• WEST WINDSOR: Rosa’s season ends at Nationals

    By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Jim Rosa’s best cross country season did not have a fitting end.    The West Windsor-Plainsboro North senior returned to the Nike Cross Nationals in Portland, Ore., intent on not just improving on his 18th-place finish last year, but on winning. Unbeaten all season, Rosa kept his focus on a…

  • Movie set at Screening Room

    By: centraljersey.com Bring the whole family or drop off children for a showing of "The Flaming Idiots & Their Very, Very, Very, Very Last Show Ever" on Saturday, Dec. 11, at 2 p.m. at the Acme Screening Room. The show and a holiday activity are presented by the Swan Creek Rowing Club Youth Team. Teens…

  • Victoria Hurley-Schubert

    By: centraljersey.com Parents will receive new progress reports about their children from Princeton Regional Schools in the future thanks to a new policy recently adopted by the Board of Education. The board passed, on a first reading, a district-wide policy on student progress. Board members said that the frequent monitoring of student progress in all…

  • PRINCETON: Around Town: Dollars and sense: Taking leave of waste

    PRINCETON: Around Town: Dollars and sense: Taking leave of waste

    By Stephen Hiltner Special to The Packet     The leaf season has once again revealed two opposite impulses in Princeton residents. The most common impulse, magnified by landscape crews, is to purge the yard of all leaves. The second impulse, contrary to custom but aligned with nature’s methodology, is to keep the leaves for their…

  • Tues., Dec. 7

    By: centraljersey.com Nigel Smith: "Andrew Marvell: The Chameleon." The 17th-century poet Andrew Marvell is one of the most intriguing figures in English literature. Nigel Smith’s biography provides an unparalleled look into Marvell’s life, from his early employment as a tutor and gentleman’s companion to his suspicious death, reputedly a politically fueled poisoning. 5:30 p.m. Free.…

  • Sevens tips to reduce belly bloat

    By: centraljersey.com The best way to battle belly bulge is with diet and exercise, but you can reduce belly bloat by following a few simple tips. When you shrink your waistline, you also reduce your risk of many diseases. Try these suggestions: – Cut back on sodium. Avoid salt, salt-based seasonings and highly processed foods,…

  • Bogota Savings Bank donates an AED to Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative in Hackensack, NJ.

    Bogota Savings Bank donates an AED to Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative in Hackensack, NJ.

    Caption: From left to right Norma Gindes, Executive Director of BVMI; Dr. A. DeSimone, Medical Director of BVMI and Sandra L. Sievewright, Senior Vice President of Bogota Savings Bank.

  • Tartar, Johnson pace Sonics in win

    By: centraljersey.com Sam Tartar scored 16 points and Brooks Johnson added 12 as the Sonics topped the Thunder, 36-24, in the Boys 4th/5th Grade Division of the Princeton Recreation Dillon Youth Basketball League on Saturday. Max Shi and Teddy Durbin scored six points apiece to pace the Thunder. In other games in the division, Elon…

  • Lambertville

    By: centraljersey.com Joshua Phillips, 33, of Lambertville, was arrested on an outstanding warrant Friday. Patrolman. Michael Gramlich, who was investigating an unrelated incident, arrested Mr. Phillips after a check revealed there was an outstanding warrant for his arrest issued by Flemington. The warrant was issued for failure to comply with the court’s sentence with bail…

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