• POLICE BLOTTER: March 31, 2011

    Robbinsville     Christopher Corcodilos, 46, of Robbinsville, was charged with drunken driving Sunday at 10:57 a.m.    Police said Patrolman Scott Kivet saw a vehicle on I-195 make an unsafe lane change and stopped the driver.    Mr. Corcodilos also was charged with being under the influence of narcotics, careless driving, reckless driving and making an unsafe lane…

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: ‘Historical detective’ enthralls students

    UPPER FREEHOLD: ‘Historical detective’ enthralls students

    By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    UPPER FREEHOLD — Even before he mesmerized these middle-school kids with icky anecdotes about yellow eyeballs, black vomit and blood-dripping leeches, award-winning author Jim Murphy’s enthusiasm for historical detective work and an 18th-century medical mystery had become positively contagious.    The Stone Bridge Middle School seventh- and eighth-graders listened in rapt…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Sports News & Notes

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Sports News & Notes

    By Rich Fisher, Special Writer The South Brunswick Soccer Club’s U15 Fire got off to a quick start with a 5-1 win over the New Brunswick San Vicente Juniors. Nick Marna and Harrison Kudwitt each had two goals while Harrison Welsher added one. The defense of Alexi Rissiotis, Ramy Badawy, Joe Mastro, Ryan Cauley and…

  • PRINCETON: Former Robbinsville administrator hired in Princeton

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, The Packet Group    PRINCETON BOROUGH — A new engineer has been hired in Princeton Borough to fill a vacancy on the municipal staff.    The position became available after the death of Borough Engineer Chris Budzinski, who died in September after a heart attack while golfing.    Jack West, a Toms River resident and…

  • Gardeners to host composting program

    Gardeners to host composting program

    Pictured composting at Mercer Educational Gardens are (from left): Theodora Wang, Lawrenceville; Betty Scarlata, Robbinsville; Grace Rarich, Hopewell Township; Susan Stone, Princeton Junction; Lorraine Mackersie, Hamilton; and Jack Piepszak, Pennington.

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – SBHS students named to national choir

    By Mary Brienza, Staff Writer    Three high school students will be traveling to Baltimore, Maryland to perform at Morgan State University as members of the All-Eastern Chorus.    Kendall Park resident Jessica Stanislawczyk, who is a junior at the high school, was selected as a member along with seniors Joseph Lalumia and Demetri Frangos.    Jessica said…

  • PLAINSBORO: School board candidates answer LWV questions

       Editor’s note: These are the verbatim responses of the Plainsboro Township candidates for the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional Board of Education to questions presented by The League of Women Voters of the Princeton Area in cooperation with The Princeton Packet. The candidates were allowed to vary the length of their answers to the three questions but…

  • Library Friends house tour April 17

    Library Friends house tour April 17

    unknown 11 Mountain Church Road — The home of Cynthia Dunham.

  • Children’s Theatre premiere April 2

    Children’s Theatre premiere April 2

    Shown are: Peter Petrino (center) as Joseph, and the Narrators (from left) Gilly Rice, Lindsay Sanford, Tatiana Fulmer and Karlie Lorenz.

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