Author: Central Jersey

  • CRANBURY: Wang back for PHS girls tennis

    Sophomore using season to help in recovery from surgery By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    When the Princeton High School girls tennis team talks about returning six of its seven players from last year’s lineup, they are counting Chenchen Wang in the mix.    Wang, a sophomore, played in several key regular-season matches as a freshman…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Stiefel has Worldly view

    WEST WINDSOR: Stiefel has Worldly view

    After helping the Lehigh men’s lacrosse team capture back-to-back Patriot League championships, Princeton Junction’s Kyle Stiefel is trying out for the first Israel team to play in the World Lacrosse Championships. Photo from Lehigh Athletics

  • STATE: What parents can expect in the 2013-14 school year

    STATE: What parents can expect in the 2013-14 school year

    When school starts up in September, parents can expect some changes, according to the New Jersey Association of School Administrators. Here are the items to watch for the 2013-14 school year:  TRENTON — When school starts up in September, parents can expect some changes, according to the New Jersey Association of School Administrators. Here are…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Eagleton polling director to speak here

    HILLSBOROUGH: Eagleton polling director to speak here

    Dr. David Redlawsk will explain how to understand poll data    Dr. David Redlawsk, director of the Eagleton Center for Public Interest polling, will be the guest speaker at the Thurs., Sept. 19, meeting of Hillsborough Democratic Community Club.    Dr. Redlawsk is a professor of political science at Rutgers University in New Brunswick.    A former member…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Route 518 project to start

    Watch for the signs    On or about Sept. 3, milling and resurfacing work will begin on Lambertville-Hopewell Road (Route 518) from VanDyke Road to Stony Brook Road.    Mercer County anticipates that this project will take about 10 working days, weather permitting. Work will be done between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. weekdays only.    Traffic will…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: She found refuge in comic characters

    HILLSBOROUGH: She found refuge in comic characters

    Now, she lives for cyborgs in ever-expanding online story By Chuck O’Donnell, Special Writer    It was hard enough for Christine Chong to fit in after her family left Taiwan in 1997 with little more than some clothes, a few personal items and dreams of a new life in Hillsborough.    She was 15 and had no…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: New officers hired

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: New officers hired

    Four new police officers were sworn in during Tuesday night’s Township Council meeting.  Four new police officers were sworn in during Tuesday night’s Township Council meeting.    Bafti “Ben” Salihi, 29, was born in Kosovo.    In April 2005, he became a naturalized citizen. In 2008, he received an Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice from Union County…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: She found refuge in comic characters
  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Security leads school changes