Category: archives

  • The Show Must Go On

    Despite the setback of Hurricane Floyd in 1999, the Brook Theatre will soon open its doors again. By: Megan Sullivan    When the flood caused by Hurricane Floyd barreled through Bound Brook in 1999, Gerry Appel thought his dream would wash away with it. Mr. Appel had hoped to start live theater in town and had…

  • Rustic Mall businesses’ court date set

    Three months after Rustic Mall LLC filed an eviction order, it is still trying to clear out tenants to allow for the continuing Federal Creosote Superfund cleanup and redevelopment of the property. By: Charlie Olsen    Manville Pizza owner Vincent D’Aniello goes back to court July 31 to continue his legal battle to stay open, three…

  • Monroe players helped fuel championship

    By: Rich Fisher    Post 401’s Monroe High contingent did not have the same revenge factor as South Brunswick for beating Piscataway in Sunday’s Middlesex County American Legion title game.    Afterall, it was the Vikings who lost to the Chiefs in the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament, not Monroe.    But the Falcons still had reasons for wanting…

  • There’s no shame in being a wimp during a heat wave

    EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK By Ruth Luse    I always get a kick out of reading the Farmer’s Almanac and checking out just how well its weather forecasts for our region match what actually is going on at the moment.    On Monday, I read sections dealing with weather for summer 2006. The writer noted that it "may turn…

  • Carrying On

    Gordon Lightfoot will bring more than 40 years’ worth of classic songs to the State Theatre. By: Susan Van Dongen    Back in 2002, the man who wrote "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" was a bit of a wreck himself.    During a concert in his hometown of Orillia, Ontario, singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot collapsed onstage and…

  • Township was first to use local cable TV for emergency news

    Hopewell (Township) proved itself to be a leader in emergency preparedness when it utilized its local cable channel to get out information about flooding By Audrey Levine    One of the most efficient ways to reach a mass audience is through television.    Hopewell Township takes advantage of this by partnering with TelVue Virtual Television Networks (TVTN),…

  • EDITORIAL: Expand law to help save more farmland

    Local residents are against limitations of ballot question    The Township Council plans to ask the voters in November to add a new tool to the township’s land preservation toolbox.    The only problem is that the tool, as conceived of by the council, may be too limited to be effective.    The council is preparing a ballot…

  • Bordentown Post 26 qualifies for state playoffs

    By: Sean Moylan    The Bordentown Post 26 American Legion baseball team may have stumbled in through the back door to get into the American Legion State Tournament, but the bottom line is the team "is" in the playoffs. And when Bordentown opens the state tournament with a game versus the Union representative at Lyndhurst on…

  • Florence’s modern Renaissance man

    92-year-old retired hairstylist finds artistic outlet in carving elaborate wooden canes By: Cara Latham    FLORENCE — Everywhere he goes, 92-year-old township resident Romeo Marinelli, carries a piece of wood, a knife, and a stone in his pocket.    Make no mistake — these items are not used in hostility. They are tools that he uses to…