• HAMILTON: Happy angler

    HAMILTON: Happy angler

    Picasa Photo by Rebecca Nowalski

  • HAMILTON: Students enjoy annual rocket launch event

    HAMILTON: Students enjoy annual rocket launch event

    Officials also recognize 50th anniversary of the school by James McEvoy, Managing Editor  HAMILTON — Fourth graders at Robinson Elementary School closed the school’s 50th year with a blast Tuesday at the annual rocket launch event.    The event, which began in 1974, was held under cloudy skies with students, parents, teachers and state legislators as…

  • PRINCETON: The Christies ‘Dine Out’ in town

    Gov. Chris Christie and his wife dined out at the Witherspoon Grill Wednesday to help promote a nationwide fundraiser to support the Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund. By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Gov. Chris Christie and his wife dined out at the Witherspoon Grill Wednesday to help promote a nationwide fundraiser to support…

  • Thanks, Larry Mansier

    Noel Goeke, president Hopewell Valley Senior Foundation     I commend Larry Mansier for a very successful Explorations Series. It was through his efforts that the program is such a success.    Larry began the series in the fall of 2009 and has continued to have courses every fall and spring. This fall he is planning another…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Tuesday’s forum aims to bring an awareness of suicide hints

       Suicide is preventable and resources are available.    That’s the message the community group BoroSAFE (Suicide Awareness for Everyone) will bring in an awareness forum on Tuesday, June 25, from 9 a.m. to noon in the auditorium of Hillsborough High School on Raider Boulevard.    This forum looks to bring community members together and open up a…

  • STATE WE’RE IN: Let the voters decide

    STATE WE’RE IN: Let the voters decide

    By Michele Byers, Special to the Packet We New Jerseyans are perpetually enthusiastic about preserving open space, farmland, parks and historic sites.    Thirteen consecutive times since 1961, citizens in this state we’re in have voted to fund the Garden State’s preservation programs. These programs have been hugely successful and have become a national model!    The…

  • MONROE: New Parker Home breaks ground

    MONROE: New Parker Home breaks ground

    Submitted photos Above an artist’s rendering of the new facility. Below, guests break ground on the 96-bed project June 12.

  • PRINCETON: Health board expresses concerns about pipeline

    The Princeton Board of Health added its voice Tuesday to the chorus of concern directed at a proposed natural gas pipeline project that has residents worried. By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    The Princeton Board of Health added its voice Tuesday to the chorus of concern directed at a proposed natural gas pipeline project that…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Beautiful gifts: Girls give locks to cancer patients

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Beautiful gifts: Girls give locks to cancer patients

    Staff photos by Charles W. Kim Students and teachers give up some of their hair to make wigs for cancer patients at Crossroads South Middle School Wednesday. Donors are treated to a professional styling following the clipping.

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