Category: archives

  • HHS boys’ tennis competitive in setbacks

    By: Sean Moylan    Most of the time a 5-0 match is a just 5-0 match. Then, on very rare occasions, it isn’t. Such was the case this past Tuesday, as Steinert beat the Hightstown High boys’ varsity tennis team 5-0 in what was a very-competitive tennis battle, which featured many great matches.    "We had our…

  • June primary challenge

    Monroe Dems face contest By: Bill Greenwood    Seven candidates in Monroe and eight candidates in Jamesburg have filed to run in primary elections June 5.    In both towns, voters will elect a mayor and fill two, three-year seats each on the township and borough councils. Jamesburg voters also will select someone to fill the final…

  • Gathering to learn life skills

    New GMB club brings girls together By: Matthew Rick JAMESBURG — A classroom in Grace M. Breckwedel bustled with activity two weeks ago as girls knitted scarves and chatted about plans for upcoming activities.     "I really like the knitting," said eighth-grader Courtney Hammond as she put the finishing touches on her own brightly colored…

  • Second opinion eyed on water tower

    By: Cara Latham    ROOSEVELT — The Borough Council’s Finance Committee has recommended the hiring of a structural engineer to examine the borough water tower to see if it can be repaired.    A recent inspection of the water tower rated the 85,000-gallon tank, which is about 70 years old, as poor. In addition, the borough’s average…

  • Still life

    Ellie Wyeth renews her vision with an Umbrian sabbatical By: Pat Summers    With a pretty little teapot and two cups, she walks out the kitchen door and down a few steps toward her studio across the yard. There’s just enough bird sound and soft color all around to promise spring. Emma, one of her two…

  • New business plans to let patrons rock to their coffee jolt

    A coffeehouse with a little less relaxation By: Nick Norlen    PLAINSBORO — Plainsboro’s Kin Lee wants you to wake up and rock out.    Last week, Mr. Lee signed a franchise agreement to open a Rockn’ Joe Coffeehouse and Bistro in the area by the end of 2007.    According to Rockn’ Joe CEO and founder Kevin…

  • West Windsor council debates a ‘green’ redevelopment

    LEED program costs and benefits under review By: Nick Norlen    WEST WINDSOR — Participation in a program to certify environmental standards in West Windsor’s redevelopment project is currently under debate.    Discussion at Tuesday’s Township Council meeting of a resolution to support an application for the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design’s Neighborhood Development Pilot Program…

  • Dance-A-Thon to aid Red Cross

       The American Red Cross of Central New Jersey Youth Council’s second annual Dance-A-Thon, which took place March 31 at Crossroads North School in South Brunswick, raised $17,000 to benefit the Red Cross chapter’s programs and services, including assistance to local disaster victims, delivery of meals to the homebound elderly, the provision of a safe and…

  • Cheap Thrills

    On the cusp of yet another change, Coney Island is preserved on film By Joanna Tully in an exhibit at Hopewell’s Gallery 14. By: Ilene Dube    Before there were movies, there was Coney Island. Alternately called "Sodom by the Sea," "Poor Man’s Riviera" and "The People’s Playground," it’s where both the hot dog and the…