Category: archives

  • GUEST COLUMN: To your health: Finding balance during holidays

    By Cynthia Comparato, Special Writer    The holidays are with us and this can cause a variety of feelings.    Feelings may range from joy, sadness, anxiety or a term we are all familiar with “stress.”    Stress is both a physical and emotional response that results from an increase in tension or worry about something that is…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Hoffman is new RHS girls hoop coach

    Veteran assistant prepared for new challenge By Bob Nuse, The Packet Group    Chris Hoffman has learned at the right hand of one of the state’s most successful girls basketball coaches.    After his 10-year apprenticeship, Hoffman felt the time was right to try the head coaching thing for himself. Hoffman is the new head coach of…

  • CRANBURY: Menorah to be placed in Cranbury public park

    David Kilby, Managing Editor    CRANBURY — Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky of the Chabad Jewish Center in Monroe received approval from the Township Committee to place a 6-foot-tall menorah next to the Christmas tree in Veterans Memorial Park, but it brought up a discussion about whether the park is appropriate for any type of holiday decorations with…

  • MONROE: Verizon NJ president talks tech with seniors

    MONROE: Verizon NJ president talks tech with seniors

       MONROE — When Gano B. Haley founded the Rossmoor Computer Club in Monroe in 1993, only a handful of the 30 members had their own e-mail address.    Today, with 300 members now in the club, it is rare to find anyone who isn’t communicating by e-mail.    ”The use of technology has exploded among seniors; Facebook…

  • CRANBURY: Lions Club dedicates bench to ‘Teddy’

    CRANBURY: Lions Club dedicates bench to ‘Teddy’

    The new bench dedicated to Theofilos Nikitiades, founder of Teddy’s restaraunt, sits facing the restaurant. Photo by Amy Batista.

  • MONROE: District awards contract for Applegarth asbestos removal

    But opening of school in 2012 still indefinite David Kilby, Managing Editor    MONROE — The Monroe Board of Education awarded a bid for asbestos removal at Applegarth School at its meeting Wednesday, but removing the asbestos in the school is only the first step toward getting it reopened by next September, and there is concern…

  • Fisherman’s Mark: Festival means help

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    Once again this year, a large portion of the proceeds from the Lambertville-New Hope Winter Festival will benefit Fisherman’s Mark.    Fisherman’s Mark is a Lambertville-based social services organization that has helped thousands of individuals and families from six counties in New Jersey and Pennsylvania since 1980.    This year’s winter festival…

  • BORDENTOWN: Children’s theater troupe to stage "The Nutcracker"

    By Birgitta Wolfe, Managing Editor    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The 30-member children’s dance troupe of the Bordentown Ballet Theatre will be center stage Saturday for its holiday production of “The Nutcracker.”    A ballet for children, featuring children, will be staged at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the Burlington Center for Performing Arts at 610 Fountain…

  • JAMESBURG: Jamesburg students take on artistic peace initiative

    JAMESBURG: Jamesburg students take on artistic peace initiative

    David Kilby, Managing Editor    JAMESBURG — Abstract expressionism artist Franck de Las Mercedes visited Grace Breckwedal Middle School on Tuesday to teach children about the power of art and to provoke a dialogue about peace and other powerful concepts through his Priority Boxes.    Mr. de Las Mercedes, of Weehawken, paints in his abstract art form…