Category: archives

  • Township Council recognizes heroes with ceremony

    By: Lea Kahn    The heroes among us — ten township police officers — were honored last week by Township Council for their performance in exceptional circumstances in 2001.    The late Robert Gernhart, a school crossing guard who was killed in an accident earlier this year, and the Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., also were honored by Township…

  • New house plan gets nod from panel

    Allentown’s Historic Preservation Review Commission signs off on Armenante proposal. By: Mark Moffa    ALLENTOWN — The borough’s Historic Preservation Review Commission last week gave its approval to Frank and Margaret Armenante’s updated plan to subdivide their property at 12 N. Main St.    The plan calls for a minor subdivision of the existing Business District lot,…

  • HHS softballers knocked out in CJ 4 opener

    Missed opportunities come back to haunt Raiders By: Rudy Brandl    There’s an old sports adage that warns superior teams against letting pesky opponents hang around.    The Hillsborough High softball team wasn’t able to deliver the knockout punch in last week’s Central Jersey Group 4 playoff game and suffered the consequences. Hillsborough missed some early chances…

  • Councilman leaves the GOP

    Republican Councilman Mark Holmes announced he was joining the Democratic Party Wednesday at a press conference. By: Lea Kahn    Republican Councilman Mark Holmes has jumped ship and joined the Democratic Party.    Surrounded by prominent state and county Democrats and the three Democratic members of Township Council on Wednesday afternoon, the two-term councilman announced his defection…

  • Viking baseball team lets one slip away in states

    By: James McKeever    After last Friday’s 3-2 loss to Hunterdon Central in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV baseball tournament quarterfinals, South Brunswick was given three days off during the holiday weekend by head coach Leo Danik.    The Vikings needed the time to put the disappointing one-run setback in Flemington behind them.    "We let a…

  • Folkes has a big day at CJ IV track meet

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    HOLMDEL — As expected, competition in the Central Jersey Group IV flight of the state sectionals was extremely tough this year. But the South Brunswick track and field athletes were up for the challenge, and several of the Vikings earned a top-six finish to advance to the all-Group championships to be…

  • The last big dance

    COUNTDOWN TO GRADUATION: A continuing series that looks at some of the issues that face graduating high school seniors and their families. By: Melissa Morgan    South Brunswick High School students say the senior prom means much more than limousine rides and manicured nails.    "I’ve always wanted to go to my senior prom," said Jesse Fyffe…

  • POLITICAL FORUM: Washington school budget

    Why I voted against the spending plan. By: Jack Mozloom    Property taxpayers in Washington Township may have been discouraged to learn last week that the Township Committee voted to restore nearly every penny of the massive school tax hike voters rejected at the polls only weeks earlier. I did not join with my colleagues, although…

  • All Aboard

    The New York City Model Transit Association is presenting a show June 1 catered to a small-but-growing segment of model building: Rapid transit. By: Jim Boyle The 2002 Model Trolley & Transit Show will feature model-building clinics that will help hobbyists create miniatures like the ones pictured above and below.    For many, model train sets…