Category: archives

  • FROM ROOSEVELT: Visits to the Y

    My kids took swimming lessons last summer. I was impressed watching them grow aquatically under the weekly tutelage of a professional instructor. It was amazing how quickly they gained added comfort and skill in the water. By: Linda Schuster    The brief experience inspired me to continue their swim classes. I knew that if they stayed…

  • Invitational win may lift Hopewell to stop spot

    Hopewell Valley Cross Country By: Mike Molaro    The Hopewell Valley Central High School girls cross country team was ranked second in the state heading into last Saturday’s Shore Coaches Invitational.    After its outstanding performance on the difficult course, it wouldn’t shock anybody if the Lady Bulldogs claimed the top spot this week.    With sophomore Annie…

  • Psycho Killer

    Premiere Performing Arts and Artists stages an adaptation of Stephen King’s ‘Misery.’ By: Amy Brummer    After years of dropping hints, Stephen King has called it quits.    According to interviews with the British Broadcasting Co. and the Los Angeles Times in January, once King finishes the last few books of his Dark Tower series and a…

  • Michael Kennedy

       BELLE MEAD — Michael Joseph Kennedy Friday, Oct. 4, in his daughter’s home in Belle Mead. He was 79.    Born and raised in Ireland, he settled in East Rockaway, N.Y., until moving to Mercerville and then Belle Mead in 1998.    For 20 years Mr. Kennedy was a landscaper working for States Nightware in New York.…

  • BUZZ IN THE HALLS: Course on environment

    News and notes from Allentown High School. By: Pam Koharchik    In the ongoing series of spotlighting new course offerings, this one is probably one of the more unique classes ever presented to the student body. Literature of Land is an English elective available to sophomores, juniors and seniors. The course’s developer, Denise Mahrer, is excited…

  • Allentown council candidates: Downtown

    Part of a series examining council candidates, and the issues in the borough. By: Cynthia Koons    ALLENTOWN — With its quintessential American name, historic character and hometown charm, Main Street is the embodiment of quaintness. Related stories: • Four to face off for two open seats (Oct. 3, 2002)    But the four candidates for Borough…

  • Candidates offer view of transportation

    What to do about increasing congestion By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    Population growth in South Brunswick has created unprecedented traffic problems as drivers cope with infrastructure designed and built in a less congested era.    Candidates for Township Council gave their views on addressing traffic problems, discussing such issues as lowering speed limits, establishing a truck route,…

  • GOP fliers were accurate

    To the editor:     Last week’s letter to the editor by Kim Ward Basco made me stop and think.    Ms. Basco stated her concern that there were no facts presented in the literature she received. She also appeared upset with Larry Gildenberg and Dawn Smith’s use of the words "cronies" and "political machine" in describing…

  • Locals assist victims of fire

    Donations are pouring in for Monmouth Junction families. By: Nick D’Amore    Local businesses and schools are reaching out to two families who were left homeless last week when a fire destroyed their two-family house on Old New Road.    On Sept. 29, the two-family Monmouth Junction home of the McElroys and Yelminis caught fire. The fire…