Category: archives

  • Controlling growth tops year’s goals

       One of the chief goals the Township Committee has set for next year is making sure everyone is on the same page when it comes to revamping the development master plan to curtail residential development. By:Laura Toto    The committee will hold its annual reorganization meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, when committee members Joseph Tricarico and…

  • Vikes’ stock should rise with DiTuro

    Girls basketball By: Carolyn M. Hartko    While 401Ks and tech stocks are headed south, there are some kinds of investments that are actually paying off. For the South Brunswick High School girls’ basketball program in particular, there’s one investment that should be paying big dividends this year and next. That’s the return due on the…

  • Sweet Dreams

    The luxury market comes to linens By: Louise Handelman    When the bedroom becomes a personal statement of long-lasting style and the emphasis is on luxury, it’s time to abandon those threadbare cotton/polyester sheets leftover from college.    Luxury linens from European manufacturers, with thread counts hovering in the upper stratosphere, are in high demand among consumers…

  • Celebrating black history

    Poster and poetry contests open to South Brunswick students By: Matthew Armstrong    Entries are now being accepted from students for poetry and poster contests in observance of Black History Month.    All winners will be honored at the Black History Month Celebration Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. at the Senior Center. ‘One’    Students in grades four…

  • Soho in a Small Town

    Sophisticated taste migrates to suburbia By: Louise Handelman    A new generation of mom-and-pop stores has found its way to central New Jersey.    And the niche they are addressing is luxury – the look but not always the price.    Matteo & Company in Princeton epitomizes this recent trend in area retailing. According to owner Tamera Matteo,…

  • The Real Thing

    Know the facts when buying antiques By: Devon Cadwell Bazata    Is it genuine?    The most basic question in evaluating an antique’s value usually begins here. And to obtain an answer, the buyer may want to do a bit of research or locate a reputable antiques dealer.    Leo Arons, owner of The Gilded Lion, an antiques…

  • Cards prepare for Red Bank tourney

    Boys BasketballWhile young teams display a great deal of exuberance in trying to forge their own identity, they’re also prone to errors of inexperience. By: Mike Molaro    Such was the case with the Lawrence High School boys basketball squad in last Friday’s 53-40 setback to Colonial Valley Conference foe Princeton.    Although the Cardinals (1-2) did…

  • More than two dozen residents sign up for committee posts

    The Township Council will appointment residents to boards and committees at its meeting Tuesday.        Answering Township Council’s call for volunteers, 31 township residents have stepped forward to vie for 36 vacancies on 12 township advisory boards and committees. By: Lea Kahn    Township Council will appoint new members to the boards and committees at its…

  • Minnie McCoy

       Minnie L. McCoy, 82, died Sunday at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, Hamilton.    She was born in Smoaks, S.C., and attended the public school system there.    Wife of the late Leander "Ted" McCoy, she is survived by three daughters, Doris and Jean McCoy and Barbara McCoy Perkins, all of Trenton; one sister, Sennie Pierce of Far…