• PRINCETON: Running for Township Committee

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Primary day is next Tuesday and in preparation, Princeton Township Committee candidates, newcomer Republican Mark Scheibner and incumbent Democrats Bernie Miller and Sue Nemeth, sat for a question and answer session in Princeton Packet offices.    Republican Geoff Aton declined the invitation with the following statement: “I appreciate the willingness of…

  • REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: ‘The last breakfast’ at Pennington’s Cup of Joe

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    ”When I was 17, I thought my father was the dumbest guy in the world. When I was 22, I was amazed how much he’d learned in five years.” — Mark Twain     There were a lot of good things about Cup of Joe, on North Main Street in Pennington,…

  • New English Program

    By Diane Hasili The YWCA Princeton’s English as a Second Language Program is broadening its outreach to summer visitors to the United States. In response to inquiries about the availability of short-term classes, the program has designed a curriculum exclusively for visitors seeking to improve their English skills while visiting friends and family in the…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Karaoke for a cause

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Karaoke for a cause

    By Mary Brienza, Staff Writer    About 30 people attended a karaoke fundraiser at the Shogun 27 Japanese restaurant on Route 27 in Kendall Park May 25 to raise $525 for paralyzed Rutgers University football player Eric LeGrand.    Mr. LeGrand was severely injured and paralyzed during a play in the Rutgers vs. Army game on Oct.…

  • MANVILLE: Dedicated educator chosen Roosevelt’s teacher of the year

    MANVILLE: Dedicated educator chosen Roosevelt’s teacher of the year

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Carol McGinley is Roosevelt School’s Teacher of the Year for 2010-2011.    Ms. McGinley — along with the other three Teachers of the Year — was honored at the May17 Board of Education Meeting.    ”I felt very honored to be chosen. I was in my classroom with my students when…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Services could be cut in future budgets

    By Mary Brienza, Staff Writer    Mayor Frank Gambatese warned that services may be next to face the budget axe unless things change between now and next year.    Mr. Gambatese said that if the current budget had to be reduced before it was voted on, services may have to have been cut, but since the budget…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – YMCA asks community for support

    By Tom Libiassi, Guest Column    The YMCA is the unparalleled cause for strengthening community because we are the community.    We are a powerful association of men, women and children joined together by a shared commitment to nurturing the potential of kids, promoting healthy living and fostering a sense of social responsibility.    We believe that lasting…

  • Praying mantis photo takes first

    by centraljersey.com    More than 200 photographs were submitted by 52 contestants from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Virginia for the New Hope Historical Society’s first Garden Photo competition.    A wide variety of subjects from cherry trees to hummingbirds and Elizabethan gardens, to poppies and katydids and milkweeds created a lot of work for the six judges…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Karaoke for a cause

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Karaoke for a cause

    Staff photo by Mary Brienza Left to right, Monmouth Junction resident Manjia Williams, Kendall Park residents Zaniah Maynor, Cassie Guadalupe and Metuchen resident Stephanie Ashley sing “Take Me or Leave Me” from the Broadway musical “Rent” at the Shogun 27 Japanese Restaurant on Route 27 in Kendall Park as part of a fundraiser to raise…

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