Category: archives

  • LSTS founder Roman is Coach of the Year

    Unique approach to soccer attracting acclaim By: Justin Feil    Jorge Roman came to the United States to chase a career in professional volleyball, but it wasn’t long before his attention reverted to his original love, soccer.    Not playing, but coaching soccer. It turns out he’s pretty good at that as well and just received some…

  • Limani tops 700 series

    By: Sean Moylan    Kim Limani has always been a great high school bowler. In fact, she very well may be Burlington County’s best female bowler over the last three years. Yet there was one goal which always seemed to elude her — a 700 plus series.    That all changed last Thursday when Limani stepped up…

  • EDITOR’S NOTE: Reinventing overnment

    Explaining recent reform proposals By: Hank Kalet    Following the shutdown of state government in early July, Gov. Jon Corzine called the state Legislature into a special joint session to address the state’s rising property tax burden. The Legislature created four committees, which issued recommendations in November.    This week, The Cranbury Press offers the second part…

  • School districts welcome anti-junk food legislation

    By: Cara Latham    The state Assembly voted last week in favor of legislation sponsored by two local assemblymen that would prohibit most "junk" food, including candy bars and sodas, from being sold in state public elementary and middle schools.    The bill, sponsored by 7th District Democrats Jack Conners and Herb Conaway, who is also the…

  • Rotary readies PHS students for business

    "Bridging the Gap" program boosts entrepreneurial talents By: Jake Uitti    The Rotary Club of Princeton, part of Rotary International, has been working to boost the entrepreneurial talents of students at Princeton High School.    This past semester, the "Bridging the Gap" program was instituted in two classes at the high school — one in an entrepreneurial…

  • Foundation’s wishes come true

    Make-A-Wish Foundation receive largest donation By: Stephanie Brown    MONROE — The largest individual donation ever made to the Make-A-Wish Foundation means the nonprofit group can move ahead with plans to build a new headquarters on Perrineville Road.    Joseph and Nancy Plumeri of Somerset County donated $2 million earlier this month, helping the foundation’s New Jersey…

  • Reforming Government

    Most mayors skeptical of consolidation, merger talk By: Stephanie Brown    Municipal and school officials in Jamesburg, Monroe and South Brunswick agree that something should be done to relieve overburdened taxpayers, but are skeptical that municipal mergers are the answer to New Jersey’s property tax problem.    Until the state can guarantee the benefits of consolidation, some…

  • Balancing Act

    Yael Goldstein’s first novel centers on a concert violinist and her struggles as an artist and a single mother. By: Susan Van Dongen    Perhaps from watching her mother, novelist Rebecca Goldstein, balance the tasks of writing and raising a family, Yael Goldstein became fascinated by women in the arts and the equilibrium between their creative…

  • Laverty says budget passage more important than candidacy

    By: Dick Brinster    EAST WINDSOR — Bob Laverty says voter approval of the school budget is more important than his candidacy for re-election to the East Windsor Regional Board of Education.    The board vice president is one of three members whose terms expire this spring. While he said he will run, Bonnie Fayer said last…