Category: archives

  • What’s the Japanesephrase for ‘my bad?’

    Local expert sharesadvice for businesses By:Alec Moore    What may be considered proper etiquette in one culture may be taboo in another, and helping business executives differentiate between the two is where Hillsborough resident Neil Orkin has found his niche.    Dr. Orkin, a ten-year resident of Hillsborough and the author of "Global Business" is no stranger…

  • Breaking down the play that saved GMCT title

    By: James McKeever    Joe Clemente and Evan Mahoney drove in the decisive runs in the top of the ninth inning in South Brunswick’s 4-2 victory over Piscataway last Saturday in the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament championship game.    They never would have had the chance had it not been for a spectacular defensive play the Vikings…

  • EDITORIAL

    These Vikings truly had the right stuff    The South Brunswick Vikings baseball season did not get off to the best of starts.    But it did close in championship fashion.    The team, which endured a coaching controversy during the off-season, finished the 2002 campaign with a 16-7-1 mark and its first-ever Greater Middlesex Conference championship.    It…

  • For the week of June 6

    Pearl E. Van Hise Dix, Terry M. Ford, Kirtikumar C. Shah, John V. Maguire, Julio C. Santiago Sr., Frank P. Corley, George H. Reid, Lois E. LiVolsi, Virginia Meskill Lumia, Leroy L. Brearley, William E. Mullen Sr., William W. Metterhouse. By: Pearl E. Van Hise Dix    HAMILTON — Pearl E. Van Hise Dix, 85, of…

  • Washington to consider historic preservation options

    Township to review Planning Board draft of ordinance to create commission. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — Committee or commission? That is the question.    The Township Committee this month may begin to consider whether it should establish an Historic Preservation Commission.    Although the Planning Board in April 2001 adopted a draft of an ordinance establishing a…

  • Urban Oases

    Mill Hill gardeners open their horticultural havens to tour-goers in the historic Trenton neighborhood. By: Ilene Dube    Gardening on one-plus suburban acres is somewhat like writing a novel — there’s all that space to tell the story with shrubs, trees and flower beds. There can even be stories within the story, such as a special…

  • For the week of June 6

    Pearl E. Van Hise Dix, Terry M. Ford, Kirtikumar C. Shah, John V. Maguire, Julio C. Santiago Sr., Frank P. Corley, George H. Reid, Lois E. LiVolsi, Virginia Meskill Lumia, Leroy L. Brearley, William E. Mullen Sr., William W. Metterhouse, By: Pearl E. Van Hise Dix    HAMILTON — Pearl E. Van Hise Dix, 85, of…

  • Police make 5 Points arrests

       Two men suspected in the attempted robbery the Five Points Check Cashing business on Princeton Avenue at gunpoint May 18 were apprehended last week, said Casey DiBlasio, a spokeswoman for the Mercer County prosecutor’s office.    David "Spikes" Tift, 30, of Riverside Drive in Philadelphia and Eric Fowler, 23, of Sanford Street in Trenton were charged…

  • TANGENTS

    Looking for a permanent vacation By: John Saccenti    I went on vacation last week.    Being back stinks.    It’s not that I hate my job, or that I don’t want to be in my home or that I’m unhappy with my life. I just don’t want to be back. I want that feeling you get from…