• MONROE: Volunteers rally following Irene

    MONROE: Volunteers rally following Irene

    Donations pile up at Monroe Recreation Center. Photo courtesy of Monroe Township.

  • Storm’s young victims need help

       Following Hurricane Irene, officials with the state Departments of Children and Families (DCF) and Human Services (DHS) recognize that as people work to address basic needs like housing, food, and medical care, it is also important to pay attention to the mental health needs of everyone, including children.    ”Children are affected by events like Hurricane…

  • After 10 years, a new building rises at Ground Zero

    After 10 years, a new building rises at Ground Zero

    Victoria Hurley-Schubert, The Packet Group    ”If you are afraid of heights, now is the moment to get over it,” said Bill Baroni, deputy executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, as he began our escorted tour of Ground Zero and the National 9/11 Memorial last month.    Okey-dokey. Fantastic. I’m terrified…

  • JAMESBURG: Chapel fills with donations after Irene

    JAMESBURG: Chapel fills with donations after Irene

    Volunteers offer free haircuts and more David Kilby, Managing Editor    JAMESBURG — A group of volunteers from Jamesburg helped, and are still helping, Hurricane Irene flood victims in every way they can, including through an otherwise quiet Facebook group and by offering free haircuts.    On Sunday several different barber and beauty shops donated free haircuts…

  • Irene: Glad you’re gone!

    The Franzini Family Lambertville     Hurricane Irene has come and gone. However, we are fortunate in Lambertville to have a great community of volunteers, neighbors and friends who are here to stay.    Although the Delaware River did not flood, the residents and businesses on Ferry, Swan and South Union streets and several other neighborhoods in…

  • Scarlet Knights open 2011 with victory they needed

    RU blasts NCCU, 48-0 BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Rutgers University Rutgers University’s football team did what it wanted and needed to do Thursday night, and that was to get the 2011 season off on a positive note. “We all needed to get the monkey off our back,” said head coach Greg Schiano, who is…

  • Monroe opens football season Friday at East Brunswick

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent I t is often said that high school athletics provide opportunities for players to learn valuable life lessons. That certainly has been the case for members of the Monroe Township High School teams, including those who play football. A coordinated effort has been mounted by Laurie Beagan, wife of head coach…

  • Chargers want to build on last year’s 6-4 season

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Spotswood High School’s Jack Dalrymple (No. 44) intercepts a pass during the Chargers’ preseason scrimmage with Keansburg on Sept. 1. The Chargers will be playing for real Sept. 10 when they open their 2011 season at South River. JEFF GRANIT staff When Andy Cammarano arrived at Spotswood High School five years…

  • Margaret Frankosky

    Mrs. Frankosky, 83, of East Brunswick, died Aug. 22, 2011, at home. She worked in telephone sales at Sears, North Brunswick. Surviving are her husband, John Frankosky; three sons, Ronald of East Brunswick, Richard of Michigan and Robert of San Diego, Calif.; a brother, John Cronley, and his wife, Ruth, of East Brunswick; and six…

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