Category: archives

  • DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: In the fog on Social Security

    It is important to know where Congressional candidates stand on Social Security issue By: Hank Kalet    Talking Points Memo, one of my favorite political blogs, is running a contest to determine exactly where the candidates for U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives stand on Social Security — in particular, New Jersey Senate candidate Tom…

  • Schools ban foods heavy in sugar, fat

    South Brunswick schools urging students to eat healthier foods By: Marisa Maldonado    Lollipop sales and ice cream fundraisers soon will be just memories in South Brunswick schools.    In September, the district will implement a new nutrition policy, identical to state standards that go into effect in 2007, that forbids selling or distributing foods with an…

  • EDITORIAL: Assembly to blame for shutdown

    Legislature (in particular Assembly Democrats) responsible for NJ budget crisis    Disgraceful.    That’s the only word that comes close to describing the behavior of the state Legislature — the Assembly Democrats in particular — in allowing the state to enter the new fiscal year without a budget.    We don’t often find ourselves agreeing with state Sen.…

  • Delaware River flooding is over for the present

    Chief George Meyer: "We were lucky. If initial predictions had materialized, we would have experienced far more damage and evacuations." By John Tredrea    "This could have been much worse and indeed was much worse for those north, south and west of us," police Chief George Meyer said, reflecting on last week’s flood.    No one in…

  • Welsh helps West win

    SUNSHINE CLASSIC By: John E. Powers    In the West team lockerroom at The College of New Jersey last Thursday night, following the 10th annual Sunshine All-Star Classic, Lawrence’s Ryan Welsh was reminded of a possible game-saving play he’d made.    Welsh, a wide receiver, transformed into a defensive back in the fourth quarter of the West’s…

  • Sweet Sound in the Sourlands

    The third annual festival celebrating New Jersey’s ‘oasis of biodiversity’ will be held July 15. TIMEOFF    The third annual Sourland Music Festival will celebrate New Jersey’s "oasis of biodiversity" with roots music, food and drink at the Hillsborough Golf and Country Club July 15.    The Sourland Planning Council is sponsoring the day of acoustic folk…

  • EDITORIAL

    Parking lots cannot retain region’s rains.    For the past year or so, municipal officials across New Jersey have been struggling to comply with new state regulations requiring them to craft stormwater-management plans.    Every town is under the gun to come up with a detailed scheme for developing and adopting best management practices that conform to…

  • Washington 12’s advance to District 12 LL final 9

    By: Kyle Moylan    The Washington 12-year-olds pulled off a neat trick in District 12 Little League action last Friday night.    Washington won on Friday and didn’t even score a run that night.    Ryan Fleming doubled in two runs in the bottom of the second on Thursday night before the game was suspended because of heavy…

  • ‘Black Comedy’

    Princeton Summer Theater stages Peter Shaffer’s quirky farce. By: Stuart Duncan    Among British playwright Peter Shaffer’s impressive list of achievements (The Royal Hunt of the Sun, Equus and Amadeus, for example) is a quirky little farce written in 1965 titled Black Comedy. The title turns out to be prescient — much of the play takes…