Category: archives

  • CATCH seeking help

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    We have a wonderfully diverse "extended community" in Hightstown, East Windsor and Roosevelt, but our busy lives keep us from truly appreciating that diversity. CATCH (Community Alliance Toward Cooperation and Harmony) has been formed as a resource and support network to help us welcome our citizens and to…

  • New school hits snag

    The new Mill Lake School will not open on time in September. By:Al Wicklund    MONROE — The new Mill Lake School will not open on time in September.    The Board of Education is withholding more than $500,000 from Mastercraft Iron of Neptune, the company it says failed by a wide margin to meet its deadline…

  • Anthony Aiello

       HILLSBOROUGH — Anthony "Tony" Aiello died Sunday, May 6, at home. He was 83.    Born in Newark he lived in Irvington before moving to Hillsborough 25 years ago. He was 83.    Mr. Aiello worked for Puralator Products in Rahway for 35 years, retiring in 1974.    He was in the Army during World War II and…

  • EDITORIAL: Saving yesterday helps us cope with today

    EDITORIAL: Preserving history is a good way to bring a community together. By:    On School House Lane in Cranbury there is a "little" red school house. It’s been used for years by the school, township and various businesses. It’s more than 100 years old and recently has been renovated as Town Hall to meet the…

  • High school juniors put a real charge into this car

    They drive their quiet, emission-free science project to school. By: David M. Campbell    Andrew Gaylor’s and Josh Robinson’s Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet gets about 40 miles-per-charge on the highway and 60 miles or more around town.    That’s pretty good for a car that gets plugged in next to the Black & Decker Dustbuster and rechargeable electric…

  • SENIOR CORNER

    Chapter A    The Seniors of Chapter A hold their meeting at 1 p.m. the first Thursday of each month in the Municipal Complex. The next meeting will be Thursday, June 7.    There are some seats are left for the trip to Mystic Seaport and RI, May 22 and 24, Mansion tour, boat ride and winery,…

  • ‘The Mummy Returns’

    Brendan Fraser is back battling the undead in this high-octane action flick that joins the small set of sequels that are actually improvements over the originals.   [PG-13] By: Kam Williams    The Mummy Returns joins that small set of sequels that are actually improvements over the originals. The first Mummy, which opened precisely two years ago, was…

  • NPDC buildings and development plan falling apart

    Montgomery officials blame negligence by the state. By: Helen Pettigrew    MONTGOMERY — The township’s idea of using several buildings at the site of the former North Princeton Developmental Center for town-center purposes appears dead, and local officials are blaming the state.    The township’s 1996 master plan for redeveloping the site is outdated, largely because the…

  • SENIOR CORNER

       New members are welcome. Membership is open to residents 55 if disabled; otherwise it is 60 and older. Contact Mary at 725-8978. Trips    Wednesday, May 16, 10:15 a.m. Atlantic City bus trip leaving from the Manville VFW. Call 735-1984 for reservations.    Tuesday, June 12 Luncheon cruise, Liberty State Park aboard "The Lady" — excellent food…