Category: archives

  • LETTER: A demonstration of commitment

    To the editor:     I am proud to announce my bid for re-election to the Board of Education.    I have lived in South Brunswick and been an active member of the community since 1984. I am employed as a certified school nurse for the Eden Institute, a school for autistic children and adolescents.    I have…

  • Manville relay invites more participants

    To the editor    I am personally appealing to everyone from this "never surrender" town of Manville to get involved in the Relay for Life this year at Manville High School on June 11 and 12th.    I am appealing to everyone because right now my husband’s aunt is on a respirator fighting end stage lung cancer…

  • Taking their lead

    Conference encourages women to seek career opportunities. By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    Speakers at the South Brunswick Women’s Leadership Conference encouraged young women to choose a career by looking within.    "Think about what makes your heart sing and go for that," said Carole O’Brien, of Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey, who spoke about a career in…

  • Police Beat

    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP    Joann Cawley, 50, of Bordentown Township was charged with possession of opium at 1:47 a.m. on March 10.    Ms. Cawley was charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance by state police after a traffic stop. Troopers found there was an outstanding township warrant for her arrest for failure to appear in court…

  • Red Raiders aim for sixth straight prep championship

    Softball By: Mike Molaro    After winning five consecutive Prep B state titles, The Pennington School softball team enters the 2004 season with an unsettled lineup and a couple of areas that need to be addressed.    Still, the Red Raiders are the defending state champs and that means they are the team to beat — even…

  • Private funds should pay for new field

    To the editor    The ongoing opposition to the Hillsborough High School’s proposed artificial turf plans has once again resurfaced.    Having been turned down in previous budgets, this year’s idea is to obtain funds from donations and other money raising events. I feel as though this is the best idea yet, considering that taxpayers are not…

  • Raiders ruled winter circuit

    HHS WINTER SPORTS AWARDS By: Rudy Brandl    It snowed a few days last week, so I can still get away with talking about winter in one more issue of this newspaper.    Even if the weather had been sunny and 80 degrees, I couldn’t resist one last chance to recount the fabulous winter athletic campaign at…

  • Election coverage guidelines place reader needs first

    EDITORIAL By Ruth Luse    The 2004 school board election campaign season — highlights of which are contests in both Hopewell Township and Hopewell Borough — is heating up and is expected to gain further momentum as April 20 gets closer.    Five individuals are seeking two open Hopewell Township seats (three-year terms) on the Hopewell Valley…

  • Teen girl chased in park

    School issues warning. By: Joseph Harvie    Police are looking for a man who chased a 14-year-old girl while she was jogging behind Brunswick Acres School at around 4:30 p.m. Monday.    Police said the man asked the girl the time while he was sitting on a piece of playground equipment at the school. She gave him…