• PRINCETON: Leaders lobby to counter bill

    PRINCETON: Leaders lobby to counter bill

    Private colleges could get land use oversight privileges By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    TRENTON — A bill critics said would give private colleges carte blanche to build as they please without local oversight was held up by a state Assembly committee on Monday.    The legislation, one that has unified Princeton and other college towns…

  • American Legion Convention

    American Legion Convention

    American Legion Post 401, South Brunswick, received two Public Relations Awards At the American Legion Convention in Wildwood, June 14, 2013, American Legion Post 401, South Brunswick, received two Public Relations Awards.  One for Best Post Website and one for Best Use of Media in Promoting the Post and the American Legion.  State Vice Commander Andy…

  • American Legion Convention

    American Legion Convention

    American Legion State Vice Commander Andy Jackson (right) presented State Public Relations awards to Gary Cooper, commander of Post 401.

  • After you bake it up, Cake It Up

    After you bake it up, Cake It Up

    Couture bases make cakes stand out in a crowd By Bernadette Suski-Harding, Special Writer    Never in her wildest imaginings did Beth “Birdie” Carnevale think planning her daughter’s wedding would inspire a new career path for her, but that’s exactly what happened.    Daughter Nicolina’s 2011 wedding was the stuff of fairytales: beautiful handmade wedding gown; custom…

  • PRINCETON: University: No arrests at this point

    PRINCETON: University: No arrests at this point

    Police tape blocks entrance to a deserted Princeton University campus on Tuesday afternoon. Photo: Charley Falkenburg

  • North Brunswick students, staff raise $3,500 for Tourette Syndrome

    By Jeff Weber NORTH BRUNSWICK – The Student Government Organization (SGO) at North Brunswick High School has been actively trying to raise money to benefit the New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS) for the majority of 2012-13 school year. And the fruits of their labor have been bountiful. Students, faculty and…

  • MONTGOMERY: Teen pleads guilty in fatal crash

    Kingston woman died in December collision By Charles Kim, Packet Media Group    SOMERVILLE — A Montgomery teenager will spend up to the next five years in jail for killing a Kingston woman on Route 206 in December.    Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey D. Soriano announced Friday that Samuel E. Oltmans, 18, of the Belle Mead section…

  • MONTGOMERY: School’s Heritage Day celebrates cultural diversity

    MONTGOMERY: School’s Heritage Day celebrates cultural diversity

    More than 800 parents and guests flocked to school for the annual Heritage Day, a celebration of cultures and of what it means to have diversity in the United States. By Payal Marathe, Special to the Packet    MONTGOMERY — The Lower Middle School was transformed into a world showcase on Friday.    More than 800 parents…

  • MANVILLE: County announces schedule of summer concerts

    Kickoff — with fireworks — is on July 4    Calypso and disco on Independence Day will kick off the Somerset County Park Commission’s Sunday evening summer concerts at Duke Island Park on Old York Road in Bridgewater.    All concerts are free. Bring lawn chairs and picnic baskets and enjoy relaxed Sunday evenings with live entertainment.…

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