Category: archives

  • LETTER: Hats off to Coach Hayston

    To the editor:     I would like to take this opportunity to share a life experience with the many baseball fans of South Brunswick. In particular, I would like to praise the South Brunswick Vikings junior varsity baseball coach, Chris Hayston, for a job well done in the leadership of our young men.    Many of…

  • New car dealership planned for Hopewell Borough corner

    Robert Burke, who operates an automobile dealership in Princeton on Route 206, introduced plan to develop former Volvo garage to the borough Planning Board June 2. By Sandra Phelps    If all goes as planned, Hopewell Borough will have a new high-end car dealership on East Broad Street by next year.    Robert Burke, who operates an…

  • Recalling Reagan

    Residents reflect on legacy By:Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    For many, it was the death of an inspiration.    When township residents learned that former President Ronald Reagan died Saturday of pneumonia, they said they experienced the loss of a motivating influence.    Across party lines, locals remember President Reagan more for his charisma and the role he played…

  • June 10, 5:24 p.m.: Remembering Ronnie Part II

    My own thoughts on Reagan. By: Hank Kalet    Here is the current Dispatches on Ronald Reagan. And check out this from William Grieder in The Nation on Reaganomics and this Nation editorial.

  • Uncontested primary sees Democratic campaigning

    Democrats spend $3400 to boost party turnout By:Matthew Kirdahy    Despite the uncontested primary election, local Democrats spent about $3,400 through the June 2 deadline on the campaign to boost their party’s voter turnout and their candidates’ name recognition for the fall race for Township Council.    The township Democrats spent $2,246.57 on signs and $254.72 on…

  • ‘Pay-to-play’ ordinance needed here

    EDITORIAL: The time is right for a local ban on contributions from political contributors By:    We hope the Hillsborough Township Committee members will take a page from their statehouse kin and initiate a local "pay-to-play" ordinance.    In fact, as Republicans in Trenton have taken the stronger stand on the issue, we’ll add that it would…

  • District renovations proceeding this summer

    Bordentown Regional School District expects to complete renovation of four school buildings by this fall. By: Allison Busacca    All renovations taking place in the four district school buildings this summer are expected to be completed by the opening of school this fall, according to the Bordentown Regional School District Board of Education.    Construction on the…

  • Law mandates Hopewell Borough must redo buildings

    EDITORIAL By Ruth Luse    Back in the early 1990s, not long after the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became law, members of the Hopewell Business Association (HBA) held a meeting at which the new law was discussed.    Their focus back then was what local businesses should do to make their sites accessible to those with…

  • Baldwin Lake walk slated

    Jack Koeppel, chairman of Open Space Commission, will lead walk.    The Pennington Open Space Commission is sponsoring a walk through the borough’s newest open space acquisition, the Hanson tract adjacent to Baldwin Lake, on Saturday (June 12) at 10 a.m.    The walk will be conducted by Jack Koeppel, chairman of the Open Space Commission.    The…