Category: archives

  • PERCEPTIONS: Preserve the magic of youth

    Childhood is one of the few times to enjoy mysteries. By: Steve Feitl    One of my fondest memories of the Perry L. Drew School in East Windsor is taking class trips to the school library and digging up books on some of the world’s "unsolved mysteries."    There was the Bermuda Triangle, the Loch Ness Monster…

  • Pennington father-son team raises funds for cancer study

    Both have shaved heads to prove it. By John Tredrea    Toll Gate Grammar School fifth-grader Christopher Landis has raised more than $1,800 for children’s cancer research by participating in the national St. Baldrick’s Celebration.    Christopher collected the pledged donations after offering to shave his head. And shaved it was, as Christopher was surrounded by a…

  • ‘The Prince and Me’

    Julia Stiles stars as a farm-girl-turned-princess in this post-feminist fairy tale. By: Elise Nakhnikian    The first woman ever elected president of the Directors Guild of America, Martha Coolidge is a polished pro. She knows how to turn a run-of-the-mill genre story into an enjoyable movie, and she has a knack for casting fine actors and…

  • Letters to the Editor

    For the April 8 issue. ‘Trashing the rich’ not a valid debate point To the editor:    A local citizen felt the compelling need to cite statistics from the Citizens for Tax Justice regarding the impact of the Bush tax cut while trashing Dick Cheney. It is a shame that the letter conveniently forgets to start…

  • DISPATCHES: A fan’s notes on the boys of summer

    DISPATCHES By Hank Kalet: Some predictions for the upcoming Major League Baseball season. By: Hank Kalet    Baseball is back, baby.    I know it’s cold and windy outside, weather better suited to the annual Thanksgiving game between North and South Brunswick high schools than a game between the Phillies and Pirates on an early April afternoon…

  • Looking at public health issues, 100 years ago and now

    GUEST COLUMN By Francesca Calderone-Steichen    Perhaps only a few of our oldest senior citizens remember what it was like to try and maintain a healthy home in the early part of the 20th century. Antibiotics had not yet been invented as well as most of the household products and appliances that we now take for…

  • Olympic weightlifting catches on at HHS

    Raider athletes qualify for nationals By: Rudy Brandl        Hillsborough High strength and conditioning coach Jim McFarland and his staff of nationally certified coaches felt their pupils deserved a home competition to showcase their skills. Many of the Raiders who have elected to take their weight lifting in a competitive direction made the most of…

  • Thanks for help for school lab projects

    To the editor    We’d like to extend our thanks to the many people within our community who helped make our two recent fund-raisers for our "Computer Lab Campaign" such huge successes.    The first, which was an art auction held at Pheasant’s Landing, helped us raise nearly $8,000.    Our second, the Craft and Vendor Fair held…

  • HHS golfers boast plenty of depth

    Team braves elements in preseason By: John Beisser        The 2004 edition the Hillsborough High golf team features a blend of youth and veterans and it is a mix of players that has veteran coach Paul Parker excited.    Last year’s team finished with a respectable mark of 9-9 but Parker believes the young players in…