• HILLSBOROUGH: Close games the usual for Raiders

    By Bob Nuse, The Packet Group    Norm Hewitt knows every game is going to be a battle this season for the Hillsborough High baseball team.    And the veteran Raiders head coach wouldn’t have it any other way.    ”If you want to get respect you have to beat the good teams,” said Hewitt, whose team fell…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Students shine during annual art show

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Students shine during annual art show

    Ed Birch photo Senior Nivetha Kannan works on a drawing during the school district’s eighth annual art show at the high school last week.

  • Uku-demic sparks interest in strumming

    Uku-demic sparks interest in strumming

    By Sally Stang, Special Writer My name is Sally and I’m a uku-holic. Don’t worry. I found a uku-holics support group through Meetup.com. We meet once a month and I’m on the road to never ever recovering. So, I’m learning to play the ukulele. Go ahead and snicker. All my friends did. I think there…

  • Preservation: A ‘must’

    Kim Johnson Hopewell Township     Preserving the rural character of Hopewell Township is our way of life here. Some people wonder why we preserve farmland or vote time after time in favor of open space taxes. At one time I, too, was unaware how purchasing land — that could be taxed — was good for…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: WWII hero receives POW honor

    By Jen Samuel, Managing Editor    BORDENTOWN CITY — Harry Havens, of Mary Street, is a hero.    The World War II veteran is a former prisoner of war — he was captured by the Germans in 1945. He received the Prisoner of War Medal on April 10 from U.S. Rep. Chris Smith of the Fourth Congressional…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Emanuele does it all for Raiders

    Senior fills in where needed By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Courtney Emanuele doesn’t know exactly where she’ll play next year for the St. Joseph’s University women’s lacrosse team.    That’s OK because Emanuele is used to doing a bit of everything well for the Hillsborough High School girls team.    Emanuele was asked to cover Montgomery’s…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter

    Princeton Township    Chritian Castro-Pagan, 37, of Trenton, was arrested on an outstanding warrant out of Ewing in the amount $250 on Mercer Road on April 18 at 2:02 p.m.    Bernice T. Mills, 82, of Ewing, and Ashley Kalbach, 25, of Monroe, were involved in an accident at the intersection of Stuart Road and Cherry Hill…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Father and daughter charged in SBHS hit and run
  • Uku-demic sparks interest in strumming

    Uku-demic sparks interest in strumming

    Greater Philly & Central Jersey Ukulele Ensemble meets monthly.

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