Category: archives

  • Gym redundantfor athletes

    To the editor     High school physical education serves the purpose of keeping students healthy and somewhat in shape; however, that purpose is irrelevant to those who engage in demanding sports after school.    I perfectly understand that gym is a necessary course for high school students so as to prevent lazy, overweight students. Students should…

  • HOPEWELL PLANNING UPDATE

    By: Catherine P. Moscarello    Beth Judge and Will Mooney, owners of The Brothers Moon restaurant, received approval from the Hopewell Borough Planning Board at its March 3 meeting for renovations to the interior of their building.    The changes will add approximately 20 more seats to the eatery.    Because there will be no physical change to…

  • Demolition under way for Saturn site

    Work expected to last one week By: Lea Kahn    Demolition started this week on the remnants of the abandoned Saturn Chemical Co. plant on New York Avenue, according to Lawrence Township officials.    The work will take about one week to complete.    Township Council awarded a $28,000 contract to Mercer Wrecking Recycling Co. several weeks ago…

  • For the week of March 14

    Lucy A. Swem, Patricia C. Moore, Dwight L. Jenkins, Anna Elizabeth Clark, Sadie Wagner Neigel, Shirley B. Gerath, Gerald R. Shepard Jr., Elmer A. Tindall, Stephanie Opalski Allen, Kostas A. Linardos, Rhoda Lake. By: Lucy A. Swem    TRENTON — Lucy A. Swem, 74, died Saturday, March 9, at home.    Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she lived…

  • BUZZ IN THE HALLS: Marching on

    BUZZ IN THE HALLS by Pam Koharchik: A look at events and happenings at Allentown High School. By:    One thing that was urged after 9/11 was that we, as a country, could not alter our way of life, lest the terrorists win. Some events were postponed, but they were not canceled. Many others went on…

  • Composer’s digital musicset for debut

    Gary DiBenedetto uses sampled sounds to create a Sept. 11 commemorative work By:Krzysztof Scibiorski    A week after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, East Mountain Road resident Gary DiBenedetto went to New York City to face the reality of the catastrophe.    "Because of the incident, it seemed appropriate to commemorate it somehow," he said.    And so,…

  • Architect presents plans for Solebury library complex

    A Princeton architect, who lives in Solebury Township, came up with three designs, but said the entire project could cost more than $4 million. By: Carl Reader    SOLEBURY — Barbara Hillier of the Princeton-based Hillier architectural firm presented three separate plans March 7 of just what the Paxson property could become should the New Hope-Solebury…

  • Man charged with murder in Washington shooting

    David Kovacs, 38, of Roebling was charged in a multicount indictment in the death of Louis Villa Jr. of Project Freedom. By: Mark Moffa    TRENTON — A Roebling man was indicted Friday on a murder charge for allegedly shooting a partially paralyzed man in a wheelchair at Project Freedom, a group residence for disabled adults…

  • Today’s Bear Tavernis not first school to serve that area

    Editor’s Note: This is another in a series of stories about Bear Tavern School, which is feting its 40th anniversary By:Marlene Alpern    One night, in the spring of 1962, the first principal of the yet-unfinished Bear Tavern Elementary School got a call after dinner.    Lloyd Newbaker Jr. remembers the day well. "A tornado had crossed…