Author: Central Jersey

  • Mystery solved?

    Mystery solved?

    Princeton author pens thriller about JFK assassination By Anthony Stoeckert, PacketMedia Group R.G. Belsky says he isn’t a Kennedy assassination conspiracy buff, but he also doesn’t believe the Warren Commission’s conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in murdering John F. Kennedy in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963.     When deciding to write about the…

  • GUEST OPINION: Thanks to DRBC for deciding to review PennEast pipeline

    By Patty Cronheim The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) has exercised its jurisdiction over the proposed PennEast pipeline, and I applaud this decision. This important interstate agency has the authority to look at the big picture – how natural gas pipelines impact the Delaware River Basin. The DRBC has the legal authority to require PennEast…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Rise opens second facility

    HIGHTSTOWN: Rise opens second facility

    Ribbon cut on Nov. 14 By Amy Batista, Special Writer HIGHTSTOWN — Rise celebrated the grand opening of its second Greater Goods Thrift Store with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Nov. 14 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. "This new walk-up location on Main Street will allow us to more easily interact and reach out to our…

  • 15TH DISTRICT: Gusciora seeking 10th term in Assembly

    By Philip Sean Curran, Packet Media Group Assemblyman Reed Gusciora has turned his attention to retaining his seat in the Legislature, now that he is no longer being considered for a judgeship. Mr. Gusciora, a Democrat whose district includes Hopewell Borough, Hopewell Township and Pennington, mingled with supporters Nov. 18 at the Triumph Brewing Company…

  • Mystery solved?

    Mystery solved?

    Dick Belsky Photo by John Makely / NBC News

  • PENNINGTON: Pinch of love

    PENNINGTON: Pinch of love

    Painted Oak Nursery School students get the ingredients ready to prepare cranberry sauce for TASK Thanksgiving dinner. Shown from left are Jane Ullman, William Langille, Abby Robinson, Taegan Levy, Charlie Phillips and Pearl Kennedy.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: HHS girls race to second at MOC

    HILLSBOROUGH: HHS girls race to second at MOC

    Mauer finished seventh overall By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    A year ago, Stephanie Mauer and the Hillsborough High School girls cross country team didn’t have the opportunity to run at the Meet of Champions.    The junior and the Raiders returned with a vengeance this year to place second to Red Bank Catholic at Holmdel…

  • ALLENTOWN: On to the finals

    Allentown team to face Delsea on Dec. 6 By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    David Krieg’s mohawk paced back and forth on the Allentown High School sidelines as his football team wound away the final minutes of its 25-18 win over Central Regional.    ”I knew we’d pull it out,” said Krieg, the Redbirds’ senior linebacker.…

  • HEALTH MATTERS: Nurse-midwives offering more care for women

    By Ursula Miguel, Princeton HealthCare System For most healthy women, having a baby can be a natural, safe and empowering process.     Recognizing this, more and more women are choosing midwives to provide healthcare services during childbirth and throughout their lives.     Midwifery care encompasses a full range of primary healthcare services for women from…