Category: archives

  • Cartoon belittles Iraq mission

    To the editor    The illustration on the editorial page of your newspaper showing four U.S. servicemen raising an oil derrick is offensive.    The cartoon belittles the accomplishment of the Marines that fought the Japanese in the Pacific to preserve our freedom in the last century.    It also suggests the current task of removing an evil…

  • LIFESTYLE: In the swing of things

    Community Education students put on their dancing shoes and cut a rug. By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    Wearing an enormous smile and a white cap angled just so, Karen Dreisbach followed her partner in rocking sideways to the up-tempo music that filled the gym of the Dayton School.    With the suppleness of those who have been…

  • Iraq war in Lawrence residents’ thoughts

    Numerous opinions vocalized at town forum. By: Lea Kahn    Close to 60 people — men and women, young and old — turned out Friday night to speak their piece on the world’s lack of peace, while attending a town forum on the Iraqi conflict held at the Lawrence High School cafeteria.    The meeting, sponsored by…

  • State trooper to be stationed at Allentown High School campus

    Police presence not motivated by terrorism concerns or growing campus violence. By: Cynthia Koons    UPPER FREEHOLD — In a time of an increased law enforcement presence throughout the region, Allentown High School students will see an armed, on-duty state trooper on campus full time beginning next week.    "We had applied for a school resource officer…

  • Republicans pick candidates

    Bob Wagner and Carl Suraci to run in November; Dems to name candidates after April 6 caucus By:Alec Moore    Bob Wagner and Carl Suraci received the nod from local GOP officials to run in this year’s race for the Township Committee seats currently held by Democrats Joe Tricarico and Sonya Anne Martin.    A victory by…

  • Goy From the Moy

    Poet Paul Muldoon celebrates his Irish roots, Jewish marriage, passion for language and life in New Jersey. By: Ilene Dube    A reader of Moy Sand and Gravel (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $22), Paul Muldoon’s latest collection of poems, might imagine a dinner at the Griggstown home where he lives with his wife, novelist Jean Hanff…

  • Local nurses honored with Somerset awards

       Hillsborough nurses Jannie Johnson, RN, and Mary Ogiba, RN, were recently honored by Somerset Medical Center as "outstanding examples of skilled nursing practice."    Ms. Johnson, a perioperative nurse at the center, and Ms. Ogiba, a maternity nurse, were recognized with center’s Nursing Clinical Exemplar Awards. The award recipients are selected by their peers for their…

  • Manville boys gave hoop fans reason to cheer

    Mustangs went 16-7, earned share of Sky title By: Shawn Tyrrell    There had been little to cheer about in the past 10 years of Manville High basketball — until this season.    Winless campaigns, difficult losses and untimely injuries have all left their marks on the program in the past decade. But during the 2002-03 season,…

  • Cardinal softball has blend of youth, experience

    Softball By: Jim Green    Lawrence High School first-year softball coach Pete Cino has the best of both worlds.    Cino has returning starters at eight of nine positions, including three experienced pitchers. And he has 11 underclassmen in key roles, giving him at least two years to work with the bulk of a Cardinals team that…