Category: archives

  • Field hockey notebook

    Stuart returns to home sweet home By: Bob Nuse    After two years of playing and practicing away from home, Stuart Country Day School appears set to have a field to call their own.    "Hopefully we’ll be out there for our first home game on the 17th against Lawrenceville," said Stuart coach Missy Bruvik, whose team…

  • Bear-hunt opponents rally near governor’s mansion

    State’s planned December hunt protested. By: David Campbell    More than 250 people gathered outside the governor’s residence at Drumthwacket on Saturday to protest the state’s planned December bear hunt.    The protest was organized by the Bear Education and Resource Group and the Humane Society of the United States.    The state is issuing a total of…

  • Maruca returns to the sidelines

    North field hockey coach excited by return By: Bob Nuse    After a couple of years away from the sidelines, Shannon Maruca was ready to get back to the field hockey field.    Maruca, who was the head coach for 10 years at Lawrence High, is back in the coaching ranks again as the new head coach…

  • Will we ever come to terms with Sept. 11?

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Sept. 9 By: Packet Editorial    It’s going to be hard to get through the next couple of days without thinking — a lot — about Sept. 11, 2001.    Part of the reason, of course, will be the incessant press coverage. It’s already hard to pick up a paper or watch TV for more…

  • MILESTONES

    Issue of Sept. 9-11 PHARMA    Hopewell resident Michele Carnevale has been appointed as a clinical project coordinator for ClinPhone Inc., a provider of electronic clinical trial management solutions using Internet and telephone-based services in West Windsor. Ms. Carnevale’s responsibilities will include the coordination of design specification processes for clinical studies and working closely with internal…

  • Sept. 8, 10:53 p.m.: Rest in peace, Warren

    A great voice is lost to the world. But we will always have his music. By: Hank Kalet    So, it finally happened, as we all knew it would. Warren Zevon died at age 56 of a rare form of cancer. Rest in peace Warren. There is nothing more to say.

  • Life in a Cigar Factory

    Emmy-winning actor Jimmy Smits discusses his role in McCarter Theatre’s season-opening production. By: Matt Smith RELATED STORY: Reading Aloud Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz romanticizes Cuban literary tradition in ‘Anna in the Tropics,’ opening McCarter’s new Berlind Theatre. TIME OFF PHOTO: FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI "There’s something about the play that intrigues me," says Jimmy Smits. "It’s…

  • Sept. 8, 10:55 p.m.: Looking stiff from the podium

    Maybe the stress of the lie is finally wearing him down. By: Hank Kalet    So did anyone else think that El Presidente looked stiff and contrived last night? I only caught snippets of the speech – I have an allergy to staged political events and generally prefer to read the written text to avoid getting…

  • Life in a Cigar Factory

    Emmy-winning actor Jimmy Smits discusses his role in McCarter Theatre’s season-opening production. By: Matt Smith Reading Aloud Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz romanticizes Cuban literary tradition in ‘Anna in the Tropics,’ opening McCarter’s new Berlind Theatre. TIME OFF PHOTO: FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI "There’s something about the play that intrigues me," says Jimmy Smits. "It’s great because…