Category: archives

  • Volunteers should getmore help from state

    To the editor    The events of Sept. 11 have reawakened us to the critical role firefighters play in our lives. Most of the firefighters in New Jersey towns are volunteers, like me.    Thankfully, in the New Jersey suburbs, most buildings are at most a few stories tall, making it unlikely that firefighters will encounter the…

  • Community Day should be a real record breaker

    Participants at the event will try to break the Guinness World Book of Records for the longest bunny hop By: Lea Kahn    Needed: 1,231 township residents ready, willing and able to do the Bunny Hop for five minutes Sunday afternoon at Village Park. The bunny ears are free.    The goal is to break the Guinness…

  • Golf event helps fund education efforts

       HILLSBOROUGH — The annual Hillsborough Education Foundation (HEF) Golf Classic drew a field of nearly 90 golfers to Royce Brook Golf Club, Sept. 25. The outing raised approximately $45,000 in sponsorships and a silent auction.    "The event exceeded our expectations," said HEF President David Sandler. "We had a tremendous turnout, the weather cooperated, and we…

  • South Brunswick volleyball team is setwith Korecky in the lineup

    By: Brian Shappell    Sophomore setter Mia Korecky seems to be the embodiment of the South Brunswick High School Girls Volleyball team this season — she has a fiery love of the game and is young in comparison to many varsity players.    Though only 15, Korecky is far from inexperienced. In fact, she has nearly five…

  • Residents act out

    Lawrence welcomes new repetory company By: Lea Kahn    Take one group of local actors and add one former Rider University administrator who also writes plays. The result is the newly formed Lawrenceville Repertory Company.    The repertory company has its roots in the desire of David and Leona Maffei to form a local theater group. The…

  • Service improvedby cable firm

    To the editor    RCN has received a lot of bad press lately. In Hunterdon County, the State PUB held unheard of public hearings about RCN’s performance.    When I received my first flyer about RCN’s new Megaband in Hillsborough, I wrote of my shock at the apparent huge rate increases.    Kerry of RCN’s marketing staff in…

  • Mathematics is next subject in district’s curriculum review

    Hopewell Valley Regional School District    The Hopewell Valley Regional School District will begin an assessment of the K-12 mathematics program as part of its regularly scheduled five-year curriculum program review.    The state requires all school districts to conduct curriculum reviews on a five-year cycle. The K-12 social studies and six-12 practical arts and industrial technology…

  • Viking girls soccer team better in defeat than it was in tie

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    With a tie and a loss on the road, the South Brunswick girls’ varsity soccer team is now 4-2-2. The Lady Vikings lost at East Brunswick 3-1 on Monday of this week, and they tied arch rival North Brunswick 2-2 last Friday.    According to Viking head coach Nancy Ducko, the quality…

  • Woman hurt in driveway mishap

    Resident suffers serious injuries after being run over by her car. By:Brian Shappell    A township resident was left with serious injuries after a Wednesday morning car accident at her home.    Sucheta Kenny, 42, of Lehigh Drive in the Highgate Manor development in Kendall Park, was admitted to the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New…