Category: archives

  • An ‘amazing success story’

    Jacobi went from shy freshman to national record holder By: Rich Fisher    Peddie School swim coach Greg Wriede has put a lot of names on the record board in his pool over the years, and every so often he can’t help but reserve a special smile for certain new entries.    That was the case last…

  • Budget holds line on taxes

    Spending up in Monroe, but municipal tax rate staying the same. By: Bill greenwood    MONROE — Spending may increase, but the average municipal tax bill will not, if a proposed $37.9 million municipal budget is approved by the Township Council.    The proposed budget is $2.23 million — or 6.25 percent — larger than 2006’s $35.67…

  • Local pair wrestle way into school history

    White ranked best at 125 By: Sean Moylan    Being the best often comes with pressure and a price.    When you’re the best everyone is trying to knock you off the "mountain top" and you always get your opponent’s best effort.    But Peddie’s Dan White, the Nation’s best 125-pound prep school wrestler, revels in the challenge.…

  • Cornel West to speak at fundraiser for Montgomery arts center

    By: Greg Forester    MONTGOMERY — The Montgomery Center for the Arts will host Princeton University Professor Cornel West as its guest speaker for the center’s major donor event on Tuesday.    A world-renowned scholar, speaker, and writer, Dr. West is known for his fresh looks at the life of black Americans and their position within the…

  • Rock Brook School launches expansion campaign

    Montgomery school teaches communication-impaired and multiply disabled children By: Jessica Demetriou    MONTGOMERY — The Rock Brook School on Orchard Road has started a capital campaign to raise funds for an expansion to the school building and to establish an endowment fund for further needs.    Rock Brook Director Mary Caterson, who has been with the school…

  • Obituaries

    Julia Peterla    CRANBURY — Julia Peterla, 100, died Tuesday in The Elms of Cranbury.    Born in Bukovec, Czechoslovakia, she arrived in the United States at age 16.    She was formerly of New York City, moved to Millstone Township in 1941 and had lived in the Hamilton area since the 1960s. She was a member of…

  • Discussing the downtown

    Community meeting to focus on borough’s future. By: Matthew Rick    JAMESBURG — The Jamesburg Revitalization Coalition wants your input on ways to improve the downtown.    The group will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Grace M. Breckwedel School with students from the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University…

  • Cougars fall short of title goal

    No trip to finals for MHS hockey By: Justin Feil    MORRISTOWN — The Montgomery High School ice hockey team fought to the very last second to return to the state final.    The 10th-seeded Cougars came three wins short of their goal of returning to Continental Airlines Arena when suffered a 2-1 loss to No. 7…

  • Making a place for birds of a feather

    A garden is an attractive habitat for all kinds of living things By: Michael Brown    Your garden is not only a place of beauty and a source of healthy food, it is an attractive habitat for all kinds of living things. One of the more interesting visitors to your garden will be the myriad birds…