• SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Town hosts annual Jewish culture celebration
  • MONTGOMERY: Prosecutor investigating fire

    By Heather Niccoli, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY— An investigation is continuing into a fire that occurred last week on Hampton Court.    Montgomery Fire Companies No. 1 and No. 2 and the Rocky Hill Fire Department put out the fire at approximately 9:48 p.m. on Sept. 17, police reported.    Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey D. Soriano, Somerset County…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Goalie emerges as leader for Ravens

    Morales helps Robbinsville field hockey start well By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Losing her entire defense to graduation could have been worrisome for Sami Morales, but the Robbinsville High School field hockey goalie had been through a tougher transition last year.    Morales was the back-up on junior varsity as a sophomore before she found…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Vikings pummel Piscataway Chiefs
  • MONROE: Fair attendance spans generations

    MONROE: Fair attendance spans generations

    Joseph Zimmerman, 12, of New Brunswick, checks out M.C. Blue, which is the nation’s first fully recyclable recycling robot from the Middlesex County Improvement Authority. Photos by Amy Batista.

  • COLUMBUS: Flashes soccer is shutout machine

    Florence starts matches win total of a year ago By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Shutouts were the name of the game in the first week of the Florence High School boys soccer season.    Fortunately for the Flashes, all but one their four games was a shutout in their favor. At 3-1, they have already…

  • COLLEEN’S CORNER: Carpe diem — seize the day

    By Colleen Murphy    Carpe diem. Seize the day.    My seventh-grade social studies teacher taught the class the Latin phrase, and, ever since, it has been how I evaluate how successful I am each day.    I ask myself, whether it is grammatically correct or not, “Have I ‘carpe diemed’ the day?”    Most times I have, but…

  • MONROE: Thompson Park to offer lecture on the Lenape

       Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission welcomes Dr. Marshall Becker at The Lodge in Thompson Park on Saturday, Sept. 24, from 2 to 3 p.m.    Professor Becker’s lecture will discuss the lives of the early traders and colonists who came to southern New Jersey, whether Dutch, Swedish or English, and their close ties to the…

  • Senior picnic is team effort

    Abigail Waugh, of Hopewell Valley Senior Services     The Hopewell Valley Senior Citizens picnic took place last Friday after two postponements due to poor weather.    Friday was a bright, beautiful day and a wonderful chance for local residents to catch up with friends and neighbors while enjoying food and music at Washington Crossing State Park.…

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