Category: archives

  • Life Center girls’ soccer wins its championship

    Team wins, 4-0 By:Sean Moylan    When Tammy Nowicki first took over the Life Center Academy girls’ varsity soccer squad seven years ago, she inherited a winless team.    Yet, slowly but surely, Nowicki built the Warriors into one of the best soccer programs in the Penn-Jersey League. In fact, most of the Life Center players felt…

  • AHS field hockey falls in sectionals

    Redbirds eliminated from action by Red Bank Catholic in Central Jersey Group II. By: Kyle Moylan AHS field hockey falls from sectional tourney Kyle MoylanSports Editor One of the downsides to the state playoffs is it guarantees there will only be one happy team when everything is said and done. The bad news for Allentown…

  • Chief talks anthrax on CNN

    South Brunswick Chief of Police Michael Paquette speaks out about local ties to anthrax-laced letters. By: Brian Shappell    "My personal opinion is it was somebody who knew the area."    That is what South Brunswick Chief of Police Michael Paquette said Tuesday on the CNN show "The Point" about the area’s possible link to the terrorist…

  • Longtime vet talksabout anthrax threat

    Sixty-five years ago, when Hopewell veterinarian Amos Stults had been in practice here just about two years, he found himself dealing with anthrax By: Janet Purcell    Sixty-five years ago, when Hopewell veterinarian Amos Stults had been in practice here just about two years, he found himself dealing with anthrax.    "It was New Year’s Day, probably…

  • FEATURES: Looking to fill a tasty need

    Allentown resident opens gourmet shop on Church Street in the borough. By: Ken Weingartner    ALLENTOWN — When it comes to work, Nancy Wikoff is in it for the bread.    And the pies, and the pastries, and the cheesecake.    Ms. Wikoff recently opened Mega Bites Gourmet Shop at 7 Church St. in Allentown. The shop features…

  • Roads will be connected as part of office park plan

    By: Lea Kahn    Township planners gave the green light to a five-building office park on Princess Road off Princeton Pike Tuesday night despite neighbors’ objections.    The Planning Board voted 5-1 to grant preliminary and final site plan approval for the 248,00-square-foot office park. Councilman Mark Holmes, who sits on the Planning Board, voted no because…

  • Still awaiting election fix

    EDITORIAL    It has been one year since the start of our great national electoral crisis, and it appears to us that very little has been done to remedy the situation.    In case you have forgotten (and given the events of the past eight weeks, that is understandable), the United States waited 36 days after its…

  • Letters to the Editor, Nov. 8, 2001

    Township should offer help To the editor:     As a resident of Hopewell Township I was appalled by the response of our elected officials when they were questioned about the possible placement of an advanced bioterrorism laboratory in our community.    Apparently there is an existing vacant lab in Hopewell Township that can easily be adapted…

  • Middle school dancesunfair to students

    To the editor    Welcome to the Hillsborough Middle School. My son felt very proud to be a sixth-grader. You will be treated with respect and be treated fairly, or so we were told.    Two weeks ago, the school held the first sixth-grade dance. A huge event in any sixth-graders life. The school announced that tickets…