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  • Theater camp lets kids shine

    Recreation department hosts camp By:Joseph Harvie    MONROE — The meeting room at the recreation center was overrun recently by screaming children.    The shrieking youngsters were aspiring actors pretending to be stuck to a sticky floor thick with super glue.    Earlier this week about 24 children read three children’s books, wrote a play based on the…

  • Angling for a big catch at the derby

    Monroe hosts fishing trip By:Joseph Harvie    MONROE — They came wearing hats of all sorts, used tackle boxes and inverted bait buckets as stools and had lures and worms in hand.    The smell of chili dogs floated on gusts of wind that blew across the seven ponds at Molders Fish Farm.    Golf carts whizzed down…

  • Popular university tours starts with a backward step

    Student guides craft their own routine before a following of 100 to 150 spectators. By: Aleen Crispino    Many jobs require the ability to think on one’s feet, the art of being a poised public speaker and the mental agility to be able to field questions on a variety of topics.    Princeton University students who volunteer…

  • Step right up

    Figuring out the twists and turns and ups and downs on the ride of carnival life By: Matthew Kirdahy    Editor’s note: South Brunswick Post reporter Matthew Kirdahy decided to volunteer his time at the YMCA carnival last week. He spent a night on the other side of the water gun booth to give reader’s an…

  • MTV reality show casting call to come to Princeton Public Library

    "MADE" in search for young people with interesting goals. By: Aleen Crispino    Princeton Public Library will be the scene Tuesday of an open casting call for the MTV series "MADE," said Tim Quinn, public information director at the library.    Casting directors for the reality-based show are seeking Princeton-area young people ages 15-21 who have an…

  • Letters to the Editor, Aug. 6

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Aug. 6 Jitney would serve township well To the editor:     A jitney is not only a wonderful idea for the borough (The Packet, "Jitneys have a place in our travel patterns," Aug. 3) , but would work even better for the township.    It would reduce the high school parking burden…

  • A resident’s story of survival

    Frida Herskovitz, a survivor of Auschwitz By:Sharlee Joy DiMenichi MONROE— Facing Nazi soldiers armed with rifles, German shepherds and a list of Jews, the mother of 10 declined her gentile neighbor’s offer to hide some of the family.    Given two hours to pack, the woman believed she, her husband and children were being transported from…

  • Head of PU community services takes new Mercer County post

    Sasa Olessi Montano named county’s first deputy director for community services. By: Jeff Milgram    Princeton University’s loss is Mercer County’s gain.    Sasa Olessi Montaño, who has led the Pace Center for Community Service at Princeton since 2001, is leaving the university to become Mercer County’s first deputy director for community service.    "I am thrilled to…

  • Montgomery Center for the Arts to celebrate Oktober Family Fest

       The Montgomery Center for the Arts (MCA) is organizing an Oktober Family Fest, featuring German food, beer, music, dancing, a German heritage exhibition, arts and crafts, and children’s activities, to take place Saturday, Oct. 2, from noon to 6 p.m.    The event will benefit the nonprofit MCA at The 1860 House, which showcases art and…