Category: archives

  • University has reason to hail court’s ruling

    PACKET EDITORIAL, June 27 By: Packet Editorial    Legal scholars have spent the past couple of days — and will no doubt spend the next several weeks, months and even years — poring over the U.S. Supreme Court’s latest pronouncements on the subject of affirmative action. The court’s rulings this week in two cases involving the…

  • High school chief resigns

    Richard Ballard ends his career with the Monroe school district. By: Rebecca Tokarz MONROE — The school district will lose one of its top leaders later this summer when Monroe Township High School Principal James Misek leaves his position and heads to the Montgomery Township School District.    The four-year MTHS veteran will leave the district…

  • Tales of the Jersey Shore

    Whether or not you take your books to the beach, two new titles will take you deep into the sands of time. By: Susan Van Dongen function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,’location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10′); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write(""); document.close();    The house at the top of Edgewater Avenue in Pleasantville isn’t a mansion but it is sturdy, having marked its 80th…

  • American Idols

    The much-heralded National Constitution Center opens its doors July 4, conciding with several other historical exhibits in Philadelphia. By: Amy Brummer    Americans love their icons — symbols that represent what is perhaps too expansive to explain at length. In a country based on the idea of freedom and independence, a flash of stars and stripes…

  • Find life’s passions and pursue them

    Editorial By:    Members of the Class of 2003 said their farewells to Hightstown High School last week.    The graduation ceremony June 19 at Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton was full of speeches and jitters, a chance for classmates to ruminate about the past and ponder the future.    There were speeches from the class valedictorian and…

  • Principal Martin Barlow retiring from McKnight

    After 36 years in the East Windsor Regional school district, the elementary school principal is leaving. By: David Pescatore    EAST WINDSOR — The East Windsor Regional School District will be missing one of its most persistent figures next year as Martin Barlow retires after 36 years of service.    Born in Arizona, Mr. Barlow has spent…

  • Reality Check

    The private goes public By: Dawn Cariello    "To Interview Former P.O.W., CBS Offers Stardom," read the headline in The New York Times on June 16. In the race to secure the first interview with Pvt. Jessica Lynch, CBS has created a media package to ensure that no matter when you tune in, it will be…

  • Spiga’s bat helps Post 401 top South River

    By: Rich Fisher    The South Brunswick Post 401 baseball team was already facing a long ride to Winchester, Va., for the Firecracker Invitational Tournament.    But it could have been even longer had the locals not turned around a rough early start with a 3-2 victory over South River on Tuesday night.    The victory was the…

  • Re-enactments enliven Rockingham

    225th anniversary marked by tracing Gen. Washington’s route to Battle of Monmouth. By: Paul Sisolak    FRANKLIN — George Washington was doing everything but sleeping at the Rockingham house Tuesday afternoon as celebrations continued in observance of the 225th anniversary of the Battle of Monmouth.    State officials, history buffs, and re-enactors — one portraying the general…