Category: archives

  • Letters to the Editor

    From the March 29 edition City residents suffer while library remains closed To the editor:    I saw your article about the Bordentown library not opening yet. It caused me great grief to hear about this. For some of us, our town library has great significance.    When I grew up, rather poor, in New Brunswick, both…

  • Irene M. Crofcheck

       MANVILLE — Irene M. Crofcheck died March 20 at JFK Hospital in Edison. She was 74.    She was born in Eckley, Pa., and lived in Manville for the past 56 years.    Mrs. Crofcheck worked at Jelco Pharmaceuticals in Raritan and then at Medici Pharmaceuticals in Hillsborough for many years before retiring in 1994.    She was…

  • Vikings look to make big-time jump

    By: Ken Weingartner    Steve Dentler comes into every season believing it is the year his South Brunswick High boys volleyball team will make the jump to the elite level.    So as the Vikings prepare for the 2007 campaign, this is the year.    South Brunswick lost just two starters from last season’s 10-12 squad that won…

  • On Point

    The laws of mothers-in-law By: Linda McCarthy    This past weekend my mother-in-law turned 80.    After 12 children and 50 grandchildren, the woman looks better than I do. I guess she could be a poster child for clean living. I’ve known her for 31 years and have never once seen her drink, smoke or swear.    Except…

  • NBC track teams set for season

    By: Sean Moylan    With the recent addition of a boys’ lacrosse program, the Northern Burlington County Regional High boys’ varsity track and field team doesn’t quite draw the same numbers it once did. Nonetheless the Greyhounds’ track and field program continues to draw the great athletes.    In fact, the sky is the limit for sophomore…

  • Enchantment at Hightstown winner of prestigious award

    Enchantment at Hightstown was also honored with awards for Best Architectural Product Design, Best Landscaping and several other awards    Enchantment at Hightstown, the Robertson Douglas Group’s popular active-adult community in Mercer County, was recently the recipient of a number of prestigious honors at the fourth annual FAME Awards, presented by the Shore Builders Association of…

  • One man’s meat is indeed another man’s poison

    REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK By John Tredrea    I can well understand why the notion of scrapping or scaling back Primary Strings upsets some people.    I don’t think you can love music much more than I do. I’m addicted to music, period. I’ve got instruments and CDs and cassettes all over the place. In the center of my…

  • Robbinsville baseball set for future success

    By: Sean Moylan    ÿ8BASEBALLÿSandy Overton doesn’t have to spend a disproportionate amount of time learning the strengths and weaknesses of his Robbinsville varsity baseball players. He’s known them for years.    "It’s a good group. I’ve worked with the nucleus of them since they were sixth graders," said Overton, who used to be the baseball coach…

  • School board awaits municipal tax numbers

    By: Rebecca Weltmann    WASHINGTON — The school tax levy — the amount that has to be raised in taxes to run the school system — would increase by 13 percent under the proposed school budget, but how this affects the school tax rate itself was still unclear earlier this week.    At this point, according to…