Author: Central Jersey

  • SOLUTIONS: New gauges needed to track global warming

    By Huck Fairman In the October issue of the journal Nature, Charles Kennel, oceanographer and former head of Scripps Institution of Oceanography co-authored with David Victor an article calling for climate policy-makers to "ditch the 2 degree C warming goal." He further explained this recommendation to members of The Citizens Climate Lobby on the Nov.…

  • PLUMSTED: Emergency services, business take stand against hunger

    PLUMSTED: Emergency services, business take stand against hunger

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    PLUMSTED — The emergency services have teamed up with local businesses to Camp Out for Hunger during this holiday season.    ”This is a first for us; we change our activities each year,” said Josh Jamison, fireman and EMT and a member of the Plumsted Township Fireman’s Mutual Benevolent Association Local…

  • WEDDING: Barnett-Medvin

    WEDDING: Barnett-Medvin

        Lauren Lee Barnett and Michael Jay Medvin were married Nov. 8, 2014, by Rabbi Joshua Goldstein, formerly of Princeton, at the Glen Island Harbour Club in New Rochelle, New York.     Rabbi Goldstein, a graduate of Princeton High School, is a lifelong friend of the groom’s father and officiated at the wedding of the…

  • CRANBURY: Historic Party

    CRANBURY: Historic Party

    Staff photo by Charles W. Kim. The Cranbury Historical & Preservation Society hosted a 350th birthday party for the state at the Cranbury Inn Saturday night.

  • MONTGOMERY: Attorney general assisting in Sheridan investigation 

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Staff Writer     MONTGOMERY — The New Jersey Office of the Attorney General has been providing the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office help with the investigation into the deaths of John and Joyce Sheridan’s “for several weeks,” according to the attorney general’s office director, Elie Honig.     Although the attorney general’s office is…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Robbinsville boys reach MOC

    ROBBINSVILLE: Robbinsville boys reach MOC

    Kroepfl, Murphy also advance By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Patrick Buonamassa started wheezing 100 meters into the Group II state championship race Saturday at Holmdel Park.    Despite the asthma attack, the Robbinsville High School senior wasn’t going to drop out of the race.    ”I had a job to do,” Buonamassa said. “Not many people…

  • PACKET PICKS: Nov. 21

    Through Dec. 4  Art exhibit at MCCC gallery      The Gallery at Mercer County Community College hosts “The Ice Next Time: Textiles and Artifacts of Dark Age North America (2026-2280),” a science fiction-inspired textile show by artist Stephen Hendee.     The show features textiles, clothing and artifacts with explanatory panels next to each…

  • CRANBURY: Turnpike crash kills Delaware trucker

    CRANBURY: Turnpike crash kills Delaware trucker

    Amy Batista photo. Firefighters work to extinguish three trucks that caught fire following a crash on the New Jersey Turnpike Tuesday night. A Delaware truck driver was killed in the accident.

  • “Diversity Issues in Higher Education” Conference Tackles Critical Issues for Social Change

    “Diversity Issues in Higher Education” Conference Tackles Critical Issues for Social Change

    By Gail Zoppo "We need a collective understand of diversity to create actions that positively change our environment," said Sophie Howlett, Ph.D., Associate Vice President for Learning Support and Director of Accreditation and Assessment at Kean University, during the opening remarks at the Diversity Issues in Higher Education conference on November 14. Titled "The Changing…