• Thank you, Cranbury!

    katie Stewart, Cranbury Thank you, Cranbury To the editor: Thank you, Cranbury, for making my food drive a success with your generous donations. So far I have collected over 60 boxes of cereal, 150 cans of food and a whole bunch of pasta, rice and other good things.    I appreciate it a lot. If anyone…

  • CRANBURY: Township to receive Reinhardt funding

       CRANBURY —After much talk and anticipation, Cranbury will receive $450,000 for the northern parcel of the Reinhardt property thanks to a bill passed this week in the state Legislature.    The township and its Environmental Commission officially preserved the northern Reinhardt property, 59.55 acres of forested wetlands on Plainsboro Road, in December 2010.    Cranbury purchased the…

  • NEW HOPE: Friday’s fireworks will continue in September

    By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    NEW HOPE — The Greater New Hope Chamber of Commerce and Lambertville Chamber of Commerce have announced a three-week extension of Friday Night Fireworks, the “spectacle of lights over the Delaware River.”    Due to three unforeseen cancellations — because of inclement weather and high waters in June and early July…

  • MONROE: Brookside student creates best poster

    MONROE: Brookside student creates best poster

       MONROE — Jackson Maddox, an incoming seventh grader at Brookside Elementary School, is the Division 6 winner of the New Jersey Fire Safety Poster Contest for the 2010-11 school year.    The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Lori Grifa announced Jackson as the winner of the contest on Wednesday.    The poster contest is…

  • COLUMBUS: Softball team is first to win regional

    Northern Burlington’s 8U perfect in title run By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    The 8-and-under softball team became the first from Northern Burlington to win a Babe Ruth Mid-Atlantic Regional when it topped Luzerne County, Pa., 10-4, on Sunday.    Northern Burlington won all three games in the regional, though they were tested.    ”To the girls,…

  • Very grateful for assistance!

    Peter Swanson, president, Union Fire Company, Rescue Squad     The Union Fire Company and Rescue Squad reached out recently to two organizations to lend assistance with a project to repave the front apron the apparatus utilizes at the front of the building facing Route 29.    Steve Osborne, vice president of Trap Rock, was contacted about…

  • MONROE: Cranbury inspires doctor for joint healing practice

    MONROE: Cranbury inspires doctor for joint healing practice

    By David Kilby, Managing Editor    MONROE — A Cranbury doctor has received inspiration from the serene landscape of her hometown, and that inspiration was part of her reason for opening a new rheumatology office in Monroe that offers unique integrative medicines for joint healing.    Aly Cohen, M.D., a fellow in the American College of Rheumatology,…

  • Lancers’ goalie Louro has national team aspirations

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent St. John Vianney goalie Evan Louro recently played in Croatia and Austria with the U.S. Soccer Federation’s U- 15 team. Lancer head coach Brian Grimm called Louro “very, very special.” FILE PHOTO When Evan Louro first took the practice field for St. John Vianney High School’s soccer team, he did not…

  • Leadership talents could make Albecker Falcons’ QB

    BY JIMMYALLINDER Correspondent Monroe Township High School’s John Albecker is being considered for the role of quarterback as the Falcons compete in GMC’s Red Division for the second year. ROY DeBOER Last season, John Albecker quarterbacked the Monroe Township football teamdefense. This fall, he may land the same job on offense. “John’s in the mix…

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