Category: archives

  • Expand your view of world events

    To the editor    We feel we must respond to points raised by Tom Griffo last week concerning our letter of the previous week.    Because it was particularly offensive, we first address Mr. Griffo’s indictment of Alfie Kohn’s reference to official announcements for employees to stay put after the first tower was struck on Sept. 11,…

  • Raiders scare Central with flurry in third quarter

    Red Devils regain momentum to post victory By: Rudy Brandl        FLEMINGTON — The Hillsborough High football team found out last Friday night why most experts have picked Hunterdon Central as the favorite to repeat as Delaware Division champs.    The Raiders took their best shot at Central, dominating the first quarter and scoring two quick…

  • High-tech lessons

    Students find new ways to use technology in classrooms By:Sally Goldenberg    When Chris Aleo joined Hillsborough’s school district as a physics teacher four years ago, he communicated with his students exclusively in the classroom, assigning homework during class, marking papers with comments by hand and keeping the lessons contained to textbooks.    Now Mr. Aleo posts…

  • CRIMSON COMMENTS: Children’s schedules

    I don’t know if anyone else has noticed this phenomenon or if I’m just being oversensitive, but there seems to be a silent competition among parents to see who has the most over-scheduled children. By: Rose McGlew Anyone whose children are allowed to simply play after school is viewed as lacking in parenting skills.    I…

  • ‘Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner’

    Not since Nanook of the North has a film captured the stark beauty of the Inuit culture.   [Not rated] By: Elise Nakhnikian    Every once in a while, a film comes along that reminds us how magical the medium can be. It doesn’t tug on our heartstrings with a stylized sob story or pump up our adrenaline…

  • LHS girls need more aggression

    Girls Soccer By: Mike Molaro    It’s not difficult for Dave Boggs to point to the one area where his Lawrence High School girls soccer team needs to focus.    "We need to concentrate and play aggressive soccer for a full 80 minutes," said the Cardinal head coach after his girls evened their record at 2-2 with…

  • Singin’ the Blues

    Trumpeter Randy Reinhart and his quintet will play Sept. 28 in Princeton at Jazz Feast, a day of food and music. By: Matt Smith    Growing up in Madison in the late ’60s and early ’70s, Randy Reinhart listened to his share of Jimi Hendrix and The Who, but, unlike most of his hippie-generation classmates, he…

  • Cardinals refocus after two losses

    Football By: Steve Feitl    Lawrence High School football practice this past Tuesday wasn’t the average third-week routine.    Defenders went through simple tackling instruction, while quarterbacks worked on standard passing and footwork drills.    It was a return to the basics for the Cardinals.    The Lawrence boys suffered their second-straight loss on Saturday — this time it…

  • Letdown doesn’t shut down South girls soccer team in win over Metuchen

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    The South Brunswick High School girls soccer team learned a valuable lesson in Monday’s 5-1 Greater Middlesex Conference non-division victory at Metuchen this past Monday: no matter how big the lead, don’t assume the game is over.    The Vikings felt they had the game well in hand when they found themselves…