Category: archives

  • Montgomery optimistic in wake of meeting on Route 206 bypass

    Consensus reached at state session that satisfies township’s needs, official says By: Greg Forester    MONTGOMERY — Montgomery Township officials are optimistic about a revised Route 206 bypass plan unveiled at a meeting with the state Department of Transportation this week.    The meeting, attended by representatives from Montgomery, Hillsborough, and Somerset County on Tuesday, was hailed…

  • Officials: Municipal aid not enough to ease taxes

    By: Cara Latham    While local municipalities will see a small increase in state aid this year, officials say the additional money will not ease the tax burden as they prepare their new budgets.    The amount given to each municipality varied this year from town to town, but most did not receive more than $20,000 over…

  • Joint services for mother and murdered daughter

    The two died Saturday in a murder-suicide. By: Purvi Desai    Joint prayer and memorial services for Emmalene and Sara Emiliano, the mother and daughter who died Saturday in a murder-suicide, are scheduled for today (Thursday).    A prayer service is slated for 10 a.m. at Ketusky Funeral Home on Brooks Boulevard, followed by a 10:30 a.m.…

  • Puttin’ on the Ritz

    The commercial art of Sydney S. Stern is still used on cracker boxes to this day. By: Anthony Stoeckert    The way Donald Stern remembers it, his father Sydney came home from work one Friday evening in 1934 with a big assignment. Sydney was an artist with the National Biscuit Co., which had developed a new…

  • Morgan’s stock rises in state run

    By: David Gurney    WOODBRIDGE—Senior guard Brian Morgan saw his playing time dip early in the season and was, let’s say, a little disgruntled.    Relegated to seventh, eighth-man status, his minutes were low, his role in the offense was limited, and he was counted on for some quick spurts of fierce defense.    But what he was…

  • Kuehne just misses history at Meet of Champs

    HHS swimmer finishes second in 100 breaststroke By: John E. Powers        Hillsborough High School senior swimming star Pat Kuehne and Raider head coach Todd Sudol had a brief conversation Sunday at the Gloucester County Institute of Technology in Sewell.    Sudol and Kuehne talked about passing up the 200 IM final at the New Jersey…

  • Editor’s Journal (03.08.07)

    Costochondritis finally ready for the spotlight By: John Dunphy    My body is a roadmap of maladies.    As I type this, the right side of my jaw aches from an undiagnosed bout of temporomandibular joint disorder. My triceps are sore from a recent return to working out. My sensitive neck, fine for now, will surely become…

  • Mahwah is too much

    ICE HOCKEY By: Tim Falls    The Lawrence High School ice hockey team completed its season with a 6-2 loss to Mahwah last Wednesday night.    It was the second straight year the Cardinals made the NJSIAA playoffs.    Despite the first-round loss, Lawrence continued to make progress with a strong showing in the postseason.    Lawrence, the 42nd…

  • Jacobsen joins Fitzpatrick in 1000-point club

    By: Sean Moylan    Fifty two seconds into the second quarter of last Thursday’s game versus Middlesex, Carly Blanton darted a pass to a moving Lauren Jacobsen for an easy lay-up along the right side.    The Florence players on the floor and bench and coaches Vince Cipriano and George Chwastyk, all sporting looks of pure joy,…