• AS I SEE IT: Partnership that should not be broken

    By Dave Saltzman    Princeton, N.J., has gained enormously from having Princeton University as our partner. We benefit not only in name recognition and prestige, but the university attracts all types of high tech industries, wanting to be part of leading edge technological research. The undergraduates and graduate students bring a youthful vibrancy to our town…

  • Rep. Holt announces free student aid workshops

       On Oct. 19 and 20, the office of U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (NJ-12) will host free student aid workshops for high school students and their parents, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Education, the New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, and Rutgers University.    Experts will be on hand to offer information on financial…

  • Locals join walk to cure diabetes

    Locals join walk to cure diabetes

    Vice Principal Joseph Firetto, of Forest Hills Middle School in Bayville, shaking hands with his student Deven Rusnak, 12 at the Seaside Heights Walk to Cure Diabetes. Photo by Amy Batista.

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Community mourns loss of woman, child

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Community mourns loss of woman, child

    By Kim Spinelli, Special Writer The South Brunswick community is mourning the loss of a Monmouth Junction woman and her 8-year-old daughter in a car crash last week. Monmouth Junction residents Aniyah Smith, 8, and her mother, Niesha Middleton, 24, died from injuries sustained in a car accident on Route 27 in Franklin Township Sept.…

  • MONROE: Senior from Monroe wins state art award

    MONROE: Senior from Monroe wins state art award

    Bondville Barn by Robert Heyer of Monroe.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Li wins SCT tennis title

    By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Gina Li has high hopes for her senior year, including a state singles championship, and she’s off to a good start.    The Hillsborough High School senior captured her first championship at the Somerset County Tournament with 6-0, 5-7, 6-2 win over Ridge’s Kelly Williford on Sunday for the first…

  • Students visit Jacobs Creek crossing

    Roni Browne Katz, applicant, Bear Tavern Road/Jacobs Creek Crossing Rural Historic District Titusville     This past Saturday, just days after the Bear Tavern Road/Jacobs Creek Crossing Rural Historic District was unanimously approved by the State Historic Review Board for inclusion on the State Register of Historic Places, college students in tour buses made their way…

  • PENNINGTON: Proposal addresses street openings

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    Digging excavations or tunnels under any borough street would require first obtaining a permit from Jeff Wittkop, Pennington’s superintendent of Public Works, under an ordinance introduced by Borough Council Monday night.    Mr. Wittkop has headed the Department of Public Works for over 20 years.    The proposed measure is slated for…

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Two men arrested after shots fired

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