Category: archives

  • Someone in baseball is about to throw a strike

    EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: By T.J. Furman    It’s inevitable, so I suppose I had just better accept the fact that it’s going to happen.    The flushing sound you will soon here is not a toilet, but rather the 2002 Major League Baseball season heading the way of Enron.    As I write this on Monday the executive board…

  • There’s more than ice cream

    LIVING IN MANVILLE By:Mary Ellen Zangara    The month of July is National Ice Cream Month and over the past few days it has really been hot and that ice cream sure comes in as a great cool treat.    It’s been quite busy at all the ice cream spots in town. The Boardwalk always has a…

  • Thomas Young

       HILLSBOROUGH — Thomas Frank Young died Wednesday, July 3, at home. He was 49.    Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., he lived in New Hampshire and again in Brooklyn, before moving to Hillsborough 28 years ago.    Mr. Young worked for Foodtown in Raritan for more than 25 years as the produce manager.    He was a…

  • Feeling listless? Here are a few of my favorite lists

    DISPATCHES: By Hank Kalet    I was asked recently by a colleague for a list of my 200 favorite albums.    I can tell you who my favorite musical artists are (The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Lou Reed, with and without the Velvet Underground).    I can tell you that my favorite Beatles album is "Revolver,"…

  • Kathleen Benning completesmedical residency

       SOMERVILLE — Kathleen Benning, D.O., of Hillsborough recently completed a residency program for medical doctors at the Somerset Medial Center.    She and six other graduates of the center’s Somerset Family Practice Residency Program were honored at a special dinner at the Basking Ridge Country Club following completion of the program.    Dr. Benning is a graduate…

  • BACK PORCH: Brutal heat leaves us craving cooler temperatures

    By: Melissa Morgan    Sure, I love summer just as much as the next beach-crazed, sun-worshipper. In fact, there are few things better than relaxing outside with a cool glass of iced tea in my hand, ice clinking in the glass, while the warmth of the sun kisses my skin.    But wait, not so fast. That…

  • Petition fails to save position

    More than 800 people signed document to protect the job of Millstone Elementary School teacher George Murphy. By: Scott Morgan    MILLSTONE — Despite the efforts of more than 800 township parents, a popular part-time music teacher will not return next year.    The 800 signatures on a petition to save the job of George Murphy, who…

  • Monroe U-12 softball team on fire so far

    By:    The Monroe Thunder Under-12 girls softball team continues to play well early in the traveling season, having gone 15-2 overall and 4-0 in the Central Jersey Fastpitch League.    Monroe defeated league rival East Brunswick, 16-2, as a four-run first inning provided all the runs winning pitcher Carly Keane would need. Carly also added two…

  • Dragons, Fairies, Unicorns and Mermaids

    Sara and Nicole Funke both create paintings that vibrate with colorful, magical images. The two women will be celebrating their very first exhibit, The Funke Twins and Grandpa, at the SweeTree Gallery in Princeton. By: Susan Van Dongen Above, "Water Dragon" by Sara Funke.    They might be twins, but their approach to art is as…