• MONROE: Residents ‘beg’ council to move Parker project

    MONROE: Residents ‘beg’ council to move Parker project

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    MONROE — Residents appealed to the Township Council on Monday night to relocate a planned nursing home and complained they were not allowed to speak at the Nov. 28 Planning Board meeting when the application was approved.    ”I absolutely mean no disrespect to anyone here. I hope you don’t shut…

  • It’s trolley Time!

    It’s trolley Time!

    By Anthony Stoeckert, Special Writer    On the Saturday after Thanksgiving, I was exhausted.    It was late afternoon, and two days of driving, eating and shopping — along with a nasty chill in the air — had me wishing I was home, wearing sweatpants as I drank hot cider and vegged in front of the TV.…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: SBHS Athletic Club hosts 5K run

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: SBHS Athletic Club hosts 5K run

       Fog welcomed more than 200 runners, volunteers, and families on the morning of Dec. 2 at South Brunswick High School for the 8th Annual Run with the Vikings 5K presented by the Viking Athletic Club.    The race had to be rescheduled due to hurricane sandy, but despite the calendar reading December, the runners were treated…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: State finals bound!

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: State finals bound!

    Vikings slay Old Bridge Knights 14-7 By Ed Birch, Special Writer    The South Brunswick Vikings advanced to the NJSIAA Central Division, Group 5 finals, with a dramatic 14-7 victory over the Old Bridge Knights on Friday night in a game played under unusually cold conditions.    The Vikings will play the undefeated Manalapan High School Braves…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Police: Drunken drivers campaign begins Friday

       Lambertville law enforcement officers will be cracking down on drunken drivers as part of the annual holiday season’s “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” statewide campaign.    Beginning Friday (Dec. 7) through Jan. 2, local and state law enforcement officials will conduct saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints looking for motorists who may be driving while intoxicated.…

  • ‘Rules of Civility’ author is book luncheon speaker

    ‘Rules of Civility’ author is book luncheon speaker

    Pictured at the Book Lovers’ Luncheon are (from left) Hopewell Valley residents: (back) Terri Genova, Carol Jackson (chairwoman), Randee Tengi, Kathy Mikalsen and Meredith Van Pelt; (front) Denise Nichols (HVEF president), Amor Towles and Jessica Clingman.

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Cartoon

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Cartoon

    By Steven Birch Holiday Wish

  • Anniversary concerts raise over $10K for relief

       On Dec. 1 and 2, Music Together, an early childhood music education program, raised over $10,000 to support “Kids In Distressed Situations” (K.I.D.S.) Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Fund with three successful benefit concerts at Music Together’s international headquarters in Hopewell Township.    The concerts, which celebrated the 25th anniversary of Music Together, became a benefit to…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Raider gymnasts fifth at MOC

    By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Rachel Pallay knew that her senior season for the Hillsborough High School gymnastics team wasn’t going to go the way she had dreamed.    Getting to compete at the Meet of Champions with the Raiders and individually felt pretty good considering her season began with a badly sprained ankle and…

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