Category: archives

  • Local Flavors

    Gordon Haas’ plein air paintings of Montalcino, Italy, will be on display at the Haas-Muth Gallery. By: Jessica Loughery    Postcards are pleasant, often cute. Photo albums cover more ground, but are sometimes repetitive and a trifle boring. When you want to give the folks back home a serious taste of your travels, what you really…

  • Community visits new Florence school

    By: Cara Latham    FLORENCE — While enthusiasm for students at the new Florence Township Memorial High School may have peaked when the school opened a few weeks ago, last week proved to be a chance for the rest of the community to experience what the new building has to offer.    More than 600 people attended…

  • Book Notes

    Roberta Isleib hits ’em straight By: Joan Ruddiman    Fall offers some of the best golfing conditions — until falling leaves blanket the greens. The season, however, is bittersweet as cooler temperatures portend snow on the greens, bringing an early end to fairway fun.    If you can’t play golf, reading about the game is a pleasant…

  • On Point

    Kitchen Capers By: Linda McCarthy    My sister and her husband are gourmet cooks. It’s a very serious undertaking for them. They subscribe to cooking magazines, own every culinary gadget ever made and even purchased a house based solely on the layout of the kitchen. Apparently the stove, refrigerator and sink must be situated in a…

  • Griggs twins share everything

    ATHLETES OF THE WEEK By: Rudy Brandl    Ellyn and Lauren Griggs love being teammates on the Hillsborough High field hockey team. They’re twin sisters who play different sports in the other scholastic seasons but the fall campaign gives them an opportunity to shine together.    HHS sports fans have come to appreciate the outstanding work of…

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    From the issue of Oct. 5, 2006. Bypass position ‘disingenuous’ To the editor:    It is disheartening to watch Montgomery Mayor Louise Wilson continually recalibra te her position on the Route 206 bypass.    One of the reasons for Ms. Wilson’s ascension in Montgomery was her position on the bypass — she was against it completely; which…

  • St. Michael’s tract: a peaceful escape from the rest of the world

    REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK By John Tredrea    Standing on a low ridge and looking north, Bill Rawlyk was able to see the steeple tops and tallest rooftops of Hopewell Borough, about half a mile away.    All that separated him from the town were low rolling hills, some cleared for farming, some still forested. Tall trees encircled each…

  • Sample, Crosby continue to shine

    By: Redd E. Patrick    Ever since their freshmen seasons, Steve Sample and Cole Crosby have formed a solid 1-2 combination for the South Brunswick High School boys cross country team.    Perhaps the best is yet to come.    At the Stewart Memorial Varsity A race on Saturday, which featured 17 teams and 117 runners, both seniors…

  • Errors undo Bulldogs

    FOOTBALL By: John E. Powers    For the second straight week, the Hopewell Valley Central High School football team played an opponent that had much more speed and size. Bulldogs head coach Dave Caldwell knew the only way his team could hang close to Hightstown last Friday night at Dave McIntire Field was play an error-free…