Author: Central Jersey

  • MANVILLE: Students thanked for help at town events

    MANVILLE: Students thanked for help at town events

    By Mary ELlen Day, Special Writer Borough Council honored students, baseball players, coaches and the VFW at Monday night’s meeting for their accomplishments and community support. Mayor Angelo Corradino and Recreation Director Stephanie Cornelson, along with Councilman Mark Gregor, liaison to the recreation commission, awarded certificates of appreciation and a trophy. "Behind every community is…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Ravens looking to take step forward

    Boys hoops making progress By Bob Nuse, The Packet Group    As Kyle Flanagan enters his third season as head coach of the Robbinsville High boys basketball team, he has had a chance to start leaving a lasting mark on the program.    ”It’s good now that we are entering my third year there are a lot…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Rise delivers gifts to 800 local needy families

    HIGHTSTOWN: Rise delivers gifts to 800 local needy families

    Amy Batista photo. Santa visits with a child during the Rise Holiday Party in Hightstown. The organization made the holiday season brighter for almost 1,000 local families this year.

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Town getting recycling grant

    TRENTON — South Brunswick will be getting a $181,000 state recycling grant, officials announced this week. New Jersey’s municipalities will receive more than $15 million in state recycling grants to help implement and enhance local recycling efforts, Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Bob Martin announced in a press release Wednesday. The funds, based on…

  • BORDENTOWN JOTTINGS: Dec. 18

    3rd Tues. 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 & Thursdays    ZUMBA classes take place Tuesdays from 6-7 p.m. and Thursdays from 5:30-6:30…

  • Hero Percy Jackson Takes on Greeks Gods in “The Lightning Thief” at MCCC’s Kelsey Theatre Jan. 17

    Hero Percy Jackson Takes on Greeks Gods in “The Lightning Thief” at MCCC’s Kelsey Theatre Jan. 17

    From left, Annabeth, Percy Jackson and Grover set out to make things right with the Greek gods in "The Lightning Thief" Jan. 17 at Kelsey Theatre.

  • PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter

    Princeton Joshua Black, 28, of Morrisville, Pennsylvania, was arrested in police headquarters at 9:18 p.m. Dec. 12 for allegedly tossing a cup of hot tea on a fellow employee’s arm during a verbal dispute at a Hulfish Street restaurant, causing burns to the employee’s arm. He was charged with aggravated assault and possession of a…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Sourland Conservancy concerned about Gibraltar Quarry plans

    Letter to the editor To the editor: At its Dec. 8 meeting, the Montgomery Township Planning Board unanimously approved a site plan for three construction projects at the Gibraltar quarry off Route 601. The Sourland Conservancy has serious concerns about three aspects of the plan: (1) deforestation; (2) insufficient reforestation plans, and (3) the use…

  • Hero Percy Jackson Takes on Greeks Gods in “The Lightning Thief” at MCCC’s Kelsey Theatre Jan. 17

    Hero Percy Jackson Takes on Greeks Gods in “The Lightning Thief” at MCCC’s Kelsey Theatre Jan. 17

    By Wendy Humphrey Young Percy Jackson is about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime as he tries to set things right in the mythological world of the Greek gods.  Young audiences will thrill to the new musical adaptation of “The Lightning Thief,” to be presented by Theatreworks USA at Mercer County Community College’s…