Category: archives

  • Finding relief

    Candidates give ideas for reducing tax bills    What should the Borough Council do to provide residents with tax relief, and how can you help in that effort? Senga Allan    Ms. Allan is a Democratic member of the Borough Council.    As a member of the Borough Council for the past six years, and chairwoman and member…

  • Dems not really for a train station

    To the editor:     How absolutely interesting that both Mr. Gambatese and Mr. Killmurray are now indicating lukewarm support of a train station in South Brunswick.    The current administration has made it perfectly clear they don’t support a train station for us. In fact, the train station was deliberately removed from the Master Plan. Now…

  • ‘White Oleander’

    Michelle Pfeiffer and a powerful cast find genuine drama in a film adaptation of Janet Fitch’s novel.   [PG-13] By: Elise Nakhnikian    Great books almost never translate into great movies. But start with an emotionally compelling page-turner and you’ve got a good shot at turning out an engaging movie. If you’re lucky enough to land a talented…

  • Washington committee hopefuls: Business

    Third in a series of articles examining candidates and issues in the township. By: Cynthia Koons    WASHINGTON — During a national economic slowdown, the burden of municipal taxes lends itself to greater scrutiny. How potential Township Committee members approach the business climate may be pivotal in preventing tax increases or future debts.    The following is…

  • Bank may move headquarters to Robbinsville

    Application to come before Washington Township Planning Board next week. By: Cynthia Koons    WASHINGTON — The corporate headquarters of a regional bank may relocate to Washington’s up-and-coming Town Center — if the Planning Board accepts the proposal at its Oct. 23 meeting.    Roma Bank, an 82-year-old company that operates in the greater Trenton area, has…

  • ‘Secretary’

    Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Spader establish a strange relationship in a film that’s part melodrama, part black comedy.   [R] By: Bob Brown    When we first meet Lee Holloway (Maggie Gyllenhaal), she’s manacled to a shoulder-bar while she lovingly delivers documents and coffee to her boss. But in a flashback to six months earlier, she’s a timid…

  • Teachers short-changed on salaries

    To the editor    I have been teaching in Hillsborough for more than just a few years and I am dismayed that the teachers of Hillsborough are having such difficulty reaching a new contract agreement with the Board of Education.    I am especially upset that some of the radio talk shows present such a negative attitude…

  • OBITUARIES, Oct. 18, 2002

    Ellen V. Rebenfeld, Martin S. Goldin, Baigui Cao, David Zack, Lisa McNair Woodbury, Herman L. Marder. Ellen V. Rebenfeld Editor of scientific journals     Ellen Vogel Rebenfeld of Princeton died Monday at The Medical Center at Princeton after a brief illness.    Born and raised in New York, she had been a resident of Princeton since…

  • Baldpate Mountain ‘worked its incredible magic on me’

    GUEST COLUMN By: Diane Tartaglia    On a picture-perfect day after Tropical Storm Isidore favored us with three days of rain, John Hart and Pam Weidel hosted the Baldpate Mountain Trailride.    Along with the Hopewell Valley Trailriding Association, they sponsored a lovely event atop one of the prettiest places in Mercer County. Over 50 riders and…