• HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP VACANCIES

       Hopewell Township has a number of vacancies on its boards and committees.    Members are appointed by the mayor and Hopewell Township Committee for one, two or three years.    Boards and commissions meet monthly or quarterly. If interested in applying for any of these vacancies, email a letter of interest to Laurie Gompf, Hopewell Township clerk,…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: BOE adding school days

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: BOE adding school days

    By Ed Birch, Special Writer    The South Brunswick Board of Education unanimously approved changes in the 2012-13 district school calendar Monday night that will add instructional days due to Hurricane Sandy.    These changes were caused by school closings forced by the damage caused when the storm hit the district Oct. 29.    Sandy toppled hundreds of…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: SBHS Athletic Club hosts 5K run

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: SBHS Athletic Club hosts 5K run

    Submitted photos Above, runners begin the 5K trek around South Brunswick High School Dec. 2. Below, resident Azra Baig, of South Brunswick, crosses the finish line.

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: BOE adding school days
  • It’s Never Too Late: Our "Fulfilling the Promise" Journey to Israel

    It’s Never Too Late: Our "Fulfilling the Promise" Journey to Israel

    By Ellen Kabot On November 4, 2012, 21 seniors (some as old as 97) from the Wilf Campus gathered to embark on an amazing, late-in-life journey to Israel. Thirteen of us had never been to Israel before. After a long but comfortable flight on El Al, we arrived at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Efficiency evaluation is new consultant’s focus

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    Faced with the fact that its preliminary budget estimates for 2013 could call for a municipal tax rate increase of 3¼ cents per $100 of assessed property value, the Hopewell Township Committee has decided to hire a consulting firm to evaluate the efficiency of township government.    The firm, Center for…

  • GUEST OPINION: Decriminalize marijuana in New Jersey

    By Ken Wolski    Barbara Sprechman lists many reasons for citizens to fear the evolving policies on marijuana in “Legalizing marijuana has a heavy cost” (The Packet, Nov. 30).    Unfortunately, nearly everything Ms. Sprechman said was misleading or outright false.    It is nonsense to suggest that marijuana use leads to a permanently lowered IQ. There is…

  • ENGAGEMENTL Hreshko — DeLisi

    ENGAGEMENTL Hreshko — DeLisi

    William DeLisi and Christina Hreshko

  • CRANBURY: Lions host annual pancake breakfast with Santa

    CRANBURY: Lions host annual pancake breakfast with Santa

    By Amy Batista, Special writer    CRANBURY — Families filled the Cranbury School cafeteria Sunday with the aroma of pancakes drifting outside the building in celebration of the 65th annual Cranbury Lions Club pancake breakfast with Santa.    ”The breakfast is the unofficial start of the Holiday Season in Cranbury for many years,” said Andre Mento, First…

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