Category: archives

  • MTHS gets rid of Raider jitters en route to county finals

    By: David Gurney    According to Monroe Township high school boys soccer coach Steve McKenzie, something happens to his team when it plays North Brunswick.    Something overcomes them, the swagger disappears, they become a ‘deer caught in headlights.’    Well, something happened to his team on Sunday when it met their bugaboo in the GMCT semifinals. They…

  • HHS field hockey playing for C.J. Group III title

    Trast scores winner in state opener By: Sean Moylan    You didn’t even need to look at a scoresheet or see the game.    One look at Ellen Trast’s beaming post game smile told the whole story of the Hightstown High girls’ field hockey team’s 2-1 win over Northern Burlington in Monday’s Central Jersey Group III opener…

  • AROUND CRANBURY by Lorraine Sedor: First Friday and a potluck dinner

    Fall brings out Cranbury traditions By: Lorraine Sedor    The Gourgaud Gallery’s First Friday Reception will take place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. tonight. The exhibit is entitled "Diversity," featuring mixed media from Ruth Bruh and Stefanie Mandelbaum, and will run through Nov.26.    The Cranbury Historical and Preservation Society’s fall potluck supper is tonight at…

  • Town backs opt-out rules for condo act

    Says senior communities should have alternatives By: Stephanie Brown    MONROE — Residents of gated communities who do not want to be included in a proposed bill that would create uniformity among homeowners associations are making themselves heard.    The Township Council passed a resolution Monday night supporting those residents in age-restricted communities who want to be…

  • PHS boys break out in CJ III first round

    WW-P South, Montgomery fall in CJ IV action By: Bob Nuse    It took the Princeton High boys’ soccer team a little while to get going on Tuesday, but once the Little Tigers got started, they had little trouble putting away Neptune in the opening round of the Central Jersey Group III tournament.    "We had some…

  • Boards pan education proposals

    President says legislation would erode local control By: Stephanie Brown    Local elected and appointed school officials are wary about proposed legislation to create an executive county superintendent.    They say aspects of the proposal could be beneficial, but some officials were critical of the new executive superintendent’s authority and questioned the legislation’s cost-effectiveness overall.    Several bills…

  • The art of science — the science of art

    The Arts Council of Princeton brings together two singular worlds By: Christian Kirkpatrick    Art had a rendezvous with science Saturday night at the Arts Council of Princeton’s benefit, "Dining by Design: From Genomes to Private Homes."    The event began with cocktails in the soaring atrium of Princeton University’s Carl Icahn Laboratory, a beautiful, sinuous place…

  • William Klimowicz

       William M. Klimowicz, 86, of Monroe, died Friday, Oct. 27, at the Francic E. Parker Nursing Home, Piscataway.    Born in Whippany, he was raised in Bayonne where he attended elementary and vocational school. He moved to the Cottageville section of South Brunswick in 1950 with his wife and daughter. In 1993 he moved to Rossmoor…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    By:    Keith C. Riker, 27, of Lincoln Park, was charged with driving while intoxicated after he crashed his 1995 Oldsmobile into a tree at the intersection of Gemini and Capricorn drives at 11:11 p.m. on Oct. 22, police said.    The responding officer saw that the vehicle had heavy front-end damage and asked Mr. Riker if…