Category: archives

  • ‘Ice Age: The Meltdown’

    Computer-generated animation doesn’t kill old-fashioned fun in this sequel about a band of mismatched but inseparable ice age survivors. By: Bob Brown    The handwriting was finally on (or should we say off) the wall when Disney Studios announced recently that they would phase out drawn animation. That’s like saying Hershey would no longer make Kisses.…

  • County money will pay for work on soccer fields

    A $500,000 grant from Middlesex County will help the township complete Harvest Woods Park on Culver Road. By: Joseph Harvie    The township will receive a $500,000 grant from Middlesex County to help with the completion of Harvest Woods Park on Culver Road.    The township received a similar grant in August for $500,000 to help with…

  • Students’ march draws attention to genocide

    Five Hillsborough High School students walked 18 miles from New Brunswick to Princeton as part of the 300-mile Sudan Freedom Walk. By: Donna Lukiw    Hoping to draw attention to the genocide occurring in Sudan, five Hillsborough High School students walked 18 miles from New Brunswick to Princeton on March 19.    Students Andy Glaser, Amanda Smith,…

  • LHS students bring smiles to children worldwide

    LHS juniors Anne Hoover and Stephanie Pappas spent a week last year on a mission for Operation Smile, and now will run an auction fundraiser to benefit the nonprofit organization that provides free surgeries to children with facial deformities in underdeveloped countries. By:Cara Latham Special Writer    Lawrence High School juniors Stephanie Pappas and Anne Hoover…

  • Café’s menu offers pollo instead of pierogies

    Taking the place of Pyka’s Polish restaurant, it serves a variety of traditional Costa Rican and American foods. By: Donna Lukiw    As Rich Praster dined at Café Main Street, the new Costa-Rican/American restaurant, recently opened on South Main Street, across from the Rustic Mall, he said it’s like being at home.    "You can go out…

  • Board of Education approves $61.5 million budget for 2006-07

    The district’s proposed $61.5 million operating budget for 2006-07 carries a tax-rate increase of 9 cents, which means the property tax rate would increase from $1.96 per $100 of assessed value to $2.05. Voters will have their say on the tax levy on April 18. By:Cara Latham Special Writer    The Lawrence Township Board of Education…

  • From the issue of April 6, 2006

    Helen Breese    Helen R. Breese, 90, died Thursday, March 30, at the University Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in New York City, Ms. Breese was a lifelong area resident. She worked for many years at General Cigar in New Brunswick. She was a member of Miller Memorial Presbyterian Church.    Her husband, Edward L. Breese, is…

  • Local tennis teams slowed by weather

    By: Sean Moylan    The Florence Township Memorial High School varsity tennis team and Holy Cross played for only 15 minutes before the Flashes’ road opener on Monday was suspended. Yet that was still enough time for someone to come to one conclusion—-Florence is pretty good.    At first singles Florence’s Jon Hand held a 5-1 lead…

  • SBHS balancing act a hit

    By: Lance Manion    The No. 1 goal Mark Ziminski set for his South Brunswick boys lacrosse team wasn’t a championship of any sort. It was simple.    "Basically the main goal we wanted to accomplish was balanced scoring," the Vikings’ eighth-year coach said. "I’d prefer to have six or seven guys score 20 goals rather than…