Category: archives

  • Letters

    Was teacher ‘run out of town?’ To the editor:    We are responding to your editorial of Feb. 15.    Doesn’t South Hunterdon Regional High School have any vehicles for faculty discipline except the dump truck? Not many centuries ago, children could be hanged for theft, and there are still places where people can lose body parts…

  • Loss to B-R ends Pirate boys’ swim season

    Welsh wins 200 IM, 100 breastroke in final team meet By: Justin Feil    NORTH BRUNSWICK — Since losing its first meet of the season to Bridgewater-Raritan, the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South boys’ swimming team had won 14 consecutive meets, many with ease.    The Pirates felt as though they were peaking going into Tuesday’s Central Jersey…

  • J. Michael McManimon

    J. Michael McManimon, 50, of West Trenton died Wednesday at Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia. Born in Trenton, he was a lifelong area resident. Mr. McManimon was a supervisor with Verizon Communication, Cherry Hill, and its predecessor companies, New Jersey Bell Telephone Co. and Bell Atlantic, for 32 years. He was an Air Force veteran…

  • Monroe names interim superintendent

    MONROE — James Sheerin, a veteran school administrator, will serve as the Monroe interim schools superintendent starting March 1. By:Al Wicklund    MONROE — James Sheerin, a veteran school administrator, will serve as the Monroe interim schools superintendent starting March 1.    Dr. Sheerin, currently the interim superintendent for the Lebanon Borough schools in Hunterdon County, said…

  • Teen suspended after knife found

    CRANBURY – A seventh-grade student at the Cranbury School was suspended for two days after a knife was found in his locker last week. By:Brian Shappell    A seventh-grade student at the Cranbury School was suspended for two days after a knife was found in his locker last week.    The knife was found on Feb. 14,…

  • City eyes settlement of lawsuits

    Agreement could mean 174 more housing units By: Cynthia Williamson    LAMBERTVILLE — The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to introduce several zoning ordinance amendments, bringing it one step closer to settling developers’ lawsuits filed two years ago after zoning changes reduced building density on their hillside tracts.    A public hearing and final adoption of the…

  • Anna D’Errico

       Anna B. D’Errico, 63, died Tuesday Feb. 20 at St. Peter’s Medical Center, New Brunswick.    Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she lived there and in Cairo, N.Y., before moving to Clearbrook.    Surviving are her husband, Anthony; a son, Alfred Kayata of Brooklyn; two daughters, Celeste Massey and Leanna Kayata, both of Brooklyn; two stepsons, Frank D’Errico…

  • Cranbury board slots yet to be filled

    Though Monday’s petition filing deadline for Board of Education candidates is rapidly approaching, only one candidate has officially declared to run for school board. By:Brian Shappell    Though Monday’s petition filing deadline for Board of Education candidates is rapidly approaching, only one candidate has officially declared to run for school board.    In addition to the three,…

  • DOT drainage permit delayed by permit OKs

    City asks congressman to intervene By: Cynthia Williamson    LAMBERTVILLE — A setback in obtaining approvals may delay the state Department of Transportation’s plan to resume work on its drainage project in early spring.    DOT anticipated awarding a construction contract by the end of this month and starting work in April or May.    "The project, unfortunately,…