Category: archives

  • Dispatches: Facing up to America’s ambivalence on race

    DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Our editor believes we must recognize that America is still a highly segregated society. By: Hank Kalet    Race remains the unspeakable topic in our collective cultural closet.    Sure, we talk about it a lot, generally around the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday or during Black History Month. We offer neat little…

  • Greene, Cutler led MHS track team to solid year

    Mustangs finished second in Sky Division By: Rudy Brandl        SOUTH PLAINFIELD – Manville High track and field coach Tony Treonze admitted he was pleasantly surprised by his team’s accomplishments this spring.    Treonze had a chance to reflect on his team’s season while waiting for Amy Cutler to long jump at the NJSIAA Meet of…

  • Young athletes made splash this spring

    Future remains bright at HHS By: Rudy Brandl        Graduation always sends a bunch of fine, talented athletes off to college, leaving high school coaches to wonder how their teams will recover, regroup and rebuild after losing stars who have led their teams for the past few years.    While Hillsborough High’s senior class of athletes…

  • Lack of details doomed path application

    Analysis shows Lawrence Council split on trail. By: Lea Kahn    It wasn’t opposition to the proposed bike path through Carson Road Woods that scuttled a Township Council vote last week on a grant application for the project, rather it was the lack of information on the financing and construction details.    That’s what several Township Council…

  • June 26, 4:56 p.m.: Gay rights and the court

    The court gets it right on sodomy laws, but Bush appointees could make for some bad times in the future. By: Hank Kalet    A ruling today from the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of freedom and personal liberty.    The court ruled 6-3 that a Texas law against "deviate sexual intercourse with another individual of the…

  • Hillsborough High Spring Sports Awards

    More championships for Raiders in 2003 By: Rudy Brandl    The Hillsborough High spring athletic teams gave their fans many reasons to celebrate in 2003.    Half of the school’s eight varsity teams won major titles and almost every squad thrilled the home crowd with a big victory on Hillsborough soil. The HHS boys’ and girls’ track…

  • Class of 2003 leaves Hopewell Valley Central High behind

    Monday dawned bright and warm — in preparation for the outdoor evening commencement exercises. By John Tredrea    In a heartening departure from the weather pattern that’s dominated this part of the country for months, Monday dawned bright and warm — in preparation for the outdoor evening commencement exercises of Hopewell Valley Central High School’s Class…

  • Editorial: Budget plans do a disservice to New Jersey

    EDITORIAL: Neither the Democrats or Republicans have devised a sound spending plan.    Our friends in Trenton are up to their old tricks again.    Both parties are attempting to claim the mantle of protecting the public purse and the public interest, but neither are willing to make the hard choices necessary to ensure that either are…

  • Forget ‘misdeeds’ — focus on town needs

    To the editor    I have read with increasing disappointment a number of letters in the Hillsborough Beacon about alleged "misconduct" of Mayor Tony Gwiazdowski.    However, my disappointment is not with the mayor — it is with the people in this township that seem to be searching for topics to make into issues. Since the beginning…