Author: Central Jersey

  • PRINCETON: Women’s soccer hosts Richmond tonight

    PU side looks for back-to-back Ivy crowns By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Even after the loss of two key pieces from either end of the field, the Princeton University women’s soccer team will open the season tonight with plenty of promise.    The defending Ivy League champion Tigers will host 1-2-1 Richmond at 6 p.m.…

  • CRANBURY: PHS teams eye encore seasons

    Little Tigers boys, girls hope to build on successes By Bob Nuse, The Packet Group    What to the Princeton High School soccer teams do for an encore?    A year ago, both teams won Central Jersey Group III championships, with the boys team going on to share the Group III state title.    While several key players…

  • PRINCETON: Soccer teams build on success

    PHS girls, boys return to pitch with high hopes By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    What to the Princeton High School soccer teams do for an encore?    A year ago, both teams won Central Jersey Group III championships, with the boys team going on to share the Group III state title.    While several key players from…

  • MERCER: County to present 175th Anniversary event, ‘Mercer Makes’

    Symposium will take place on Oct. 4 from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., on the campus of The College of New Jersey, Ewing    Mercer County will hold the third in a series of special programs commemorating the 175th Anniversary of its founding with a daylong symposium that explores the county’s role in technological innovation.    ”Mercer Makes: Innovation…

  • PENNINGTON: Hawkey to replace Townsend as school head

    PENNINGTON: Hawkey to replace Townsend as school head

    Hawkey is Pennington native    The Pennington School has announced the appointment of William S. Hawkey as head of school following the departure of the current head, Stephanie Townsend, at the end of the 2013–14 academic year.    Mrs. Townsend has been named head of the Ransom Everglades School, a college preparatory school near Miami, Florida, beginning…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Nichols drops out of Nov. 5 race

    Now it is a three-for-two contest By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    Horatio “Ray” Nichols, Democrat, of Federal City Road, Hopewell Township, has withdrawn from the Nov. 5 contest for a seat on the Hopewell Township Committee.    In a recent letter to Paula Sollami Covello, Mercer County clerk, he said: “I write to inform you…

  • PRINCETON: Catapano makes Chiefs team

    PU graduate converts to linebacker for Kansas City By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Mike Catapano always believed he could make the Kansas City Chiefs, he just needed the chance to show what he could do.    The seventh-round selection out of Princeton University followed through as he was named to the Chiefs’ 53-man roster Saturday,…

  • PLUMSTED: Township accepts piece of WTC steel

    PLUMSTED: Township accepts piece of WTC steel

    A piece of steel from the World Trade Center will soon be on permanent display in Plumsted. Staff photo by James McEvoy

  • RARITAN: Nature photography workshop at Land Trust Farmers’ Market

    Date is Sept. 15    Bring your camera to the Hunterdon Land Trust Farmers’ Market on Sept. 15 at 10 a.m. as professional photographer, Dwight Hiscano, leads a photography workshop on how to get the most out of your camera in the great outdoors.    Learn how to find and approach your subject, and how to use…