Author: Central Jersey

  • BORDENTOWN: Students will trick-or-treat so kids can eat

        Local high school theater students have volunteered to trick or treat for canned food on Halloween “because hunger is a very scary thing.”    Bordentown Regional High School’s Thespian Troupe 6803 will participate in the International Thespian Society’s “Trick-or-Treat So Kids Can Eat” program. The program is a national community service program for International…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Vikings maul East Brunswick Bears 42-7

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Vikings maul East Brunswick Bears 42-7

    Ed Birch photo. Sophomore QB Drew Fehte scores final touchdown Sunday afternoon.

  • AS I SEE IT: What are the odds, right?

    By Tom Brophy    Somewhere around 1972 in Brophy’s Men’s Shoe Store at 5 Palmer Square in Princeton I started to make notes on stories and events that would classify as almost unbelievable and come under the umbrella of “What are the odds.”    The following four true events always become a conversation topic after I’ve told…

  • HAMILTON: Township mayoral candidates make their case

    HAMILTON: Township mayoral candidates make their case

    Independent candidate Antonio Gambino discusses his business platform.

  • COUNTY: Rutgers’ program comes to MCCC

    WEST WINDSOR — The Conference Center at Mercer on the West Windsor campus of Mercer County Community College will be the new location for Rutgers’ executive master in public administration program offered by the Rutgers-Camden Department of Public Policy and Administration in partnership with the Rutgers Center for Executive Leadership in Government.    Applications are now…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Mark the date

       The 24th annual Cranberry Festival will be held 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, and Sunday, Oct. 6, on Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown City.    The event will feature a juried craft show, 140 crafter displays, original art, gourmet foods, Jersey Fresh wines, and Saturday-only Quentin Hausser Memorial Car Show.    Free parking for the Cranberry…

  • REGIONAL: CASA seeks volunteer advocates

       Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) is actively seeking volunteers in Mercer County.    CASA is a noprofit organization committed to speaking up in court for the best interests of children who have been removed from their homes because of abuse or neglect. These children live in foster homes, group homes or residential facilities.    CASA trains community…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Kuppuraju to be honored at Twin Cities race

    Robbinsville resident a ‘Global Hero’ By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Nagesh Kuppuraju didn’t think about running again when he underwent open-heart surgery in 2011 to replace a valve narrowed by aortic stenosis.    But the Robbinsville resident is ready to run the Medtronic Twin Cities 10-Miler in Minnesota on Oct. 6 after the valve gave…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: LHT spurs are eyed by school officials

    Student Representative Hayley Morin took her seat Monday after being introduced by Central High School Principal Michael Daher By John Tredrea, Special Writer    The Hopewell Valley Regional School District and the Lawrence-Hopewell Trail (LHT) are exploring the possibility of constructing spurs to the 20-mile loop trail.    The spurs would connect local schools to the LHT…