Category: archives

  • Rider College honors local professor

    Westminster Choir College professor, Phyllis Alpert Lehrer, recognized for her work on musical compositions. By: Marisa Maldonado    When one says "classical composer" the first names to come to mind include Mozart, Bach and Beethoven. But it’s composers still crafting works who need exposure the most desperately, Westminster Choir College professor Phyllis Alpert Lehrer said.    "It’s…

  • Weary SBHS relay team 10th at Meet of Champs

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    A year ago, a time of 4:09.56 in the 4×400 meter relay would have set a school record for the South Brunswick High School girls’ winter track team. That’s what Stephanie McIntyre, Eve Mizerak, Rebecca Russo and Jessie Boynton clocked at the rescheduled NJSIAA Meet of Champions for Indoor Track and…

  • Y brings 1,500 years of Korean tradition to South Brunswick

    Master Lee Dong teaches Kum-do, a Korean martial art in which participants fight with bamboo sticks, to students at the YMCA on Culver Road. By: Joseph Harvie    The South Brunswick Family YMCA all-purpose room was taken over Friday by masked men and women carrying bamboo swords.    They were lined up in two rows, and attacked…

  • Community Calendar for the week of Feb. 23

    Mardi Gras event    Saturday, Feb. 25 — The Roebling American Legion Post 39, Auxiliary 39, will sponsor "Mardi Gras Night" at the American Legion Post on 4th Avenue. A buffet dinner will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. and a DJ will be featured.    Call Eileen at 499-4232 for tickets and details. Vietnam Vets…

  • Planners nix warehouse complex

    The Planning Board denied an application Feb. 15 that would have brought 1.8 million square feet of warehousing to the intersection of Davidsons Mill Road and Route 535. By:Joseph Harvie    To the delight of members of the Eastern Villages Association, the Planning Board denied an application Feb. 15 that would have brought 1.8 million square…

  • Proposed school plan comes in under 4.01% cap

    The proposed budget includes about a $500,000 — or 3.7 percent — increase in spending. By: Donna Lukiw    Manville School District Business Administrator Richard Reilly and Superintendent Donald Burkhardt were able to breathe a small sigh of relief Wednesday, after learning the district’s proposed budget fell beneath the state’s cap number.    Dr. Burkhardt said the…

  • For young Bulldogs, medals aren’t measure of success

    HOPEWELL VALLEY INDOOR TRACK By: Mike Molaro    The uniforms were the same, but the names definitely were different Sunday for Hopewell Valley Central High School at the NJSIAA Indoor Track Meet of Champions at Princeton University’s Jadwin Gymnasium.    Whereas in the past the Bulldogs earned medals by placing in the top six in events, HoVal…

  • Thanks to ‘Friends,’ Hopewell library is thriving

    "Wine and Words" fundraiser will feature a visit by author Jim Fisher in late April or early May By Rosalie Ann LaGrutta    Now in its 92nd year, the Hopewell Public Library is still going strong and is offering more programs, books and periodicals than ever before.    Part of its success today can be attributed to…

  • PNC Bank gets top ranking for loans

    Rank based on total dollar volume for mid-market loan syndications By: Hilary Parker    For the third consecutive year, PNC ranked as No. 1 in the Northeast as lead arranger of traditional mid-market loan syndications based on number of deals, according to Loan Pricing Corporation, a Reuters company that provides news, data and analytics on bank…