• Local scout saves a life, wins award

    Local scout saves a life, wins award

       CRANBURY — Girl Scout Amelia Whaley of Cranbury will receive the national Medal of Honor from the Girl Scouts of Central Southern, New Jersey for her heroic deeds on June 2, 2011.    Amelia, who was 16 at the time of the incident, saved the life of her friend’s mother, Linda Cody. Ms. Cody was driving…

  • It’s time for Girl Scout cookies

    Amy Batista, Special Writer    EAST WINDSOR — The cookies have arrived.    Thursday marked the beginning of the annual sale of Girl Scout cookies for the East Windsor Area Girl Scouts. The youngsters sell the cookies to folks in the East Windsor, Hightstown, Roosevelt and Cranbury communities.    The cookie sale makes up a large part of…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Cops charge alleged Radio Shack bandit
  • School boards: Planning to run?

       The New Jersey School Boards Association has posted the 2012 Candidate Kit online at www.njsba.org/candidacy.    This year’s annual school election will be held April 17 — unless local officials decide to go with the new November option. (See related account).    The deadline for candidates to submit nominating petitions is 4 p.m. Feb. 27.    School board…

  • PRINCETON: Valley Community Bank’s Ryan takes Princeton Chamber’s reins

    PRINCETON: Valley Community Bank’s Ryan takes Princeton Chamber’s reins

       Speaking at Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce’s “Changing of the Guard” event at Mercer Oaks Golf Club on Tuesday, the new chairman, Pat Ryan — a Hopewell Valley resident and chairman of the board of Hopewell Valley Community Bank — said:    ”Beyond any doubt, it is both a humbling experience and a daunting challenge to…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Shipley, Sabatino vault to state relay title

    Pole vaulters set new mark By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Emily Shipley and Marlena Sabatino are pole vaulters now, but they first knew each other as gymnasts.    ”We’ve known each other for a while,” said Shipley, the Hillsborough High School senior. “I taught her her first back handspring.”    More recently, Shipley encouraged Sabatino to…

  • TRENTON: Law to allow November school elections signed

    Ruth Luse    TRENTON — Legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats Lou Greenwald, Paul Moriarty, Wayne DeAngelo and Troy Singleton to give municipalities a choice to move April school elections to November was signed into law Tuesday.    The law (2010:A4394) provides two methods by which municipalities can move their school elections from April to the November general…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: BOE members mull re-election bids

    By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor As the school district begins to hand out candidate kits for potential members of the Board of Education, two of the three incumbents up for re-election are undecided and one will leave the dais in April. "I unfortunately will not be seeking re-election," board member Elizabeth Chang said Tuesday…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: School election date is uncertain

    By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    On Tuesday, Gov. Chris Christie signed into law legislation allowing for local school board and budget elections to be moved from April to November.    The bill, passed with bipartisan support in the Legislature, puts into law a tool kit proposal originally introduced by Gov. Christie in May 2010.    According to…

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