Category: archives

  • ‘One Hour Photo’

    Robin Williams goes psycho as a photo-processing employee obsessed with the ‘perfect’ family.   [R] By: Elise Nakhnikian Robin Williams develops an unhealthy obsession with a family in the thriller One Hour Photo.    In One Hour Photo, writer/ director Mark Romanek and star Robin Williams manage something few people have pulled off since Fritz Lang and Peter…

  • POST FORUM

    How will you commemorate the anniversary of Sept. 11? How will you commemorate the anniversary of Sept. 11?

  • District to end in-school physicals for athletes

    By:Sally Goldenberg    In compliance with a new state regulation, the Hillsborough Board of Education plans to phase out in-school physicals for student athletes.    The board will vote on a measure that would require sports physicals for students from family doctors at its upcoming meeting on Sept. 9. The proposed change was introduced on Aug. 19.…

  • Lt. Harry Delgado is a role model

    To the editor: I am writing in response a letter by Jodi Marcou in the Aug. 15 edition of the South Brunswick Post. More specifically, the last paragraph of the letter.    While I respect Ms. Marcou’s freedom of speech, I am disappointed that she singled out (school board member) Police Lt. Harry Delgado with regard…

  • Mar Fegel

       Mary A. Fegel, 86, of Kendall Park, died Thursday, Aug. 22, at St. Peter’s Hospital, New Brunswick.    Born in Palmer, Mass., Ms. Fegel lived in Edison and then Toms River for five years before moving to Kendall Park in 1985.    She retired in 1979 from JA-Ce Company, the food-services division of Johnson & Johnson in…

  • Consensus builder

    New superintendent of schoolsplans community involvement By:Sally Goldenberg    Donald Burkhardt has been a social studies teacher, a track coach, a high school principal and the superintendent of a K-8 school district.    He held these positions across a versatile mix of school districts, from North Brunswick to Pequannock in Morris County.    Now Dr. Burkhardt, 52, will…

  • LIFESTYLE: Racing for awareness

    Local family organizes run to increase exposure for rare type of cancer. By: T.J. Furman    Karen Zipper knows a 4-mile run won’t bring her husband back to her. But it might help others avoid the fate of John Zipper.    In August 2000, the Zippers returned to their East Windsor home from a hiking trip in…

  • Allentown prepares Sept. 11 tribute

    ‘God Bless America’ Founder’s Day Picnic in Heritage Park and evening concert at high school. By: Cynthia Koons    ALLENTOWN — An 1890s baseball game, search-and-rescue dogs from Ground Zero and a 60-piece orchestra will be part of what Recreation Commission member Ron Dunster is calling a community "bonding" experience.    On Sunday, Sept. 8, in Heritage…

  • State Police increase patrols

    Look to curb vandalism in Upper Freehold Township. By: Scott Morgan    UPPER FREEHOLD — A township neighborhood plagued by vandals is enjoying a respite from trouble.    Earlier this month, some residents from the Drew’s Farm development fell victim to summer vandals who had been defecating in pools, hot tubs and backyards. These same vandals, it…