Author: Central Jersey

  • Blue Beacon Announces New General Manager

    By Blue Beacon Truck Washes Salina, KS (December 23, 2014) – Blue Beacon Truck Wash of Bordentown, NJ, is pleased to announce that Scott Cassidy has assumed the role of General Manager.   Prior to accepting the position at our Bordentown location, Scott was an Operations Manager at Blue Beacon of Elkton, MD.  Greg Thomas, Field…

  • 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…

  • PRINCETON: Not everyone stays home for the holidays

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Staff Writer Although many people take trips around the holidays, most don’t give or get those trips as last-minute gifts, according to local travel agents. This time of year the people who do travel plan family trips, cruises and island vacations mostly in advance but with very few trying to book at…

  • In Provence, the real Christmas

    In Provence, the real Christmas

    Photos by Carolyn Foote Edelmann These santons, small figurines used in nativity scenes created in southeast France, were made by the author.

  • REGION: Muslims mourn, condemn Pakistani massacre

    REGION: Muslims mourn, condemn Pakistani massacre

    Staff photo by Charles W. Kim. Princeton University sophomore, and Pakistani native, Hammad Aslam reads verses of po´etry to around 80 local Muslims attending a vigil for the more than 140 victims of Tuesday’s terrorist attack at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan.

  • 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…

  • PRINCETON: A modern day visit to the Battle of Princeton

    By Nicole M. Wells, Special Writer Editor’s note: Reprinted from the December issue of Packet Magazine. Dwarfed by the treeline of Princeton Battlefield State Park, looking out over the gently sloping, uninterupted expanse of lawn, it’s easy to imagine yourself stepping out onto the field and into 1777 — the year of the Battle of…

  • WEST WINDSOR: When illegal immigration meets a musical comedy

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — Some people can’t help but shout about it, others try to avoid talking about it but when a local playwright started thinking about illegal immigration she decided to write a musical comedy about it. "Manuel versus the Statue of Liberty" is inspired by the true story of…