• CRANBURY: Book details town’s history

    CRANBURY: Book details town’s history

       CRANBURY — Just prior to the start of the annual Memorial Day parade and throughout it, local resident John Whiteclay Chambers II was signing copies of his new book, “Cranbury, A New Jersey Town from the Colonial Era to the Present,” in front of the Cranbury History Center at 6 S. Main St.    His book…

  • ’Get the Kinks out’

    Joe Shoemaker Lambertville     . . . and he’s oh so good . . . and he’s oh so fine . . . and he’s oh so healthy in his body and his mind . . he’s a well respected man about town doing the best things so conservatively.    What’s in a name? Not too…

  • PRINCETON: Stuart girls win national video game contest

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    Watch out Nintendo and Playstation — the eighth grade girls at Stuart Country Day School have a talent for video game programming and now they have the title to prove it.    Two teams of Stuart eighth graders won the PBS KIDS category of the 2012 National STEM (science, technology, engineering,…

  • PRINCETON: Mayoral candidates tackle issues

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Bringing Princeton Borough and Princeton Township together in consolidation, the police chief, politics and hospital redevelopment were topics of discussion for Democratic mayoral hopefuls Liz Lempert and Kevin Wilkes during a meeting at the Packet in advance of the primary on June 5.    Both candidates agreed more than disagreed, but…

  • CRANBURY: Book details town’s history

    CRANBURY: Book details town’s history

    Author John Chambers II sits with copies of his new book, “Cranbury, A New Jersey Town from the Colonial Era to the Present.”

  • Pennington Dance celebrates 32 years

       The Pennington Dance 32nd-year celebration performance will be held on June 3 from 1-3 p.m. at Hopewell Valley Central High School’s Performing Arts Center.    The family-oriented performance shares the accomplishments of Pennington Dance students and alumni performing ballet, pointe, contemporary dance, rhythm tap, Broadway tap, jazz, urban/street dance hip hop numbers and pre-school/introductory dance numbers.…

  • WEST AMWELL: Hurricane Irene efforts are lauded by officials

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    WEST AMWELL — The West Amwell Fire Company and Harry Heller, the township’s office of emergency management coordinator, as well as a member of the fire company, were honored for their many contributions to the community, particularly during Hurricane Irene, at the May 23 Township Committee meeting.    ”There was a…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Volunteers make dreams come true for local twins

    HOPEWELL VALLEY: Volunteers make dreams come true for local twins

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    On May 8, identical twins Annika and Maya Hage, of Pennington, had a dream come true, thanks to members of the Union Fire and Rescue Squad, based in Titusville, and the Pennington Fire Company.    The girls went to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, as part of Operation Dreamlift.    For…

  • PRINCETON: Bear up a tree in Princeton Cemetery

    PRINCETON: Bear up a tree in Princeton Cemetery

    The bear sits on a limb in a tree in Princeton Cemetery.

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