Category: archives

  • Stellar summer for SBAA 11-year-olds

    BASEBALL    The South Brunswick Athletic Association’s 11-year-old tournament baseball team recently completed a successful summer campaign with a 31-12 record. The team competed in seven tournaments, and won the South Brunswick Spring Classic, Hillsborough Memorial Day Weekend Tournament, and the Basking Ridge Super Summer Tournament for the second straight year. They also finished second in…

  • Rider administrators see charges dropped

    Three students still face indictments By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer In a proceeding that lasted only a few minutes, a state Superior Court judge in Trenton dismissed indictments for aggravated hazing against Rider University Dean of Students Anthony Campbell and Director of Greek Life Ada Badgley.    Judge Maria M. Sypek dismissed the case against the…

  • Young’s girls after good old success

    By Sean Moylan, Sports Writer    One of the great things about Northern Burlington head girls’ varsity soccer coach Larry Young is he’s a nice guy who is very honest and pulls no punches. He’ll tell you out front whether his team will be good or bad. This year, like the last few, the talent is…

  • BACK TO SCHOOL

    Helping sixth-graders make the transition to middle school. By: Paul Koepp    As another school year begins and a fresh crop of sixth-grade students fills up the middle schools, teachers are getting ready to do everything they can to make a difficult transition easier.    Part of that task was accomplished with an orientation program, Fantastic Voyage,…

  • Rommel retires

    Rommel retires

    Public relations director, once a student, to step down after 35 years with Rider University By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer When Earle Rommel arrived on the Rider University campus in 1963, he thought he would spend four years at the school and graduate, then go on to a sports writing career for a newspaper.    Little…

  • Cute as Buttons

    The New Jersey State Button Society will hold its fall show and competition in Titusville. By: Susan Van Dongen    The definition of a "button man" — a gangland term for a hit man — is very different from the button men and women of the New Jersey State Button Society. It’s a statewide non-profit organization…

  • August 30,2007

    Floyd Weinstock    Dr. Floyd Weinstock, 53, of Pennington, died Friday of a traumatic brain injury sustained in a rollerblading accident.    Dr. Weinstock was an ophthalmologist in private practice in Lawrenceville.    A 1975 graduate of Princeton University, he earned his medical degree at The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine in 1979 and trained at…

  • Things to Do

    Sept. 5    South Brunswick Camera Club meeting: Focus on shared discussion of photographs brought in by members. Participants may bring up to three photos for discussion, but everyone is welcome to attend to either share or listen. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the meeting room of the South Brunswick Library, Kingston Lane. For more…

  • Town police respond to directive on immigrants

    State calling for police to check immigration status of persons charged with serious crimes By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer The Lawrence Township Police Department is developing new policies aimed at complying with a directive from the state attorney general to check the immigration status of persons charged with serious crimes.    Attorney General Anne Milgram issued…