Category: archives

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Finding your voice during tough times

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    With the economic woes gripping the country, many people are looking at new ways to generate an income.    One of the upcoming course offerings from the South Brunswick Adult Community School will teach about one such avenue.    The class, Getting Paid to Talk, will teach students what it takes to…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Local woman gets probation

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    A Kendall Park mother was placed on probation for a year for interfering with the custody of her two children after taking them on an unauthorized trip to India.    Assha Thomas, 28, was given the probationary term on Feb. 27 during a hearing before Superior Court Judge Joseph Donahue in…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Science work sized for students’ desks

    HILLSBOROUGH: Science work sized for students’ desks

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    At Woods Road Elementary School’s Science Fair, a school-desk-size space is enough for students to explore anything from circuit boards to sound to wind energy to surface tension.    The students have an area the size of a school desk for their presentations, Sonja Richardson, the parent heading the Home and…

  • Clocks? Spring? Forward, People? Fall? Behind on Sleep

    Clocks? Spring? Forward, People? Fall? Behind on Sleep

    Most of the nation will change its clocks at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 8 By Jason Stacchini HAMILTON, NJ — Most of the nation will change its clocks at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 8, when clocks "spring forward" an hour for Daylight Savings Time. Because the time change occurs in the middle of…

  • Donate your used instruments

    Judy Walters, of Kendall Park    The South Brunswick Schools’ Instrument Bank is in desperate need of instruments. In these difficult economic times, more and more families cannot afford to rent or buy instruments, yet our music programs continue to be some of the most successful in the state.    All children should have the opportunity to…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Surplus use nixed along with request for more police

    Potential tax rate hike stands at 24 cents By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — Borough Councilman Dave Schneider has presented a plan for a zero-tax-increase budget but has found little support for a key provision in it from the rest of the council.    As budget meetings progressed this week, the borough was facing a…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Read In marks Black History celebration

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    A yearly tradition at Indian Fields Elementary School in celebration of Black History Month continues to help build a love of reading between parents and students alike.    The eighth African-American Read In took place at the school on Feb. 27, as volunteers from throughout the community came to read students…

  • Deadline for Trenton Theatre Day

    By Har Sinai On April 19, members of Har Sinai Temple’s Renaissance, a group for members age 50 and older, will attend a Mill Hill Playhouse  performance by the Passage Theatre Company of "Instructions for Breathing,” a dreamlike drama that takes a witty look at love, lies and the language. Written by Caridad Svitch and directed…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: EMS deal with Robbinsville once again under scrutiny

    Local volunteer leader: Lack of deal with EW ‘shameful’ By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — A volunteer leader told the Borough Council this week that it is “shameful” the borough hasn’t entered into an agreement with East Windsor for emergency medical services.    Mayor Bob Patten seemed resistant to the idea, while the council members…