• Taking aim at prostate cancer

    By: centraljersey.com "Bring a friend." That’s the message organizers of an annual prostate cancer screening event held in New Brunswick are promoting this year in an effort to increase the number of men who are checked. The Cancer Institute of New Jersey and its flagship hospital, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, once again are teaming…

  • Editorial

    State needs new revenue to fund budget By: centraljersey.com If reports from the Office of Legislative Services are accurate, New Jersey will face another massive budget shortfall next year. The OLS, the nonpartisan research arm of the state Legislature, says last month that despite the massive cuts made by the governor to the 2010-2011 budget…

  • New businesses may be required to install outside security cameras

    By: Davy James – Staff Writer The Township Council is discussing a possible ordinance to require new businesses to install video surveillance systems in their parking areas. At its meeting Tuesday night, the council discussed possible requirements and parameters for the ordinance, which they hope will improve public safety. "We all know that security is…

  • CRANBURY: Residents opposed to PNC plan hire attorney, planner

    Natalia Knochowski, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — Residents opposed to the Sweetwater Construction Corp. project at 32 N. Main St. now have legal representation and a professional planner to plead their case.    According to Sean Deverin, he and other residents of Maplewood Drive — a narrow street at the rear of the property — are “prepared…

  • All-stars to take on Warsaw tomorrow

    Township 12s heading to another World Series By: Justin Feil – The Packet Group Megan Hevey and Stephanie White watched the Robbinsville 12-year-old all-star softball team play in the 2008 Little League World Series. Now they are part of the second Robbinsville team in three years to reach the World Series after knocking off Waterford…

  • Twp. Council awards contract for greenway path footbridge

    By: Lea Kahn – Staff Writer Township Council has awarded a $189,615 contract for the construction of a 50-foot-long footbridge across Five Mile Run, connecting the north and south sides of the Johnson Trolley Line greenway path. The council awarded the contract at its Aug. 3 meeting. The council also accepted a grant from the…

  • Just a thought

    By: centraljersey.com "The civilized man is a more experienced and wiser savage." – Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), American writer

  • Thanks, and a correction on religious books story

    By: centraljersey.com Thank you for much for the coverage you gave Princeton Theological Seminary’s library and our Special Collections in the Aug. 3 edition of The Princeton Packet. It is really an interesting story and we appreciate the coverage. In fact, in response to the article, we have already had some calls and some visits.…

  • Editorial

    New revenue needed to fund budget By: centraljersey.com If reports from the Office of Legislative Services are accurate, New Jersey will face another massive budget shortfall next year. The OLS, the nonpartisan research arm of the state Legislature, says last month that despite the massive cuts made by the governor to the 2010-2011 budget another…

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