Category: archives

  • DISPATCHES: It’s time to abandon ship in Iraq

    DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Getting out maybe the only way to save a country in freefall. By: Hank Kalet We gotta get outta this place If it’s the last thing we ever do — Eric Burdon and the Animals    It is an understatement to say that things have gone terribly wrong in Iraq.    There is…

  • Hopewell Township brush, bulky waste schedule

       In June, the Hopewell Township Public Works Department will conduct its final collection of brush and bulky waste. To schedule pickup of bulky waste or ask questions, call 737-4310, between 7 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.    Residents must schedule their final bulky waste pickup by calling the above number. If this is the first pickup after…

  • Hopewell Valley school officials make cuts in Sept. 28 referendum proposal

    Removed from the referendum package were $408,000 for conversion of a Central High woods room and $108,600 for a marching band. By John Tredrea    The Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education on Monday voted to place a leaner $15.49 million school referendum before voters Sept. 28, after opting to cut funding for a high school…

  • Freshman pitches Hopewell into sectional quarterfinals

    Softball By: Jim Green    The average freshman goes through ups and downs before finding success in high school athletics.    Courtney Sorg is not the average freshman.    The Hopewell Valley Central softball pitcher has stepped in for injured starter Steph Miller, and the Lady Bulldogs have not missed a beat.    On Tuesday, Sorg surrendered just one…

  • Across the Waves

    Named for a traditional Irish jig, Cherish the Ladies has grown from a one-time concert concept to a sensation in Celtic music. By: Susan Van Dongen Cherish the Ladies features (clockwise from left) Mary Coogan, Joanie Madden, Mirella Murray, Heidi Talbot and Rosin Dillon.    Just back from a whirlwind tour of Sweden, Joanie Madden of…

  • LCA softball wins Penn-Jersey title

    By: Sean Moylan    Jackie Steffen will tell you herself that she’s not the greatest pitcher in the world.    Yet the Life Center Academy girls’ varsity softball team’s senior standout has one thing all great players need and desire most to perform at their best—guts.    So when LCA’s star fire-balling hurler Stefani Reitzel learned an injury…

  • OBITUARY: Frances H. Fischer Edly

        Frances H. Fischer Edly, 70, of Kendall Park, died Thursday May 13, in the St. Peters University Hospital, New Brunswick.     Born in New Brunswick, she was a waitress at the Rusty Nail Restaurant of North Brunswick.     Her husband, John Edly, and brother, Lawrence Fischer, are deceased. She is survived by two sons,…

  • Pennington planners OK retail-office complex for Route 31

    The Shoppes at Pennington will be built on the east side of Route 31, between Broemel Place and West Franklin Avenue. By Marianne Hooker    At its May 12 meeting, the Pennington Planning Board granted variances and site plan approval for The Shoppes at Pennington, which will be a planned development of retail and office space.…

  • DATES TO REMEMBER

    Saturday     Foxwoods Trip: South Brunswick Community Education will host a trip to Foxwoods, Conn.     The trip departs at 7:30 a.m. from Crossroads South Middle School, 195 Major Road in Monmouth Junction, and includes casino package and motorcoach transportation/gratuity.     Call Nancy Kinal at (732) 297-7800, ext. 399 for information or to register by…