Category: archives

  • HHS students hold celebration of diversity

    ‘Cultural diversity night’ may become an annual event By:Sally Goldenberg    Theresa Skipper wanted to increase awareness of the various ethnic backgrounds represented at Hillsborough High School.    She tried a bulletin board for Black History Month, but it wasn’t enough to teach other students about cultural diversity, she said.    So she and a few friends of…

  • Getting a grip

    Boyd hopes adjustments pay off in the future By: Rich Fisher    Brittany Boyd won’t ever be confused for Tiger Woods (then again, who will?), but at the moment, the South Brunswick High senior shares a common trait with the world’s greatest golfer.    Boyd has endured an up-and-down season as the No. 1 player for the…

  • ‘Bruce Almighty’

    Bestowed with god-like powers, Jim Carrey uses his cockeyed charisma in a film with a fresh premise.   [PG-13] By: Elise Nakhnikian Jim Carrey exploits his newfound omnipotency for practical reasons in Bruce Almighty.    Bruce Nolan (Jim Carrey) is a local TV reporter who provides comic relief for the news, doing funny features about things like giant…

  • Council moves meeting to Friday

    Lack of quorum forces rescheduling By:Alec Moore    A lack of communication led to the postponement of Tuesday’s Borough Council meeting.    While the council generally holds its regular meetings on the second and fourth Monday of each month, this week’s meeting was originally scheduled for Tuesday, due to the Memorial Day holiday. The meeting has since…

  • Parents volunteer to keep students safe

    Amsterdam School launches new program By:Sally Goldenberg    Pam Figard, a lunch aide with a child in the fourth-grade at Amsterdam Elementary School, has taken on an added duty — Ms. Figard is one of a number of parent volunteers who are providing extra security at the school.    Tuesday marked the beginning of the new security…

  • Travels with Camera

    The photographs of Margaret Morgan and Martin Schwartz sharpen the eye and heighten consciousness. By: Susan Van Dongen

  • Alice Lackey

       Alice Griggs Lackey, 87, of Monmouth Junction, died Monday, May 26, at The Elms of Cranbury.    She was born and raised in Monmouth Junction and was a former Princeton resident. She retired from the Educational Testing Service in Princeton.    Her husband, John J. Lackey, brother, Thomas C. Griggs, and sister, Elsie Ely, are deceased. She…

  • Planners nix revision in Master Plan

    By: Sharlee DiMenichi    The township Planning Board rejected a resolution that would have changed the township Master Plan to allow for the construction of warehousing and distribution centers on 140 acres of land at the intersection of Route 535 and Dunhams Corner Road.    The board voted 6-2 May 21 against the resolution, which would have…

  • Hopewell Valley school officials honor student organizations

    CHS and Timberlane students who earned accolades at state and national levels lauded. By John Tredrea    High school and middle school students participating in three extra-curricular organizations that have earned accolades at the state and national levels were honored at the May 19 Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education meeting.    Once again this year, Central…