• ‘Daddy, you’re a hero!’

    ‘Daddy, you’re a hero!’

    Jacob Kurs, sitting with his dad Seth Kurs, points to a picture of Mr. Kurs in a book about 9/11. discovered. (Photo by Jen Samuel)

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Young girl makes a difference

    HIGHTSTOWN: Young girl makes a difference

    By Christina Whittington,Special Writer    As floodwaters brought by Hurricane Irene receded on Aug. 28 in Hightstown, local business owners, borough employees and officials had the opportunity to view first hand the destruction left behind.    With the amount of clean up needed after Peddie Lake overflowed, sweeping through the businesses and borough offices lining Main and…

  • Z Cafe Rahway

    Z Cafe Rahway

    Our MC, Singer-Songwriter Pat "SoulCat" Toner

  • Recording tragedy, history through a lens

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert,The Packet Group    Compelled by his love of photojournalism, Phil McAuliffe has taken thousands of images of the World Trade Center in almost 20 years of following the two terrorist attacks on the site.    "There was something I can’t quite articulate that drew me back again and again,” said Mr. McAuliffe, a staff…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Council approves emergency aid

    HIGHTSTOWN: Council approves emergency aid

    By Jen Samuel, Managing Editor    HIGHTSTOWN — Borough Council unanimously approved an emergency resolution to add $800,000 to the 2011 budget to cover immediate Hurricane Irene expenses at a regularly scheduled meeting on Sept. 6 at the First Aid Building on Bank Street.    Several key government facilities were damaged by floodwaters from the storm on…

  • TWIN RIVERS: Library displays ‘Portraits of Grief’

      The Twin Rivers Library will be commemorating the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on 9/11 by displaying “Portraits of Grief” for the six East Windsor residents killed on that day — Colleen Barkow, Anil Bharvaney, Lorraine Bay, Neil Lai, Debbie Bellows, and Ruth Lapin.   In addition, noted photographer Phil McAuliffe, of The…

  • St. David’s Church to hold open house 

       CRANBURY — St. David’s Episcopal Church, 90 South Main Street, is hosting an open house for members of the community to tour the new building addition from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 10.    The tour will mark the completion of construction of the building expansion, a press release said.    Starting as a mission church…

  • SUNSHINE LIST

       PENNINGTON LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES: Sept. 8, 7:30 p.m., special meeting and closed session, Borough Hall.     HOPEWELL LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES: Sept. 8, 7 p.m., 13 E. Broad St., Hopewell.     HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP FIRE COMMISSIONERS: Sept. 8 and 22, 7 p.m., Municipal Building.     HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP BOARD OF HEALTH: Sept. 12, 6:30 p.m., Municipal…

  • HEALTH MATTERS: Learn about screening for risk of prostrate cancer

    Edward M. Soffen, M.D.Princeton HealthCare System    Prostate cancer strikes thousands of American men every year, developing so quietly that most patients aren’t even aware they have it.    But while prostate cancer is slow growing, it can turn deadly if left undetected and untreated, especially in younger patients.    That is why it is important to talk…

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