Category: archives

  • Public has spokenon school budget

    To the editor    After reading your article in the May 2 edition, I was astonished at the arrogant attitude of Dr. Gulick and his board. He said, "They don’t see the election as a mandate" with only a 15 percent turnout for the budget election.    What an outlandish turn around. Last year, with only a…

  • ‘Hollywood Ending’

    Woody Allen takes aim at his favorite target.   [PG-13] By: Bob Brown    Woody Allen fans may embrace his latest film, but probably not those who’ve always wondered what the fuss is about.    In the TV documentary Woody Allen: A Life in Film, which premiered recently on Turner Classic Movies, Woody frankly acknowledges his limitations. He suggests…

  • Wonderful World of Color

    SweeTree Gallery brings a touch of the Caribbean to Princeton. By: Ilene Dube    The weather in Princeton has been fluctuating strangely in recent months, but that’s not the reason it’s feeling tropical on Alexander Street lately. Among the stately staid Steadman Colonials, a little bit of the Caribbean has emerged with the opening of SweeTree…

  • Father shouldbe charged, also

    To the editor    Imagine someone suddenly stealing the air around you! Water engulfs a child’s lungs as he helplessly gazes out at a person whom he believed loved him, his mother, Andrea Yates.    Ms. Yates murdered five young children. Although she committed the crime, Russell, her husband, contributed to the incident.    Ms. Yates suffered severe…

  • RANDOM THOUGHTS: Baseball is about character

    From The Bird to The Inspector, the national pastime has seen colorful personalities. By: Ken Weingartner    It takes character to play baseball.    Then again, perhaps it just takes being a character. "Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical." Yogi Berra    No sport has seen as many colorful personalities as the national pastime.…

  • BUZZ IN THE HALLS: Dress code

    Senioritis isn’t the only change in students now that spring has arrived. By: Pam Koharchik    With the close of the school year, two changes are guaranteed with students. One is that student apathy will kick in (formerly known as "senioritis," this year’s strain seem to be infecting all grade levels) and the second is that…

  • Bias incident did notoccur in a vacuum

    EDITORIAL: Vigilance will always be needed to prevent violence    To step inside the hallways at Hillsborough High School is to step inside an environment that reflects our larger community.    The miniaturized society is one filled with the same aspirations for justice and improvement as the community as a whole, and the same challenges to society’s…

  • New Egypt softball team looks to big games

    Allentown High School falls in the quarterfinals of Mercer County Tournament. By: Kyle Moylan    The New Egypt High School softball team came into action this week a game under .500 (6-7). And based on the teams on the schedule, New Egypt is likely to still be a game under .500 this Friday.    New Egypt was…

  • FROM ROOSEVELT: Time to spring clean

    Annual yard sale in the borough lends opportunity for organization. By: Linda Schuster    All winter long I eagerly await the merry, merry month of May. I become giddy toward the end of April squirreling through the kids’ bedrooms. You can hear me giggling in the back of their closets on a rainy afternoon.    "Where’s Mom?…