• PRINCETON AREA: Local students work as interns for Holt

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    A summer internship is a right of passage — real world work experience and some guidance for college students as to want to do when they graduate.    Several area students are interning at Congressman Rush Holt’s office as part of their summer experience.    ”I was interested in government and the…

  • HEALTH MATTERS: Taking care of our elders

    By David R. Barile, M.D. Princeton HealthCare System     They took care of us over the years — nursing our bumps and bruises, celebrating our triumphs, easing our defeats and guiding us all along the way. Now it is our turn to take care of them.     Our parents and grandparents are living longer and…

  • ROEBLING: Roebling Museum Car Show organizer focuses on antique Mercers

    By Birgitta Wolfe    ROEBLING — The organizer of Saturday’s Roebling Museum annual Car Show has a double interest in the 200-plus car extravaganza.    First, the car part: Karl Darby is the owner of a 1914 Type 35 Mercer Runabout and a 1921 Mercer Touring Car.    Second, the Roebling part: The Stockton resident is the great-great-grandson…

  • PRINCETON: Volunteer!: Making new friends at SAVE animal shelter

    PRINCETON: Volunteer!: Making new friends at SAVE animal shelter

    By Pat Ellard Special to The Packet     The 10-year-old walked straight up to me. “We’ve been washing dogs,” he declared, looking very pleased with himself. I’d never seen him before, but I recognized bragging when I heard it. “If you’ve been washing dogs, how come you’re not wet?” I asked, in what I hoped…

  • The New Brunswick Jazz Project Presents Vanessa Perea Quartet

    The New Brunswick Jazz Project Presents Vanessa Perea Quartet

    By Virginia DeBery Vanessa Perea sings at the Hyatt Regency New Brunswick, Wednesday, July 13, 7:30PM-10:30PM 2 Albany Street, New Brunswick, NJ NO COVER CHARGE Vanessa is a young singer, poised and ready to make her mark on the global jazz scene. This will be her fourth performance with us and if you’ve heard her,…

  • New Brunswick Jazz Project Presents Jackie Jones Quartet

    New Brunswick Jazz Project Presents Jackie Jones Quartet

    By Virginia DeBery SATURDAY, JULY 16, 9:30PM-1:00AM WE ARE THRILLED TO PRESENT JACKIE JONES IN HER DEBUT performance with The New Brunswick Jazz Project at our new venue, GINGER N OLIVE. Jackie, an amazing singer and a regular headliner on the Jersey jazz scene, has electrified audiences throughout the United States, internationally and of course…

  • PRINCETON: Volunteer!: Making new friends at SAVE animal shelter

    PRINCETON: Volunteer!: Making new friends at SAVE animal shelter

    At SAVE: A Friend to Homeless Animals, Emma Black with a frisky feline. After people have been approved to adopt a cat, Emma meets with them and chats with them about what sort of personality they hope for in their new pet.

  • People for Animals Celebrates Petfinder’s 15th Birthday at St. Huberts in Madison on July 17

    People for Animals Celebrates Petfinder’s 15th Birthday at St. Huberts in Madison on July 17

    People for Animals Join us on July 17th from 11-4pm at St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center on 575 Woodland Avenue in Madison to help celebrate Petfinder.com‘s 15th Birthday. This is one of the biggest adoption events of the year, says People for Animals Fundraising Coordinator, Rose Tropeano-Digilio.  You don’t want to miss it. In addition…

  • Diocese to Host Roman Missal Workshop

    By Erin Friedlander PISCATAWAY – The Diocese of Metuchen will host a workshop entitled “Are We There Yet?: On the Road to Roman Missal Implementation” on Thursday, August 4 beginning at 7 p.m. at the St. John Neumann Pastoral Center, 146 Metlars Lane. The two-hour workshop to be presented by Very Rev. Robert W. Medley,…

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