Category: archives

  • Uncommon Senses

    What started out as a weekly radio program featuring five sisters chatting on the phone has turned into a new paperback book. Liz Dolan, the second-oldest, will visit Barnes & Noble in West Windsor Nov. 6. By: Jillian Kalonick    The premise was this: Five women living in three different places hold a weekly conference call…

  • Vanderbeck unhappy with Dems

    Letter to the editor By:     When a member of one political party (a Democrat) feels the need to support the candidate of another political party (a Republican), it is never a popular move. However, this happens in local politics, especially in small towns, where party affiliation can be somewhat arbitrary.    As a Democrat, I…

  • HHS band wins marching honor

    The HHS marching band took first place in marhcing and placed third overall at the state championships. By: Chris Karmiol    HIGHTSTOWN — Nobody marches like the Hightstown High School marching band. That’s what a group of judges said last weekend at the first New Jersey State Marching Band Championships when they awarded the HHS band…

  • A party divided?

    As election season winds down, party loyalty remains blurred over one controversial issue — the support by some borough Democrats of Republican mayoral candidate Bob Patten. By: Scott Morgan    Last week, Democratic Borough Councilman Richard Pratt announced he would spearhead a movement called Democrats for Patten, which included the placing of purple lawn signs with…

  • Falcon boys win GMCT soccer opener

    By: Carolyn M. Harkto    In spite of a sloppy first half in Tuesday’s game, the seeding held up as fourth seeded Monroe beat 13th seeded Metuchen, 5-2, to advance to the quarterfinals of this year’s Greater Middlesex Conference Boys Soccer Tournament.    The Falcons (12-3-2), looking a little flat in their first tournament game, allowed Metuchen…

  • Polls open at 6 a.m. Tuesday

    School cafeteria will be busy Tuesday By: Casha Caponegro    Cranbury residents will get their say Tuesday when they step up to the polls and vote for one of two candidates for Township Committee.    Polls will be open at the Cranbury School cafeteria from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.    Democrat Rebecca Beauregard and Republican John (Jack)…

  • School construction begins Monday with ceremony at site

    Ground breaking ceremony marks start of new wing By: Casha Caponegro    Construction of a new addition to the Cranbury School is set to begin next week.    A groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for 3:15 p.m. Monday outside of the school, near the site of the new addition.    The school faculty and staff, along with representatives of…

  • CRANBURY:Committee Oks rules for sidewalk upkeep

    Downtown area is focus of change By: Casha Caponegro    Cranbury’s downtown sidewalks are expected to get a face-lift in the near future.    The Township Committee unanimously passed an ordinance Monday that requires residents to maintain sidewalks on their properties.    It also gives the township authority to undertake repairs if the property owner chooses not to.…

  • Principal: Promotion should be at arena

    The middle school principal wants the eighth-grade promotion to be held at the Sovereign Bank Arena. By: Chris Karmiol    She said she is not looking for any pomp and circumstance, but Melvin H. Kreps Principal Virginia Kerns asked the Board of Education on Monday if her school’s eighth-grade promotion exercise could be held at Sovereign…