Category: archives

  • MHS teams poised for second Skyland season

    LaMastro likes sub-varsity feature of new league by Rudy Brandl, Sports Editor    Manville High is hoping its sophomore season in the Skyland Conference is a smashing success.    Many Manville teams took their fair share of lumps during the 2006-2007 school year. Facing bigger schools and better competition in a new league proved to be quite…

  • Love’s a Beach

    Pennington Players unfolds ‘Once On This Island.’ By: Stuart Duncan    Once On This Island is a colorful musical based on a novel by Rosa Guy (titled My Love, My Love), a twist on The Little Mermaid. It opened on Broadway in mid-October of 1990, was nominated for eight Tony Awards and since then has become…

  • ‘Superbad’

    ‘Superbad’

    McLovin (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) dances up a storm with Nicola (Aviva) in Superbad.

  • Office space moves slowly, study reports

    West Windsor mayor dismisses implications for train station redevelopment area By: Greg Forester    WEST WINDSOR — A recent Sitar-Rutgers report on the office space market in Mercer County paints a bleak picture, saying the economic indicators for the office market appear stagnant with the possibility of hitting a record high in square feet of vacant…

  • South Brunswick chamber seeking to revitalize

    After several years of inactivity, comeback effort launched By: Paul Koepp    Local business leaders and township officials are looking to breathe new life into the South Brunswick Chamber of Commerce.    Mayor Frank Gambatese met with a small group of prospective members recently to discuss plans to reorganize the local chamber, which has been inactive for…

  • Engineering a more ‘auto’ automobile

    Princeton University vehicle advances in DARPA competition By: Katie Wagner    A group of Princeton University students have taken another stride in their quest for developing technology for motor vehicles they think could save lives.    On August 9, the students were notified that their engineering team would be advancing to the semifinals in the Urban Challenge,…

  • Election reform bills deserve attention now

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Aug. 21    As we’ve remarked in this space before, we’re not enthusiastic about New Jersey moving up its presidential primary to February 2008.    We’re not persuaded that giving more clout to high-rollers who bankroll presidential candidates by holding an earlier primary outweighs the additional expense of conducting yet another election — on top…

  • WW question: How to educate 20,000 about redevelopment?

    Officials focus on new series of sessions By: Greg Forester    WEST WINDSOR — How do you educate 20,000 people so they can make an informed decision about a massive project in the middle of their hometown?    That is the question for the redevelopment steering committee that was scheduled to meet Monday with the goal of…

  • There’s no stopping the bocce brigade

    Elm Court residents take the action inside with gusto By: Adam Grybowski    The whooping and clapping coming from Elm Court’s community room on Thursday evenings tends to stir the curiosity of residents shuffling past the room’s entrance. Bingo, the perennial favorite activity at this residence for low-income elderly and disabled people, hardly elicits this kind…