• PRINCETON: Festival shows off talents of young filmmakers

    By Marisa Iati, Staff Writer    Young filmmaker Jibran Mieser created the film he presented this week at the 8th annual Princeton Student Film and Video Festival largely by accident.    ”I had just gotten a new camera, and I just wanted to test the frames per second, but it turned into a nice, little story,” he…

  • Music fest for burger lovers

       Saturday, Aug. 6 bring a lawn chair and appetite for the Third Annual Burger Cook-Off at Mercer County Park in West Windsor.    Enjoy $1 sliders from 12 restaurants while enjoying a free concert. Shorty Long and the Jersey Horns kick off the event at 3 p.m.; 2U a U2 tribute band, wraps up the concert…

  • SPOTLIGHT: No typical tourist

    SPOTLIGHT: No typical tourist

    Bill Strong in 2004 with Cuban family, Alida and Felix Jannis and their two adopted children.

  • Only two quarts of trash a week

    Mike and Phyllis Suber, Princeton     How would you like to have only about two quarts of trash to dispose of each week? All the rest goes to recycle or compost!    Sign up for the Princeton Township composting program. It’s good for the environment and will probably cost less than your present trash collection system.…

  • sport shorts 

    Jerzey Jewelz Allstar Cheerleading will hold tryouts 6-9 p.m. July 26 and 28 at Diamond GymnasticsAcademy, One Commerce Drive, Cranford. There is a tryout fee of $20, which includes a T-shirt. For more information, call or email Cynthia Condito at 732- 770-2858 or [email protected].

  • Bears’ Summerer proud to be called a team player

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Mike Summerer averaged 12 points per game as a junior and has developed into one of the best pivot men in the area. Parents are often cited by athletes for impacting their lives in positive ways, especially when they are young and impressionable. Mike Summerer can also thank his Mom and…

  • Photo

    Spotswood’s Lizzy Dzuro (l) tries to get a shot off as she is closely guarded by Monroe’s Tori Clayton during the July 18 Girls High School Summer Basketball League game. The Monroe Sports Center is hosting the summer loop. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Monroe’s Pritzlaff has overcome adversity

    Falcon centerfielder has bounced back from injury BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Monroe Township High School’s Jena Pritzlaff is one of the top centerfielders in the Greater Middlesex Conference.Jena Pritzlaff had just hit the first home run of her life and tears were streaming down her face as she rounded the bases. Pritzlaff was a sophomore…

  • Bariatric weight-loss group slates meeting

    Raritan Bay Medical Center will sponsor a Bariatric Weight-Loss Support Group meeting 6-7 p.m. July 27 in Auxiliary Hall B and C, lower level of the Medical Arts Building, adjacent to the hospital’s Old Bridge division, Ferry Road, between routes 9 and 18. The meeting is designed for individuals who have had weight-loss surgery, are…

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