• UPPER FREEHOLD: Webelos quiz council

    UPPER FREEHOLD: Webelos quiz council

    By Jane Meggitt, Special Writer    UPPER FREEHOLD — During routine meetings of the governing body, there’s not much of an audience in the township municipal meeting room. But that wasn’t the case at the Feb. 7 Township Committee meeting.    The room was filled with Webelos — short for We’ll Be Loyal Scouts — from Troop…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Fraudster pleads guilty in investment scam
  • HILLSBOROUGH: Raider boys cruise to county semis

    HHS basketball to play top seed Saturday By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Ian Progin has seen a few ups and downs, but he never worries about where the scoring will come from with his Hillsborough High School boys basketball team.    ”The nice thing about this team is it’s a well-balanced team,” said the Raiders…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: College students earn top grades

    Campus Corner column    Adam Berkowitz of Hillsborough was named to the fall semester dean’s list at Towson (Md.) University. He is an exercise science major and 2011 graduate of Hillsborough High School.    Simone Rudich of Hillsborough was named to the fall semester dean’s list at Gwynedd-Mercy College in Gwynedd Valley, Pa.    Junior Lauren Roman of…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Elks laud Boy Scouts for Hurricane Sandy efforts

    LAMBERTVILLE: Elks laud Boy Scouts for Hurricane Sandy efforts

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — The Lambertville Elks Lodge has honored a local Boy Scout troop for its assistance with an effort to help victims of Hurricane Sandy and with other community service projects with which the Elks are involved.    At a recent meeting of Lambertville Elks Lodge 1070, according to Elks member…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: City joins ‘first-rate group of municipalities’

    LAMBERTVILLE: City joins ‘first-rate group of municipalities’

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — The city, one of 125 towns out of 378 registered New Jersey municipalities that have attained Sustainable Jersey certification, participated in the Jan. 29 Sustainable Jersey Special Recognition Ceremony, held at the Forsgate Country Club in Monroe.    ”Lambertville has met the rigorous requirements to achieve Sustainable Jersey certification,”…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Middle school students perform play prior to heavy snowfall

    EAST WINDSOR: Middle school students perform play prior to heavy snowfall

    The show must go on! By Amy Batista, Special Writer ‘The highlight of the show for me was the enthusiastic applause from the mostly student-filled crowd at Friday’s conclusion and the excitement from the performers who were equally enthusiastic knowing they had just nailed a really good performance.’ -Paul Connolly, Board of Education    EAST WINDSOR —…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Recreation group helps firemen

    HOPEWELL VALLEY: Recreation group helps firemen

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    Known well throughout Hopewell Valley by now is that Mike Ackerson contributed a great deal of time, equipment and effort last summer toward building the turf athletic field that opened at Hopewell Valley Central High School last fall.    That’s why the million-dollar field, paid for with money raised by the…

  • NEW HOPE: Synagogue’s silent auction to benefit school

    NEW HOPE: Synagogue’s silent auction to benefit school

    Framed original painting by Judy Denn, Lambertville artist.

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