Category: archives

  • State of the Arts: Middle school bridges the gap

    Quite simply, art teacher Maria Naumik’s goal while working with her Applegarth School students is "to raise the level of everything". By:Al Wicklund    MONROE — Quite simply, art teacher Maria Naumik’s goal while working with her Applegarth School students is "to raise the level of everything."    Ms. Naumik sees her seventh- and eighth-grade art classes…

  • State’s Abbott plan anything but fair

    GUEST OPINION by Bettie Witherspoon: A plan intended to help the poor may in fact end up hurting some of them.    The state’s Abbott District Plan ignores pockets of poverty in so-called "rich" districts.    Thus, a plan that purports to create equality is having the opposite effect for some. In fact, in the process of…

  • Direct donations canend animal testing

    To the editor     The March of Dimes does not report the number of animals used per year. TheMarch of Dimes uses many different species of animals including primates,cats dogs, rabbits, pigs, hamsters, ferrets, guinea pigs, sheep, birds andpossums.    Human population studies get the credit for linking heart attacks tocholesterol and lung cancer to smoking.…

  • Big band concert

    Friday, May 18 From 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., the Monroe Township Cultural Arts Commission will present the Ponds Residents Big Dance Band of 20 musicians and vocalists. The concert will be held at the Monroe Township High School. The band will play the music of Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie and more. Admission…

  • Borough budget lifts tax rate two cents

    The council cut the increase by another cent before voting approval. By: Jennifer Potash    The Princeton Borough Council on Tuesday unanimously adopted an $18.5 million municipal budget but not before cutting one cent off the tax increase.    The 2001 municipal budget carries a two-cent increase, from 62 cents to 64 cents. The tax rate was…

  • North golfers keep rolling at MCT

    Maloney is third individual for fourth-place Knights By: Bob Nuse    EWING — Even before the Mercer County Tournament got started Tuesday morning at Mountain View, the West Windsor-Plainsboro High North golf team had been on a roll.    The Knights started the week before with a 4-4 record, meaning they needed to post four straight wins…

  • LIBRARY HAPPENINGS

       Follow this column concerning special events being planned at Hillsborough Public Library, located in the Municipal Complex, South Branch Road and Beekman Lane, 369-2200    Library hours are from 9:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, and 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Childrens programs    Wednesday, May 16, 10:30 a.m.-noon Parent/Child Workshop for parents and children ages 1-31/2(siblings up…

  • VFW to host special benefit Saturday

    By:Eric Schwarz    A benefit concert Saturday evening at the VFW hall in Manville will help the family of a girl diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor.    The Tim Gillis Band will reunite to help Jennifer Ciano, 16. Jennifer is the daughter of John Ciano, who played steel guitar with the country band for 12 years,…

  • The Grande Mill at Cream Ridge

    Nestled in the countryside: Upper Freehold’s Cream Ridge    Set amid the peaceful farmlands of western Monmouth County in Upper Freehold Township, a portion of The Grande Mill at Cream Ridge adjoins a horse farm, with acres of grassy fields, paddocks and fencing. The Cream Ridge Golf Course and County Club is less than a mile…