Category: archives

  • DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Bring back the inner Lardner

    Baseball reporting needs the flair it once had By: Hank Kalet    I was listening to the Mets game on the radio recently when a Phillies batter hit a relatively easy pop-up to the outfield.    One of the announcers — I can’t remember who it was, to be honest — made the call, describing Mets center…

  • Northern neighbors

    ‘Serendipity’ leads to a fond reunion By: Joan Goldstein    Although I live mostly in the present, my journeys of recent times have been a search for my past. Perhaps this ripening of age is when we start to look backward at our life. In 1999, I hiked in Newfoundland and visited with an old childhood…

  • A princely tale

    Princeton owes its name to a royal Dutchman — or so it would appear By: William Myers    Princeton abounds with references to William III, the king of England who reigned from 1689 to 1702. Princeton University’s colors — orange and black — are a reference to his princely house, Orange-Nassau of The Netherlands. The original…

  • Letters to the editor

    Sikorski suggests partial hiring ban To the editor:    The property tax bills have arrived. Last year’s total tax rate for Hightstown was $5.31. This year the rate per hundred is $5.70. The municipal purposes tax increased from about $1.12 to about $1.31 with extraordinary aid of $200,000.    Despite the efforts to economize by our borough…

  • Teeing off for park equipment

    Mayor’s Tournament serves as fundraiser By: Jessica Beym    The sun was shining and a cool breeze carried the aroma of grilled burgers and picnic food across the green at the Peddie Golf Course in Hightstown on Monday afternoon.    Residents, friends, acquaintances, township officials and members of the business community came to the course for the…

  • Victor Sandor

       Victor J. Sandor, 86, of Monroe, died Friday, Aug. 11, at his home.    Born and raised in Perth Amboy, Mr. Sandor lived in Woodbridge for 41 years before moving to Rossmoor in 1990. Mr. Sandor was employed for 35 years by NJ Bell Telephone Co., Newark, retiring in 1981 as a commercial manager.    He graduated…

  • 2006 Audi S4 Avant quattro MT6: one wicked-fast wagon

    …the S4 Avant handles with bold assurance that comes from a superb all-wheel drive system By: Mike Blake    The station wagon. What says, "old, slow, conservative and mom-dad-and-the-kids-on-their-way-to-church, or a picnic with grandma," more than the venerable wagon? Well, it might be time to rethink that allusion.    I have tested a bevy of sportwagons over…

  • Their Kind of Soul

    Having influenced a generation of musicians, Hall & Oates are back, paying homage to mid-20th century R&B. By: Susan Van Dongen    It’s a typical Philadelphia story. The city that gave the world scrapple is also known for sports fans so bilious they booed Santa Claus at one particularly dreary Eagles game. Apparently brawling is almost…

  • A taste of paradise

    Luau sets a festive mood for folks at Cranbury Center By: Stephanie Brown    MONROE — Plastic parrots and palms trees hung from the ceiling of the Cranbury Center’s dining room.    Leila Fisher had never been to Hawaii, but with the help of some island music, a grass skirt, and a flower lei, she and other…