Author: Central Jersey

  • In the Kitchen: Step up to the bar cookies

    In the Kitchen: Step up to the bar cookies

    A sweet way to mark New Year’s By Faith Bahadurian    An assortment of bar cookies always attracts a crowd, and could be perfect for your New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day spread. Almost everyone has a family favorite and, just as with cookies, the display often sparks conversation about those treasured recipes.    The classics…

  • BORDENTOWN JOTTINGS: Dec. 25

    3rd Tuesday of the month    The Bordentown City Green Team meets the third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Carslake Community Center, 209 Crosswicks Road.    Meetings are open to the public. Reach the Green Team at [email protected]. Tuesdays and Thursdays    ZUMBA classes take place Tuesdays from 6-7 p.m. and Thursdays from 5:30-6:30…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: RHS girls hope for breakthrough hoops season

    By Bob Nuse, The Packet Group    As Chris Hoffman begins his fourth year as the head coach of the Robbinsville High girls basketball team, he feels as though the pieces are in place for this to be a breakthrough season for the program.    ”Kaitlyn (Herbert) is a senior and she got here when I got…

  • Florence girl raises money for gifts for needy kids

    Florence girl raises money for gifts for needy kids

       DALLAS, Pennsylvania — The Government, Law and National Security Program at Misericordia University recently raised money to purchase toys for children in the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital Pediatrics Unit, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.    The holiday fundraiser involved students and faculty, including Nicole Sadler, of Florence, collecting donations from the campus community.    The club matched the donations that were…

  • MANSFIELD: Sixth-graders donate gifts to local youth

    MANSFIELD: Sixth-graders donate gifts to local youth

       The sixth-grade Advisory Council of Mansfield Township Elementary School asked fellow students to donate holiday gifts to their peers at a local residential youth facility, and its benefits were bountiful.    For eight school days, students at both Mansfield Township Elementary School and John Hydock Elementary School thought of others.    Mansfield students carried toys and gifts…

  • REGION: Muslims mourn, condemn Pakistani massacre

    REGION: Muslims mourn, condemn Pakistani massacre

    Gathering shows international impact of attack By Charles W. Kim, Packet Media Group About 80 Muslims from the area attended "A Gathering of Souls" vigil at the Murray-Dodge Hall in Princeton University Wednesday night to mourn the loss of more than 140 people, mostly children, after Tuesday’s Taliban attack at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan.…

  • Featured Tabby’s Place Cat

    By Mary Barna Brielle is a very special 6-year old cat. She’s highly intelligent, friendly with people, and will tolerate most other cats. She was born with some shortened bones and joint abnormalities so her front legs and tail are shorter than most cats, but that doesn’t stop our adorable girl from getting around. She…

  • CRANBURY: PHS girls hockey aims for improvement

    By Bob Nuse, The Packet Group    A quick 2-0 start to the season had the Princeton High School girls ice hockey team feeling optimistic about their early-season matchup with Princeton Day School.    The Little Tigers opened the season with wins over Pingry and Summit before falling to Portledge and Morristown-Beard. The Little Tigers scored nine…

  • In Provence, the real Christmas

    In Provence, the real Christmas

    Sharing a special holiday ritual in France By Carolyn Foote Edelmann    Friends were surprisingly worried, when they learned I was moving to Provence to see the seasons round. “But, Carolyn, you’ll be lonely!” “You with your two years of college French!” “The French will never invite you into their homes.” And so forth.    I paid…