Category: archives

  • The Tour continues…

    Packet kids climb the stairs on the way up to the newsroom. The Tour

  • Town mulls open space tax increase

    Question would appear on Nov. 5 ballot By: Brian Shappell    South Brunswick residents may be asked in November to support a tax increase designed to raise money for open space purchases.    The Township Council discussed options for a referendum question, to appear on the Nov. 5 general election ballot, that would ask for support of…

  • Art: Liberty

    Here is the photo from my trip to the Statue of Liberty in 2nd grade. By: Sarah Kutasi Here is the photo from my trip to the Statue of Liberty in 2nd grade.

  • Kids to Work Day

    Meet the Packet kids!    About two dozen children whose parents are employees at Packet Publications visited the company headquarters on Witherspoon Street in Princeton Thursday.    The children live in many different towns and have many different hobbies, career ideas and opinions about why they think newspapers are important.    Here are profiles of the children who…

  • Financial Questions

    Parents wait for answers on college aid By: Stacey Gorski    While the time for waiting to hear from college admission offices regarding applications is close to an end, some South Brunswick High School seniors and their parents are still waiting for the final important piece of the puzzle — financial aid.    "I have been doing…

  • It’s all in the timing …for school’s latest play

    Five one-act comedy plays will add up to this year’s spring play at the high school By:Krzysztof Scibiorski    The play — David Ives’ "All in the Timing" — is a set of five completely unrelated comedies, said director Matt Viola.    "The atmosphere will definitely be a mix of ‘Who’s Line is it Anyway?’ and ‘Saturday…

  • Art: Peter Sobel

    Where did my fish go, Kitty? Meow!!

  • Jury convicts former residenton charges of sexual assault

    By:Alec Moore    A former Hillsborough man was found guilty of sexual assault charges Thursday, April 18.    John Randall McLaughlin, 38, formerly of Van Liew Court was found guilty on one count of second degree sexual assault and one count of third degree aggravated criminal sexual contact by a Somerset County jury.    According to Somerset County…

  • Brown dives back into catching

    By: James McKeever    A fish out of water.    That’s sort of the way Fred Brown felt last year playing baseball for South Brunswick High School’s varsity team.    Starting at third base, Brown was out of position. But the didn’t gripe. Brown was happy to help his team any place he could, and third base was…