    WEST WINDSOR — Decades of protests and pleas of frustration over Route 571 — a road many consider to be dangerous — could finally be silenced.    Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh asked the Township Council Monday to consider…

  • OBITUARY: William Schroeder

       William Schroeder, 87, of Monroe, died Wednesday, Aug. 4, at home.    Born in New York City, he lived in St. Alban’s, Queens, N.Y., and Carle Place, N.Y., before moving to Rossmoor in 1987. He received an architectural degree from R.P.I. in Troy, N.Y., in 1951 and had a 30-year career as an architect, lastly with…

  • Fortino’s catching aids WW run to final

    Win over Pequannock would secure third 10s state title By: Justin Feil    Being a catcher at any level can be difficult, but it doesn’t get any tougher than being one at the 10-year-old softball level.    Pitchers are just as likely to uncork a low pitch that bounces in the grass as one that goes six…

  • Better Beginnings needs school supplies

    Day care center holding drive for needy school children. By: Melissa Kadish    HIGHTSTOWN — Better Beginnings Day Care Center is sponsoring a drive to get school supplies for its students.    Better Beginnings is an affordable day-care center in the borough that caters to the neediest families with the lowest incomes.    Bettie Witherspoon, former executive director…

  • Holt mission to Middle East focuses on terrorism threat

    Congressman takes part in fact-finding trip with four colleagues. By: Jennifer Potash    Amid almost daily attacks by terrorists against U.S. forces in Iraq and the recent reports of possible attacks in the United States, U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12) with other congressional members traveled to the Middle East to gain a better understanding of the…

  • OBITUARY: William Galipo Sr.

       William F. Galipo Sr., 81, of Monroe, died Thursday, Aug. 5, at McCarrick Care Center in Somerset.    He was born in New Brunswick, where he lived before moving to Clinton and retiring to West Palm Beach in 1983. He returned to New Jersey and has resided in Monroe for the past 15 years. He was…

  • OBITUARY: Steven C. Basarab

       Steven C. Basarab, 55, died Tuesday Aug. 10, at Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune.    Born in Perth Amboy, he lived there before moving to Monroe in 1975. He received his Bachelor’s degree in education in 1970 from Newark State Teachers College, Union, and his master’s degree in guidance and social work in 1978 from Kean…

  • Garden scenes

    Outdoor art series will visit Marlowes By:Sarah Winkelman    Artists looking to paint a perfectly manicured garden complete with whimsical garden sculptures and rows of annual flowers are in luck.    On Sunday the next Art in the Park: Garden Series will take place at 11 N. Main St. at the home of Frank and Bobbie Marlowe.…