Author: Central Jersey

  • CRANBURY: Sewer contract bids sought

    By Nicole M. Wells, Special Writer CRANBURY — An anticipated shared services agreement with South Brunswick Township for the township’s sanitary sewer system maintenance is spiraling down the drain, and is expected to disappear altogether sometime in March, according to Mayor Jay Taylor. “South Brunswick will not continue the maintenance of Cranbury’s sewer system on…

  • Time has arrived for single-use bag ordinance

    Bainy Suri, Princeton     It is now time for Princeton Council to pass an ordinance on single-use, carryout bags.     In November 2014, the Princeton community voted overwhelmingly in favor of reducing single-use plastic bags. Every single district with the exception of one District 3 (a virtual tie) voted overwhelmingly for the referendum.     The…

  • 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: Parents want PARCC tests parked

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Parents want PARCC tests parked

    Staff photo by Charles W. Kim. Parent Lisa Rogers speaks to attendees during a screening of the movie “Standardized” at the South Brunswick Public Works Building Wednesday night.

  • PLAINSBORO: Newcomers are help to Knight swimming

    North wins state tourney openers By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    A couple of new swimmers to the West Windsor-Plainsboro North program helped the boys and girls swim teams come off a solid Mercer County Championships to advance past the first round of the state tournament Tuesday.    Abdallah Gendia won the 50 freestyle and 100…

  • 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…

  • CRANBURY: Third straight title capped by records

    PHS girls swim cruises in county By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Jess Bai and the Princeton High School girls swim team already had a great deal of confidence after an unbeaten regular season.    Their confidence rose a bit more when they added their third straight Mercer County Championship title Saturday at West Windsor-Plainsboro North.…