Author: Central Jersey

  • MONTGOMERY: Township opposes coalition’s pipeline suggestion

    By Geena Molinaro, Special Writer MONTGOMERY — Mayor Rich Smith sent a letter to Williams Transco on Wednesday regarding a Princeton Ridge Coalition suggestion to change the course of a planned natural gas pipeline, routing it through Montgomery and Hopewell, but not Princeton. In the letter, Mayor Smith said the township understands the coalition’s motivation…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Local Muslims pray for Mid-East peace

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Local Muslims pray for Mid-East peace

    By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor SOUTH BRUNSWICK — As the bloody body count continues to rise in the Middle East, locals with ties to the region are praying for a peaceful end to the conflict. "It is heartbreaking for everyone," South Brunswick resident Hanan Shaban, 40, said this week." Ms. Shaban was born in…

  • PRINCETON: School enrollment seen as stable for 5 years

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Enrollment in the six Princeton public schools is forecast to remain stable in the next five years, even with AvalonBay and other housing developments due to open, a district-hired demographer has projected. Richard S. Grip, executive director of Statistical Forecasting, looked at historical enrollment figures, birth rates and other…

  • PRINCETON: A summer boot camp for opera at college

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Laura Brooks Rice turned her voice into a career as an opera singer who has performed around the country, including with the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Each summer for the past nine years she has been helping the next generation of opera singers through an intensive three-week program…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Private students lack busing contract

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Private students lack busing contract

    By Ed Birch, Special Writer Nineteen families from the South Brunswick community have been notified by the Board of Education that, at present, the district would be unable to provide round trip transportation for their children to St. Paul’s Catholic School in Princeton. The district provided these families with the legal notice of the change…

  • MONROE: Cultural Arts Commission brings talent home

    MONROE: Cultural Arts Commission brings talent home

    By Jenine Clancy, Special Writer MONROE — "What we do enriches the community in the great way of bringing people together to enjoy live theatre," said Program Director and Commissioner of the Monroe Cultural Arts Commission Nancy Gunkelman. According to the township, the Cultural Arts Commission, which was established by an ordinance, and approved by…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Positive experience for Junior Legion

    By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Tony Melfi would have liked his Hillsborough Junior American Legion baseball team to have a few more games together.    A few hits more and they might have. The Hillsborough manager had nothing but positive things to say about this year’s group that came up just a game short of…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Softball 10s are ready for state tourney

    ROBBINSVILLE: Softball 10s are ready for state tourney

    Pictured are members of the Robbinsville Little League 9/10 year-old all-star softball team that has advanced to the state tournament in Middletown. In the front row (left to right) are: Aubrey Strand, Arden Benner, Jillian Hutt, Kailey Pacifico, Danielle Calli, Shea Krebs and Gwen Wells. In the back row are: Ella Iorio, Mackenzie Martin, Brynn…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Senior Legion season ends with district loss

    By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    The Hillsborough Senior American Legion baseball team got a taste of playoff action.    It just wishes it hadn’t been such a small bite.    Hillsborough was eliminated from the District 3 state tournament when it lost its first two games, the first in the latter innings and the second in…