Category: archives

  • In support of taping meetings

    Al Csapo, Metro-Bordentown To the editor:    As a strong advocate for consolidation of our local gover nments, I find it difficult to attend both municipal meetings at the same time.    For decades I have pushed Bodentown City to tape their meetings , with no success. While at city meetings I video tape everything…

  • Local banks weathering the storm

    by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    Despite the turmoil in the nation’s credit system, local community banks have remained largely unaffected by the crisis.    Community institutions such as Middlesex County-headquartered 1st Constitution, Amboy and Magyar banks have avoided the trouble now befalling larger banks through prudent and responsible lending practices, according to Rutgers University economics professor…

  • Web only: South Brunswick man charged in county-wide gang operation

    By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    A South Brunswick man was one of 64 people arrested in conjunction with a six-month investigation into gang activity in Middlesex County that was announced Wednesday.    Jerome Bell, 19, was arrested on July 24 and charged with unlawful possession of a sawed-off shotgun. He is being held at the Middlesex…

  • An honor for Fred Vereen as he prepares to retire from Eggerts Crossing Village

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    In the Eggerts Crossing neighborhood, the letters “ECV” are commonly accepted to stand for Eggerts Crossing Village on Johnson Avenue. This month, ECV also stands for “Every Child Valued.”    Mayor Mark Holmes declared October as “Every Child Valued Month” in honor of Fred Vereen Jr., who inspired the “Every Child…

  • Flynn runs off with Shore Invitational victory

    By: Sean Moylan Sports Writer     If Robbinsville High girls’ cross country standout Megan Flynn had her own action figure, it probably wouldn’t need batteries. You’d just have to set it on the ground and it would run non-stop.     Consequently, with her boundless energy, the real life-size version of Flynn had no trouble blowing…

  • History group heading to inauguration

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    This year’s presidential election is guaranteed to make history, and some students from South Brunswick High School are going to be a part of it.    But they need a little help first. Members of the Dead Presidents Society, the SBHS history club, will be attending the presidential inauguration in Washington,…

  • Marliese Kupferschmid

       Marliese Kupferschmid Dodd, 75, of North Brunswick, died Monday, Oct. 6, at home after a lengthy battle with lung cancer.    Born in Zurich, Switzerland, she was raised in Durbheim, Germany. Following her graduation from Berufliche Gewerbe Schule in Spaichinge, Germany where she specialized in tailoring and fashion design, she came to the United States in…

  • Kathryn Zinsmeister, Princeton

    Kathryn Zinsmeister, Princeton beloved daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother died in her home at Acorn Glen, Princeton, New Jersey on August 27, 2008. She was born in Philadelphia on October 14, 1919 to Rachael and Robert Smith. She was preceded in death by her father in 1922, her mother in 1971, and by…

  • Lawrence 17-year-old can fly solo but driving, that’s another thing

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    For 17-year-old Tony Richardson, the irony is striking — he can fly an airplane from one airport to another by himself, but he cannot drive to school in a car alone.    But that doesn’t really bother the Lawrence High School junior, who earned his private pilot’s license Sept. 21 —…