Author: Central Jersey

  • JAMESBURG: Historic mansion repairs proceed

    JAMESBURG: Historic mansion repairs proceed

    By Maxine Bogle, Special Writer JAMESBURG — After five years, the borough’s historic Lakeview mansion is ready to begin its final phase of renovations. The nationally registered home, which is also known as the Buckelew mansion, is owned by the Borough of Jamesburg and is used as a museum. In 2008, the museum doors closed…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Strickland signs with Syracuse Orange

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Strickland signs with Syracuse Orange

    By Ed Birch, Special Writer SBHS senior Dontae Strickland, captain and star of the South Brunswick High School Vikings football squad, and ranked one of the best running backs in the state of New Jersey has signed his football scholarship agreement to attend Syracuse University. Mr. Strickland signed the agreement at 7 a.m. on Feb.…

  • Taking it slow and easy

    Taking it slow and easy

    By Faith Bahadurian    I love my Crock-Pot. Oops, make that my Hamilton Beach slow cooker, since it’s not the original brand name appliance that gave rise to a whole new industry in the 1970s.    Today, basic models can be had for under $20, although fancy programmable ones can cost $100 and up. I went without…

  • HAMILTON: Resident sentenced to state prison for distributing child pornography

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Staff Writer    A 27-year-old resident has been sentenced to state prison after pleading guilty to a second-degree charge of distributing child pornography.    Superior Court Judge Timothy P. Lydon sitting in Mercer County sentenced Celalletti “Steve” Koc on Feb. 6 to five years in state prison, including 2 ½ years of parole…

  • ARTISTIC LICENSE: Containing multitudes

    ARTISTIC LICENSE: Containing multitudes

    Poet Evie Shockley will share her words at McCarter Theatre By Hank Kalet    There is a poem in Evie Shockley’s brilliant 2011 collection, “The New Black,” that sums up for me the power of her writing.    The poem, “dependencies,” deconstructs one of the chief myths of American history, the egalitarian beliefs and essential goodness of…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Strickland signs with Syracuse Orange

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Strickland signs with Syracuse Orange

    Ed Birch photo. SBHS senior Dontae Strickland, center, signs to go to Syra´cuse University while being surrounded by family members at the high school on Wednesday morning.

  • EDITORIAL: Teens expose racism

        Princeton has long been a town where the races have co-existed side-by-side, not always together, but with an ability to get along. The willingness for different racial groups to accept each other has, in most cases, provided a racial harmony in the community.     In this issue of The Packet, there are two articles…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Lady Vikings celebrate senior players

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Lady Vikings celebrate senior players

    By Azra Baig, Special Writer SBHS seniors Brianna Davis and Prathna Patel were celebrated by fellow girls basketball team members this week.

  • African Americans Learning from the Past to Avoid the 14 Biggest Post-Divorce Mistakes

    African Americans Learning from the Past to Avoid the 14 Biggest Post-Divorce Mistakes

    By 1888 PressRelease 1888PressRelease – With the rise in divorce for the African American community has come heartbreak, drama and broken homes as well as a collective need to learn how to navigate through tough breakups. In the spirit of learning from history, Chicago family law practitioner Lester L. Barclay shared the 14 biggest post-divorce…