Category: archives

  • Proehl: Champion on and off the field

    RUDE AWAKENING column By: Rudy Brandl    Ricky Proehl returned to Hillsborough with a message last weekend.    Whether he was actually speaking to a crowd or quietly signing an autograph, it’s easy to understand why this man has become such a huge success.    It’s also easy to see why the Hillsborough native commands so much respect.…

  • Township wants top security prisoners moved

    Mercer County says no way! By:John Tredrea        "It’s nothing but more Jon Edwards demagoguery" was how Mercer County spokesman Thomas Rubino reacted to a June 15 Hopewell Township Committee request to the county freeholders that they discontinue hauling wastewater from the County Correction Center.    The center is located in the western township, on state…

  • Emma Smith-Smith

       Emma Smith-Smith, 66, died June 16 at home.    Born in Princeton, she lived in Lawrenceville many years.    She was a social worker for Mercer County Community Action Council before working as a home-health aide.    She was a member of Jehovah’s Witnesses for 21 years with the Lawrence congregation.    She attended Mercer County Community College and…

  • For skaters, a bit of heaven

    Township opens park for boarders and bladers By: Jack Baney    A skillful skateboarding move has the power to turn strangers into instant friends, according to Matt Balog, 18, of Pond Court.    "You can see someone skating that you’ve never seen before in your life, see them do something nice, and start talking to them like…

  • Parking rules could change in Allentown

    Church Street, Main Street under review By: Mark Moffa        ALLENTOWN — The Borough Council last week voted to seek Monmouth County approval on two proposed ordinances that would prohibit parking on portions of Main Street and Church Street. Both are county roads.    The council wants to ban parking on the north side of Church…

  • Students begin summer vacations

    By: These fifth-grade students at Walter Black School weren’t shy about how they felt about the end of their school year.

  • Borough pools to open Saturday, June 24

    11 a.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony By: Eric Schwarz    The borough’s pools will open for the season at 11 a.m. Saturday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony featuring Mayor Angelo Corradino at Memorial Pool.    The pools at Memorial Park and Lost Valley will open for the season at noon. The pools will be open from noon to 7 p.m.…

  • Lawrence bats come alive

    Legion baseball By: Steve Feitl    Anytime a team puts double-digits up on the scoreboard, chances are it will come out on top.    Never was that more evident than in the case of the Lawrence Post 414 squad this week. Run totals of 13, 12 and 11 led to three victories against Broad Street Park, Mitchell…

  • Jean M. Smith

       Jean M. Smith, 66, died June 16 at home.    Born in Blakely, Pa., she lived in Lawrenceville for 14 years.    She was a dietician for Mounmouth County in Freehold.    She was a graduate of Marywood College, Scranton, Pa., and of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey as a certified registered dietician.    She…