Category: archives

  • Democrats take two council seats

    ‘I’ve been on there a whole year, and it’s never come to Republican and Democrat. We work for a common goal.’ Lawrence Quattrone, commenting on Hightstown Borough Council By: Mark Moffa For election totals, go here        HIGHTSTOWN – David Schneider’s successful write-in nomination during the primary has netted him a seat on the Hightstown…

  • Trombonist next up on Peddie’s jazz schedule

    By: Staff    HIGHTSTOWN – Trombonist Wycliffe Gordon will take to the stage at the William Mount Burke Theatre next week.    Mr. Gordon may be a familiar performer for keen-eyed jazz fans – he has appeared in many TV broadcasts as a member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. He is scheduled to perform as part…

  • Peddie girls’ soccer squad three-peats at state

    Big Red no match for Falcons in title game By:Neil Hay        One would think that a team turning over nearly half its roster would be faced with a rebuilding season the following year.    That kind of thinking was not evident around the Peddie School girls’ soccer team.    Apparently without skipping a beat, the Falcons…

  • Wanted: Someone to fill top job at Nassau Hall

    Princeton University goes looking for a new president. By: Jeffrey Milgram    Wanted, someone who has:    * academic distinction;    * strong leadership qualities;    * demonstrated an effective commitment to the highest standards of quality in teaching, scholarship, research and administration in a demanding academic setting, as well as to the quality of a diverse residential community;…

  • Bridge repair work will close Old Trenton Road

    The detour route … requires drivers to use Cranbury Neck Road and make a left onto … Mill­stone Road in East Windsor. By: Brian Shappell        Motorists using the bridge on Old Trenton Road separating Cranbury and East Windsor will have to find a new route for up to three months.    The Old Trenton Road…

  • Bridge replacement closes Old Trenton

    Rebuilding will cause Old Trenton Road bridge to be closed for at least three months. By: Brian Shappell    Motorists using the bridge on Old Trenton Road separating Cranbury and East Windsor will have to find a new route for up to three months.    The Old Trenton Road bridge is going to rebuilt and will be…

  • Peddie boys’ soccer places second in Prep A tourney

    By: Neil Hay        "The Gray Bees were swarming."    So said Peddie boys soccer coach Steve Collis after the Gray Bees of St. Benedict’s stung his Falcons, 3-0, Sunday in the finals of the state Prep A Tournament.    It was another windy afternoon at Rutgers Prep, but not as windy as last year. The game…

  • Paul Nurko

    By: Staff    BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Paul S. Nurko, 83, died Wednesday in Pennsylvania.    Born in New York City and raised in Hightstown, he moved to Bethlehem in 1986.    Mr. Nurko founded Easton Machinery with his son Robert, retiring in 1999 as president. Previously, he was general manager of Lee Norse-Ingersoll Rand, mining division of Charleroi;…

  • Councils battling legislation from ‘beyond the grave’

    Local officials responding to matters they thought had already been settled By: John Patten    Bad laws seem to never die, coming back to life like monsters in a black-and-white horror film.    That’s the way it must seem to our local governing bodies, as both the Hightstown Borough Council and the East Windsor Township Council spent…