Category: archives

  • Looking to the Web for student grades

    Parents can track academic progress by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    The South Brunswick School District has a new way for parents to check up on their children, a Web site that allows parents to track their children’s academic progress.    The Web site will allow parents to track their children’s grades, attendance and other things all…

  • Used book sale a ringing success

    Friends of the Plumsted Township Library To the editor: The Friends of the Plumsted Township Library would like to send out a big thank you to everyone who played a part in making this year’s used book sale a tremendous success. To everyone who donated books, distributed flyers, allowed us to display signs, or donated…

  • ‘Thank you, sir. May I have another?’

    ‘Thank you, sir. May I have another?’

    Above, teacher Greg Shannon serves gravy to students. Photos by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • Police beat

    BORDENTOWN CITY    Police responded to the light rail station at 5:15 p.m. on Nov. 20 to a report of criminal mischief. Police said a driver’s side window had been broken in a vehicle and a GPS unit had been taken. Police said the value of the item was $450. * * *    Police said a…

  • Mary Bernice Carson

       HAMILTON TOWNSHIP – Mary Bernice Carson, a lifelong resident of Hamilton Township, died Sunday at McAuley Hall, Mount Saint Mary’s, Watchung.    Born in Trenton, Mrs. Carson was a homemaker. She was a member of the Altar-Rosary Society of St. Anthony’s Church and a longtime benefactor and volunteer for St. Anthony’s Church. She was a contributor…

  • Angelina Orteca Recapito

       BORDENTOWN – Angelina Orteca Recapito, 85, of Bordentown and formerly of Trenton, died Nov. 21 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Hamilton, Hamilton Township.    Born in New York City, she resided in Brooklyn, N.Y., for eight years, Manahawkin for 10 years, Trenton for 40 years, and for the past five years in Bordentown. Ms.…

  • ‘Much Ado’ makeover puts poet in zoot suit

    ‘Much Ado’ makeover puts poet in zoot suit

    Cast members of NBC’s "Much Ado About Nothing." From left to right: Lauren Delfing, Tyler Schneckenberger and Jeff Scolley.

  • Viking girls more than lived up to their potential

    By Michael Holcombe, Sports Writer    This year, the South Brunswick High girls cross country team was able to achieve all of the goals coach Wil Rivera set for them at the beginning of the season.    In every way, the Viking runners surpassed the achievements of a year ago, going undefeated and winning the Greater Middlesex…

  • Emergency preparation discussed at Dempster

    Special town meeting was held Monday night By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Nuclear bomb explosions, health pandemics, hurricanes and cyber-terrorism are the four potential major disasters facing New Jersey, and it is up to the state Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness to deal with them.    That was the message delivered to a mixed crowd…