Category: archives

  • Viking hockey team falls in state quarterfinals

    Second-seeded Morris Knolls too tough for South Brunswick. By: Ken Weingartner    The end came sooner than anyone on the South Brunswick High ice hockey team would have liked, but the Vikings’ public school state playoff run was nonetheless memorable.    South Brunswick, the seventh seed, bowed from the tourney with a 6-4 loss Wednesday night against…

  • Letters to the Editor

    For the March 11 issue. River Line will benefit residents To the editor:    The River Line light rail service begins on March 14. With 20 stations along the 34-mile corridor between Trenton and Camden (including the Park Street Station in Bordentown City) and stops every 30 minutes, the River Line will benefit area residents in…

  • This time, Millstone OKs school referendum

    Millstone Township voters support new school construction and renovations. By: Sarah Winkelman    MILLSTONE — Township residents overwhelmingly approved a $34.5 million building referendum Tuesday that will allow the district to construct a new middle school and make renovations to the existing elementary and middle schools.    After the defeat of the first building referendum in September,…

  • LHS boys defeated in sectional quarterfinals

    Boys basketball By: Jim Green    Understandably, the Lawrence High School boys basketball team wasn’t prepared to play in a sectional quarterfinal game March 4.    The Cardinals still were coming to terms with the tragic death of John Molinelli — the former Lawrence resident and father of Hopewell Valley star Jeff Molinelli, who suffered a fatal…

  • Maria Hurilla

       MANVILLE — Maria C. Hurilla died Sunday, March 7, at her parent’s home in Manville. She was 37.    Born in New Brunswick, she was a lifelong resident of Manville.    Miss Hurilla was a graduate of Manville High School.    She was a communicant of Christ the King Roman Catholic Church in Manville.    Surviving are her parents,…

  • Hopewell planners form group to look at Master Plan update

    Subcommittee includes Paul Buda, Brad Lyons, Joe Zito and Peter Macholdt, as well as Planning Consultant Carl Lindbloom and borough Engineer Dennis O’Neal, as needed. By Sandra Phelps    The Hopewell Borough Planning Board formed a four-member subcommittee at its meeting March 3 to reexamine the borough’s Master Plan.    Planning Board members Paul Buda, Brad Lyons,…

  • The magical land of Lahaway, part 6

    HISTORICALLY SPEAKING    Subtitled "The Road from Hornerstown" by R.P. Dow, secretary of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, this installment was written for the Sept. 21, 1916, Allentown Messenger.     When I began this series of papers it was with considerable misgivings, not yet cleared, lest they should lack personal interest. For, after all, they must degenerate…

  • Washington scores well on report card

    State Department of Education releases district report cards with high marks for Washington Township schools. By: Sarah Winkelman    WASHINGTON — Elementary and middle school students in the township continue to score better on standardized tests than those in similar districts in New Jersey, according to the state Department of Education’s district report cards released last…

  • Diocese: Accused priest to keep post

    Following independent investigation into 1975 sexual abuse allegations, the Diocese of Trenton decides to allow pastor of St. Mary’s Church in Bordentown City to maintain position. By: Scott Morgan    BORDENTOWN CITY — The Diocese of Trenton says it has conducted its own investigation and has no plans to remove the pastor of St. Mary’s Church…