Category: archives

  • ‘Ararat’

    Atom Egoyan uses a film-within-a-film to tell the suppressed story of the Armenian genocide in Turkey.   [R] By: Elise Nakhnikian    When addressing his generals in 1939, Hitler reportedly assured them the world would not object to the Final Solution by noting: "Who remembers the extermination of the Armenians?"    Not many people remembered even then, just a…

  • Republicans promise to nullify contracts

    Charge Democratic-controlled committee is forcing unwanted vendors on township By:Alec Moore    Republican Committeeman Tony Gwiazdowski and GOP Committeemen-elect Steven Sireci and John Souren are crying foul over some of the last official acts of the Democrats on the outgoing Township Committee.    At the top of the GOP’s list is the Democrats’ recent decision to award…

  • Viking boys gain first swim win

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    The South Brunswick High School boys’ swim team registered the first pool victory of the 2002-2003 season, giving them a 1-3 record. The Vikings overwhelmed Piscataway 110-59, winning nine out of the 11 events.    "Piscataway has some quality swimmers, but a couple of their guys were missing," Viking head coach John…

  • Riding high above all other celebrities

    Perceptions By: Steve Feitl    Celebrities annoy me.    They live a charmed life, yet we constantly have to hear about their hardships. There’s Ozzy Osbourne crying for Barbara Walters. And then there’s Mariah Carey spilling her guts about her breakdown to People magazine. It’s not like I really want to hear about their problems. It’s not…

  • South Brunswick wrestlers a mix of young and old this year

    By: Ken Weingartner    It probably has been a couple of years since South Brunswick High wrestling coach Joe Dougherty entered a season with so many question marks. But the Vikings’ longtime mentor is unfazed – watching his young charges come up with the answers is part of the fun of coaching.    "We’ve got a mixture…

  • Viking girls basketball team turns up the tempo

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    Amid the hustle and bustle of holiday preparations, high school sports fans can add one more item to their "To Do" list: tomorrow night marks the opening of the high school basketball season.    At South Brunswick High, the Viking girls team will be dressed and ready to go at 7 p.m.…

  • Don’t eliminate ‘courtesy’ busing

    To the editor    So in an effort to save money, Hillsborough continues to press ahead with it plans to eliminate courtesy busing for many of its children. (What’s next? An end to "courtesy" policing — "Sorry, Ma’am, we don’t investigate robberies that occur more than two miles from the municipal center.")    Look, I don’t have…

  • Anna Lapay

       MANVILLE — Anna (Pavol) Lapay died Sunday at the home of her daughter in Manville. She was 86.    Born in Manville, Mrs. Lapay spent most of her life in Manville Borough, before moving to Seminole, Fla., in 1981.    Mrs. Lapay was a homemaker.    She was a communicant of St. Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church in Hillsborough.…

  • Max Doverman

    Memorial service Sunday    Max Doverman, 80, of Hopewell Borough died Dec. 8 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.    Born in New York City, he obtained degrees from the City College of New York and the Columbia University School of Social Work. He spent the early years of his career as director…