Category: archives

  • Snow? What snow?

    What’s it like in your ‘neck of the woods?’ By:Staff Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but the ‘Net is so delightful Since we’ve no place to go, let us know, let us know, let us know …    Tell us how things look around your neighborhood – are neighbors helping others dig out? Shoveling walks,…

  • VETERANS SCRAPBOOK: ‘Firewater’ and friendship on the front

    By:Al Wicklund        MONROE — Iz Goldstein has been meeting and working with celebrities for more than 70 years.    It started when, as a 14-year-old aspiring stand-up comedian, he worked cellar night clubs in Brooklyn with other aspiring comics, including Jackie Gleason, who was not yet a celebrity.    Through the years, there are few experiences,…

  • EDITORIAL: Take small steps to a new and improved year

    By:    With the start of the new millennium and a possible Y2K meltdown behind us, we can be sure that the number of people hording water or adding to their mile-high stacks of canned goods will be significantly fewer than last year.    Yes, with Y2K doomsday predictions over with, we can get back into the…

  • Election season is approaching

    A full ballot, ranging from the statewide election of a governor to three seats on the Monroe Township Council, will be offered to the township’s Republican and Democratic voters in a primary this spring and to all voters on election day 2001. By:Al Wicklund                MONROE — A full ballot, ranging from the…

  • Scouts policy discriminatory and must be changed

    By:Tom Smith To the editor:    As someone who has been involved in the Boy Scout organization for 25 years, I feel that I must respond to the comments made by Joseph Knauer in this newspaper on Dec. 15 regarding the Scout/gay issue.    Mr. Knauer is correct in stating that local Scouting units select their own…

  • Movie timetables

    Going to the movies tonight? Check here to find out when and where the show you want to see is playing. Movies and times are valid from Friday, Dec. 29 through Thursday, Jan. 4. Because of the possibility of last-minute schedule changes, it is wise to call the theater before leaving home. And don’t forget…

  • Removing Mastriano furthers bigotry

    By:Charles and Nancy Muldrow To the editor:    Most New Jerseyans believe that Megan’s Law reduces molestation of children, with its possibly long-term psychic or physical injury, or infection.    A coach in a New Brunswick school was recently charged with molesting a boy, starting at age 11, in the same edition of the Times of Trenton…

  • LIBRARY CORNER

    By:Staff Hightstown    The library will be closed for the New Year holiday Saturday and Monday.    The January-February session of Storytimes and Toddlertimes will start off with a Storytime session at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday. The theme is "teddy bear."    Preschool Storytime for children ages 3-5 will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday. The theme will be…

  • Holiday parties lead to an even sweeter time

    By:Brian Shappell        Students of the Cranbury School left the building last Friday full of smiles, energy and sugar as their half-day was closed with schoolwide holiday parties.    Upon entering the school office at approximately 11:15 a.m., the counters were stacked with towering walls of pizza boxes, which would soon be on their way to…