Category: archives

  • When it comes to gold, Lui takes two

    BOYS SWIMMING: SBHS senior Ed Lui won two events at the GMC Championships last week by a combined total of two-tenths of one second. By: Carolyn M. Hartko    NORTH BRUNSWICK — For most people, a tenth of a second is barely enough time to blink an eye. For South Brunswick High School senior Ed Lui,…

  • When manners rule, she’ll gladly join in

    MOST THINGS CONSIDERED by Minx McCloud: Once the workers at the grocery store start being nice to her, Minx will start being nice to them.    I headed toward my car yesterday with a full shopping cart, and after I dumped my groceries in the trunk (breaking half the bags in the process), I wheeled the…

  • Michael Bruno introduces himself as candidate

    SCHOOL BOARD CAMPAIGN CORNER    The purpose of this letter is to announce my sincere interest in a position on the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education for the upcoming election in April.    Let me begin by outlining my philosophy on education. My belief is simple. You can hand our children a map and tell them…

  • Red Raider girls happy to be 14-8

    Pennington Girls BasketballNow it’s time for the real season to begin. By: Mike Molaro    With a better-than-expected 14-8 record, the second-seeded Pennington School girls basketball squad hosted seventh-seeded Solomon Schechter Wednesday in the opening round of the nine-team Prep B Tournament.    Second-round games are set for Saturday at The Hun School in Princeton.    Rutgers Prep,…

  • Three fire elections Saturday

    Six candidates seek three township commission seats By:John Tredrea    As they will throughout the state, voters in the Hopewell Borough, Pennington Borough and Hopewell Township fire districts will have their say Saturday on proposed budgets and slates of fire commission candidates.    In Hopewell Borough, a $354,350 annual fire district budget has been proposed, said Millie…

  • POST FORUM:State Report Cards

    Do you think the state’s School Report Cards are useful? Do you think the state’s School Report Cards are useful?

  • Lawrence hopes for share of crown

    WrestlingFor the Lawrence High School wrestling squad, hopes of sharing the Colonial Valley Conference Colonial Division championship have come down to the season’s final two matches. By: Mike Molaro    Hollywood couldn’t have written the script any better for sheer drama, although the Cardinals would trade the melodrama for another opportunity to win the title outright.…

  • Police nab 7 on warrants

           BORDENTOWN CITY — City police and the Burlington County Sheriff’s Department announced the arrest of seven people Feb. 8 who were wanted on various warrants in the Bordentown City area. By:Vanessa S. Holt    Among those arrested were Robin Gaines, 37, of Bordentown Township, arrested on a fugitive warrant stemming from drug possession and distribution…

  • Manville boys drop three straight

    Look ahead to North Plainfield, Perth Amboy VT By: Shawn Tyrrell        Two weeks ago the Manville High boys’ basketball team was riding high. MHS had won a county game for the first time in over a decade and the team qualified for the state tournament for the first time since 1988.    Unfortunately for the…