• WEST WINDSOR: Pirates rally in MCT boys soccer

    Join PHS in quarterfinals By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Bryan Fisher hoped his team wouldn’t go away quietly in the Mercer County Tournament and the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South boys soccer coach got just what he wanted.    Trailing 2-0 at halftime, the 13th-seeded Pirates scored three second-half goals to upset fourth-seeded Allentown, 3-2, on Friday…

  • Public Comments Sought on Sheriff’s Office

    By Somerset County Sheriff Frank J. Provenzano SOMERVILLE –  A team of assessors from the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (NJSACOP) will arrive Nov. 6 to examine all aspects of the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office’s policies and procedures, management, operations and support services, Sheriff Frank Provenzano announced today. “The Somerset County Sheriff’s…

  • MONTGOMERY: Cougars, PHS ground out wins

    Football teams move toward .500 By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    The Montgomery High football team took ground-and-pound to a whole new level in a 21-14 win over Bridgewater-Raritan on Friday night.    Meanwhile, Princeton High found a new threat on offense and combined it with a swarming defense in a 26-0 win over Ewing on Saturday.…

  • South Brunswick Resident Accepts Awards of Excellence in Communications for NJ State Library

    South Brunswick Resident Accepts Awards of Excellence in Communications for NJ State Library

    By Gary Cooper At the 37th Annual JASPER Awards presentation of the Jersey Shore Public Relations & Advertising Association (JSPRAA), the New Jersey State Library received three awards for excellence in the Special Purpose Print Material categories. Accepting the awards was South Brunswick resident Gary Cooper (left), public relations & news media contact for the…

  • PRINCETON: PHS, South fall in state tennis semis

    Sectional titles highlight runs By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    A pair of terrific state tournament runs ended Thursday as the Princeton High School and West Windsor-Plainsboro South girls tennis teams lost state semifinal matches.    The Little Tigers, representing the Central Jersey Group III sectional for the first time since 1999, lost to North Jersey…

  • "Floyd Fest" Draws Outpouring of Support for Scholarships

    "Floyd Fest" Draws Outpouring of Support for Scholarships

    By Brenda Whiteman West Windsor, N.J. – With education as its theme, 150 friends, family members and elected officials gathered on a high note at Princeton’s Nassau Inn Sunday, Oct. 16, for Mercer County Community College’s (MCCC) second “Floyd Fest for Education.” It was a celebration to honor the rich legacy of long-time Princeton area…

  • Petraske not picked by Jon Corzine

    Alan Bookman, Montgomery To the editor: Tuesday, Oct 18th’s, Packet marked the second published letter from the Montgomery Republican campaign for Township Committee with the bizarre statement that Democratic candidate Mark Petraske was a “Corzine hand-picked candidate” for Assembly two years ago. For the record, Mark Petraske has never met or even spoken with Jon…

  • MONTGOMERY: Adamovics third at county meet

    Cougars eights in boys and girls By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    As a sophomore, Andy Adamovics was the top runner for the Montgomery High School boys cross country season, but that wasn’t enough to make him completely happy.    ”Last year, I think I was moderately satisfied,” said the Cougars junior. “I would have liked…

  • "Floyd Fest" Draws Outpouring of Support for Scholarships

    "Floyd Fest" Draws Outpouring of Support for Scholarships

    [Photo 2011: Gwendolyn Alexander, second from left, is the first student to receive a Jim and Fannie Floyd Scholarship. Pictured with, from left, MCCC Vice President Guy Generals, her grandson Kevin, Jim Floyd, and MCCC President Patricia C. Donohue.]

View our current articles

Stay connected to your community