Category: archives

  • Critics should file to run for school board

    Editorial    Perhaps people are distracted by impending war, terrorist threats and an unrelenting winter.    But the deadline to file for the April 15 school board election is Monday and as of Wednesday morning, there were exactly two petitions returned. And they’re both incumbents — Michael Brindle and Michael Wilson.    If we take the third incumbent,…

  • George Washington gets recognized

    Monmouth Junction school receives presidential portrait By: Jamie Simpson    Bill Sanders is a man on a historical mission.    On Feb. 11, Bill Sanders, executive director of Portraits of Patriots in Mountainside, met with Jane Quaglin’s fifth-grade class at Monmouth Junction Elementary School to donate a portrait of George Washington to the school.    Mr. Sanders is…

  • HoVal wrestlers win hard-fought meet

    Wrestling By: Mike Molaro    Although it hasn’t been the easiest of seasons for the Hopewell Valley Central High School wrestling team, the Bulldogs have focused on giving their best effort every time they step onto the mats.    That attribute of the Bulldogs was never more evident than in their home match against Spotswood on Saturday.…

  • Singers to perform work by Pennington composer

    Feb. 25 program will feature Lolly Barton’s "Let This Be Heard." By John Tredrea     On a Feb. 25 program of choral music by the Princeton Singers is a premiere performance of Pennington composer Lolly Barton’s "Let This Be Heard," a composition inspired by Oscar Wilde’s poem "The Ballad of Reading Gaol," published in 1896.…

  • Losing streak knocks girls from Sky Division lead

    MUSTANG ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl        When February began, the Manville High girls were sitting alone atop the Sky Division girls’ basketball standings. Things have changed dramatically in the past two weeks.    Ever since the Lady Mustangs posted a lopsided 49-20 triumph over St. Mary’s of Elizabeth on Senior Night in Manville, they haven’t won…

  • John Gaston and Mary Rittman

    John W. Gaston Jr.    John W. Gaston, Jr., 56, of Hopewell Township, died at home Monday after a two-year battle with brain cancer.    Born in Easton, Pa., he was the son of the late John Wilson Gaston Sr. and Mary Garrison Gaston of White Township, Warren County, where Mr. Gaston was raised.    Mr. Gaston earned…

  • Viking girls host Chiefs in GMCT opener

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    It’s a few days late, but the 2003 Greater Middlesex Conference basketball tournaments will finally get underway tonight (Thursday).    Among the first round games, the South Brunswick Lady Vikings will host Piscataway at 6 p.m., followed by the South Brunswick boys against Carteret at 8 p.m.    For once, strength of schedule…

  • Letters to the Editor, Feb. 20, 2003

    Take long, hard look at the football report To the editor:     The Football Advisory Committee presented its report to the school board during the Feb. 10 meeting. The 14 members of the committee did a good job of exploring many areas relating to the football question. The facts, opinions and conclusions included in the…

  • Wrestlers keep busy before the storm

    RAIDER ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl        One Hillsborough High athletic team wasn’t affected by the huge blizzard that dumped nearly two feet of snow in Central Jersey — the varsity wrestling team.    The Raiders competed in a season-high five matches in one week, winning three of them to improve their season record to 8-9. After…