• HILLSBOROUGH: Cassimatis fits in for Raiders’ golf

    By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Coming into last spring, Christine Cassimatis had delivered her share of good drives, but they were all on the field hockey field.    Girls golf at Hillsborough High School was a new challenge.    ”I had two lessons before the start of the season last year,” Cassimatis said. “I never really…

  • GUEST COLUMN: Plant a tree, celebrate Arbor Day on Friday

    By Susan McGrath      The Arbor Day Foundation was founded in 1972 to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the first Arbor Day.    Since that time the foundation has been responsible for planting more than 20 million trees in partnership with the National Forest Service.    More than 135,000,000 people in the United States, living…

  • PRINCETON: Borough to seek missing revaluation data

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Princeton Fair Tax group members might get data pertaining to site value calculations in the revaluation that took place in the past year.    Borough officials have vowed to check with Appraisal Systems Inc. (ASI) to see if there is any data the company has not handed over, even if it…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Editorial

       A plan to build a massive office and research complex on Route 27 in Franklin Township deserves our focused attention.    The proposed Princeton Research Triangle would develop 15 million square-feet of office and research space on some 2,100 acres next to the Trap Rock quarry.    While it is in the “very early” conceptual stage, the…

  • PLAINSBORO: Students say Super Science me at library

    By Allison Musante, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — Though schools were out of session last week, children clamored into the Plainsboro Public Library on Tuesday to participate in hands-on science demonstrations and to see the library’s newest addition — a high-quality, permanent microscope.    Unveiling the “Wentzscope” was the highlight of the daylong Super Science Extravaganza, which…

  • MONTGOMERY: School budget passes; three elected

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The Montgomery Township Board of Education’s $77.7 million budget passed in Wednesday’s election and three open seats on the board will be filled by Annie Michaelson, Christine Abrahams and incumbent Arun Rimal.    The number of votes for the candidates were:    Annie Michaelson – 1,506    Christine Abrahams – 1,443…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Township Council tables final municipal budget vote

    By Mary Brienza, Staff Writer    A Township Council vote on the proposed $46.5 million budget was unanimously tabled indefinitely at Tuesday’s council meeting.    Mayor Frank Gambatese said the budget vote would be tabled until the council receives more information.    ”I would ask this be tabled without any time-sensitive date until such time as we’re able…

  • MONTGOMERY: Veterans memorial groundbreaking today

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — A memorial 20 years in the making is breaking ground today.    ”The idea was to have a memorial of some kind within Montgomery Township to all the men and women from Montgomery who served in the armed forces and in the merchant marines during times of war,” said…

  • LAWRENCE: Municipal judge plans retirement

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    After 15 years on the bench in the courtroom at the Lawrence Township Municipal Court, Judge Paul Catanese is retiring at the end of this month, according to township officials.    Now the search is on for a replacement for Judge Catanese, Municipal Manager Richard Krawczun said. The deadline to apply…

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