Category: archives

  • CASC experiencing donation shortage

    The Community Action Service Center is struggling for monetary donations. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — Lydia Santoni-Lawrence is not seeing "just the usual suspects."    As the executive director of the Hightstown-East Windsor Community Action Service Center, Ms. Santoni-Lawrence said the people coming to her for help (with the rent, with clothes, with putting food on…

  • Lake drained to allow for maintenance

    Brainerd Lake experiences water decrease By: Melissa Morgan    For the past two weeks, Brainerd Lake’s water level has seen a sharp decrease compared to where it is normally this time of year.    Public Works Director Tom Witt said township officials intentionally made the lake shallower at the request of some Evans Drive residents.    He said…

  • Arts council seeks class space

    Cranbury summer camp in need of building for arts classes By: Jamie Simpson    The Cranbury Arts Council is looking for a building to hold its annual summer Art and Technology Camp.    Usually held at the Cranbury School, the camp will be unable to hold its July 7 to July 18 classes there because of construction…

  • Fourth-graders send holiday cheer overseas

    Students write and send gifts to military personnel. By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — Two restaurateurs and a class of fourth-graders are on a mission to bring some holiday cheer to military men and women serving overseas.    Tiger’s Tale owners Cory Wingerter and Adrian Stevens and Valerie Girandola’s Orchard Hill Elementary School class are cooperating in…

  • Plaque is tribute to university alumni generosity

    All 58,358 contributors to billion dollar campaign listed By: Jeff Milgram    From Vietnam War memorials to the walls of museums and concert halls, long lists of honored names are a common part of the landscape. Now, Princeton University has a plaque with the names of the 58,358 contributors to the 250th Anniversary Campaign that raised…

  • It’s time for legislature to clear the air

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Dec. 13 By: Packet Editorial    New York City is about to succeed where Princeton failed.    Next week, barring a last-minute hitch, the New York City Council will approve a sweeping ban on smoking in public places, including virtually all restaurants and bars. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who aggressively promoted this initiative, has promised to…

  • Millstone Bypass impact study delayed four months

    More time needed to review environmental and historic impacts By: David Campbell    A draft environmental study of alternatives to the Millstone Bypass has been delayed four months to give more time to review environmental and historic impacts.    The release of a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) evaluating 18 roadway alignment alternatives to the former state-endorsed…

  • Bennett achieves goal: world champion

    Lawrenceville resident takes diving gold medal at World Masters Championships By: Jim Green    Mary Bennett was fully confident this past October when she arrived at The World Masters Championships in Melbourne, Australia. After months upon months of preparation, the Lawrenceville resident knew she’d done all she could to win a diving Gold Medal in the…

  • HHS boys completed greatest X-C season ever

    Klueber, Vaccaro set high standards By: Rudy Brandl        The finest era in Hillsborough High boys’ cross country history came to an end when seniors Mike Klueber and Nick Vaccaro crossed the finish line at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions in Holmdel last month.    Klueber and Vaccaro didn’t finish with their best performances, but they…