• MONTGOMERY: Classic wins encourage MHS

    MONTGOMERY: Classic wins encourage MHS

    Boys basketball knocks off pair of top opponents in tourney By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    The Montgomery High boys basketball team didn’t claim a tournament championship with their two wins in the Vaughn Stapleton Classic at Bridgewater-Raritan High.    Well, not officially.    The Cougars were the only team in the four-team event to go 2-0, giving…

  • SIMPLE GREEN LIVING: Food waste recycling a success in Princeton

    SIMPLE GREEN LIVING: Food waste recycling a success in Princeton

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Special Writer    Editor’s note: Simple Green Living will be a monthly feature in the Princeton Packet’s Lifestyle section.    Another new year has come, and while you may have watched your resolutions dim and fade in the past, this year, here’s a resolution worth keeping: living a greener life.    Princeton is flush with…

  • Exceeding expectations

    Make-A-Wish celebrates one year in area By Keith Loria, Special Writer    As you’re driving down Perrineville Road in Monroe, you can’t help marveling at the beautiful Disney-esque castle that serves as the home of the Make-A-Wish organization in Monroe.    The 20,000-square-foot Samuel & Josephine Plumeri Wishing Place inside the fairy-tale castle is unlike any other…

  • MONROE: Planning Board member turns 100

    MONROE: Planning Board member turns 100

    Submitted photo Mayor Richard Pucci presents the key to the township to Morris Glass Dec. 23

  • PRINCETON: Panthers ready for Prime Time

    PDS boys take holiday hoops tournament By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Paris McLean knew the Princeton Day School boys basketball team was ready to step up and face better competition.    With two impressive wins, the Panthers proved their coach correct.    With wins over Robert Vaux and Roman Catholic, PDS captured the Flight 1 championship of…

  • MONROE: Planning Board member turns 100

    MONROE: Planning Board member turns 100

    By Amy Batista, Special writer    MONROE — Planning Board member Morris Glass got the Key to the Township from Mayor Richard Pucci as a birthday present during his 100th birthday celebration at the Clearbrook Clubhouse on Dec. 23.    ”When I turned 90, I thought who lives beyond, 90,” said Mr. Glass on Dec. 31. “Now,…

  • MONROE: Make-A-Wish hosts Macy’s ‘Believe Campaign’

    MONROE: Make-A-Wish hosts Macy’s ‘Believe Campaign’

    Amy Batista photo Balloon artist “Marion” makes a hat for one of the “Believe Campaign” attendees at the Make-A-Wish castle in Monroe Dec. 15.

  • PACKET PICKS: Jan. 4

    Saturday, Jan. 5 Central Jersey Dance Salsa Sensation The Central Jersey Dance Society will present Salsa Sensation dance, starting at 7 p.m. with a beginner lesson. An intermediate lesson with Michael Andino will start at 7:30 p.m. Open dancing will take place, 8:30-11:30 p.m.    The dance will be held at the Suzanne Patterson Center, Monument…

  • MONROE: Crash sends two to hospital

    MONROE: Crash sends two to hospital

    Amy Batista photo A crash on Schoolhouse and Nathaniel Road Dec. 27 sent two township women to the hospital, according to police.

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