Category: archives

  • Community of faiths

    Clergy leader to continue forging ties By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    The South Brunswick Area Clergy Association has a new leader.    The Rev. David Risseeuw, of Six Mile Run Reformed Church in Franklin Park, is responsible for convening monthly meetings and organizing interfaith observances such as the recent Sept. 11 commemoration and the annual ecumenical Thanksgiving…

  • Topping it Off

    Costume designer Emilio Sosa helps shape a story about hats and the churchgoers who wear them. By: Susan Van Dongen    Like the carefully planned strata of stockings, slips and new undergarments worn by the characters in Crowns — premiering Oct. 15 at McCarter Theatre — the costumes and hats themselves are layered with meaning. Above…

  • Council candidates emphasize redevelopment

    Senga Allan and Dan Evans interviews By:Alec Moore Evans: Add new businesses    Republican Dan Evans is hoping to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather, former Mayor George Papawick. And if Mr. Evans is elected councilman on Nov. 5, the 24-year-old Rutgers University political science major hopes to introduce some new initiatives to the Borough…

  • State considering purchase of airport

    Assemblyman Pete Biondi sees possible action before Jan. 1 By:John Patten    Hillsborough Mayor Joseph Tricarico and Assemblyman Peter Biondi say they believe the state Department of Transportation will move quickly on attempts to purchase the development rights at Central Jersey Airport after a meeting Tuesday in Trenton.    The meeting was called by DOT Commissioner Jamie…

  • Blame for development belongs with GOP

    To the editor:     Web sites are great as I read the "new" twist by the Republicans of South Brunswick Enough. To quote, "While we’re stuck in traffic, we see building going on unabated. When we’re enjoying a day off with our families, our peace and quiet is shattered."    Having lived in South Brunswick for…

  • Candidates to discuss Middle East issues at forum

       The Jewish Center of Princeton will host a forum for 12th Congressional District candidates Tuesday, Oct. 29.    The event will be held at 8 p.m. at the center, 435 Nassau St., Princeton.    Rep. Rush Holt (D-12), Republican challenger the Rev. DeForest "Buster" Soaries, Libertarian Thomas Abrams, Green Party candidate Carl Mayer and Conservative Party candidate…

  • Hats Off to History

    Growing up in Chicago, Crowns author Craig Mayberry developed a deep respect for hats and the people who wore them. By: Ilene Dube Hat sketches by Emilio Sosa.    When John F. Kennedy went to his own inauguration bareheaded, it changed the history of the hat, according to Crowns author Craig Marberry. Men all over America…

  • GOP campaign is too negative

    To the editor:     I object to the negative "Enough" campaign generated by Dawn Smith and Larry Gildenberg. On a national level, I find myself more closely affiliated with one political party over another. However, on a local level, I pride myself in my openness to examine all of the candidates platforms to decide whom…

  • Camera ready

    Upper Freehold family farm selected to appear in New York Stock Exchange television ad. By: Cynthia Koons    UPPER FREEHOLD — Some search far and wide for the heart of America. For a few New York City ad agents, that place wasn’t too hard to find.    In fact, it was a few short miles from the…