• HILLSBOROUGH: Board names new schools chief

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    The Board of Education appointed Jorden Schiff as superintendent of the Hillsborough School District in a unanimous vote Monday.    Currently superintendent of the Readington Township School District, Dr. Schiff expects to join the Hillsborough district Jan. 10 under a three-year $177,500 contract. The contract will end June 30, 2014.    ”It’s…

  • Teens say thanks

    Kim Bruno, adult mentor, Hopewell Township Youth Advisory Board     We would like to thank the Hopewell Valley community for supporting our mini-golf outing at Pine Creek this weekend. It was a beautiful day to play golf. We sold over 160 tickets to the event and hope everyone enjoyed the day.    We would like to…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Raiders work overtime for SCT win

    By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    The Hillsborough High School girls soccer team didn’t feel it got its deserved respect in the first half of the season.    The Raiders have their chance now to earn it.    ”I think we already went through our lumps and are confident we can improve in the second half,” said…

  • "Island of Hope"

    By Raritan Valley Slavic Cultural & Heritage Society Raritan Valley Slavic Cultural & Heritage Society P.O. Box 211, Raritan, NJ 08869 Contact: Maryanne Guenther 908-203-1820 For Immediate Release Raritan, NJ., October 14, 2010—The Raritan Valley Cultural & Heritage Society will present a dramatization about immigrant experience on Ellis Island, “Island of Hope,” at 11 a.m.…

  • Gas tanks hold promise of cash for road repairs

    By: centraljersey.com If it’s broke, fix it. As we wrote last week, the state’s infrastructure is in bad shape. Our bridges, tunnels, rails and roads aging and unable to support the traffic we are forcing them to carry. They are in need of major upgrades and, in some cases, replacement. The problem is that the…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Borough saves police department

    By Evan Grossman, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — They have the right to continue to protect and serve.    The Hightstown police force was saved from extinction Wednesday night when the Borough Council voted 5-1 to pursue a contract extension with the local Police Benevolent Association, rather than move on a controversial consolidation of police services with…

  • LHS WEEK IN REVIEW

    By: centraljersey.com Charlie Morreale returned from an opening-day injury to complete four of 10 passes for 60 yards, including a 25-yard TD pass to Kalib Barksdale in the Cards 31-17 loss to Hightstown Saturday. Morreale also rushed for 85 yards on five carries Sherman Riggins rushed for 37 yards and a touchdown while Nile Jones…

  • VOTER’S GUIDE: Montgomery candidates answer league questions

       EDITOR’S NOTE: These are the verbatim responses of the candidates for Montgomery Township Committee 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 were given a word limit for…

  • PENNINGTON: Farmers Market honors pets

       Oct. 16 is Pet Appreciation Day. The Pennington Farmers Market will observe the occasion from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. with a number of additional attractions for pets and children.    ”Sit! with Nina Brenner” offers on-site portraiture of pets and pet-owners by animal photographer Nina Brenner of Ringoes. Customers receive electronic images (jpegs) with their favorite image…

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