Author: Central Jersey

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Field Trip

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Field Trip

    Brooks Crossing students visit the Packet. Azra Baig photos. Princeton Packet employees Charles W. Kim, left, and Rob Meyer, right, show Brooks Crossing Newspaper Club students the printing press at the newspaper’s office in Princeton on Feb. 10. Executive Editor Aubrey Huston explains the news editing process to the 17 students.

  • MONTGOMERY: Montgomery girls continue special season

    MONTGOMERY: Montgomery girls continue special season

    Junior Zoe Zimmer was second in the 100 back and fourth in the 50 free to help the Mont´gomery High girls swim team to a 129-41 win over East Brunswick in the Central Jersey A Division final. Photo by Robert Gleason

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: $1 million hugs (VIDEO)
  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Board hears PARCC concerns

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Board hears PARCC concerns

    Officials answer questions about controversial testing By Ed Birch, Special Writer At Thursday night’s Board of Education meeting, many township residents voiced their concerns about the upcoming controversial Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, standardized exams that will soon be administered to the district’s students. The examination, a state mandate,…

  • Featured Tabby’s Place Cat

    Featured Tabby’s Place Cat

    By Mary Barna Knox is a handsome 4-year-old cat. He was in bad shape when a kind person rescued him from the streets. Thanks to a generous grant from Paws and Claws Society for Animals, Knox received life-saving surgery to remove a badly-damaged leg. Knox is FIV positive and is living with other FIV cats…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: AROUND THE SCHOOLS

    Geography is alive at Crossroads By Mark Daniels, Principal Each year, Crossroads North Middle School participates in the National Geographic Bee, or as it’s known at Crossroads, “The Geography Bee.” The contest is designed to encourage teachers to include geography in their classrooms, spark student interest in the subject, and increase public awareness about geography.…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: $1 million hugs (VIDEO)

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: $1 million hugs (VIDEO)

    Charles W. Kim photo. Children attending the 5th annual Hugs for Brady Gala Saturday night smash balloons on the dance floor after the announcement that the local charity had raised more than $1 million in the last four years.

  • Bravura Philarmonic & Golandsky Instititute Present “Magnificent Masterworks”

    Bravura Philarmonic & Golandsky Instititute Present “Magnificent Masterworks”

    By E von Autenried The award-winning Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra, led by music director and conductor Chiu-Tze Lin, will perform a concert, Magnificent Masterworks, on Sunday, March 8, 2015 at 7:00 pm at Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University. This concert will feature 28-year old pianist, Nathaniel LaNasa, who will perform the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2.    It…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: VIKING VIBE

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: VIKING VIBE

    Submitted photo. The Vikings Marching Band won second place during its national competition in the mead´owlands earlier this year.