• ROBBINSVILLE: Worker arraigned on invasion of privacy charge

    Case will be heard in state Superior Court in Trenton By Melissa L. Gaffney, The Packet Group    ROBBINSVILLE — The Sharon Elementary School computer technician who is accused of spying on women in the school was arraigned Tuesday in municipal court, and his case will be heard in state Superior Court in Trenton, according to…

  • MANVILLE: Third-graders look back, then move up

    MANVILLE: Third-graders look back, then move up

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    After spending four years at Weston Elementary School, Manville’s 102 third-graders officially left the school during the annual move-up ceremony on June 18. Family and friends gathered to see the students receive their certificates of completion from their first school.    Principal Donald Frank welcomed everyone to the ceremony, before…

  • Y offers double dose of thank yous

    Tom Libassi, Executive Director, South Brunswick Family YMCA     Thanks to Bobby Von Thuns of Von Thuns Country Market for the donation of flowers to the South Brunswick Family YMCA. Von Thun’s has been a regular supporter of the Y and we are appreciative of their generosity. Thanks for making the Y a welcoming facility.…

  • PRINCETON: Swiss geoscientist honored for ‘Excellence in Teaching’

        From a small Swiss village in the Alps to deep-sea scientific research in Hawaii, 31- year-old Yves Plancherel has followed an unusual path to Princeton University, where he is currently a graduate student in the Geosciences Department. On May 30, he was honored at Princeton with the Excellence in Teaching Award presented annually by…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Capital Health celebrates milestone today

    Ceremony at 4:30 p.m. By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Placement of the last steel beam in the construction of a new, 237-bed hospital in southeastern Hopewell Township is scheduled for a ceremony at 4:30 today, July 9.    Capital Health System (CHS) is building the $341 million hospital at 408 Scotch Road, just north of I-95.…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Recreation camps have something for everyone

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    With the rain finally letting up, South Brunswick is bustling with activity as children kick off their vacations in the township’s summer camp programs.    At Woodlot Park on Tuesday, the sounds of campers laughing and clapping could be heard throughout the Community Center and playground as children participated in color…

  • MANVILLE: No knots at summer camp: This year, it’s video games

    MANVILLE: No knots at summer camp: This year, it’s video games

    Manville students George Cespedes, 9, and Zachary Lewis, 9, work on creating video games, with help from trainers Mick Riga (at left) and Laura Leonard. Staff photo by Audrey Levine

  • Religious services

       Chabad Center for Jewish Life — Located at 32 New Amwell Road, Hillsborough. No membership charged. Weekly Saturday morning services at 10 a.m., followed by Kiddush lunch.    The Chabad will present “Heaven on Earth,” a Rohr Jewish Learning Institute course for a three-week Kabbalistic “excavation” of the ancient Temple Mount. The program utilizes the most…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: College/university graduate edition July 23

    The absolute deadline for all graduation copy is July 16 at noon.    Colleges and universities are sending us news releases about 2009 college/university graduates, who reside in the Hopewell Valley area. We are saving these for our annual college/university graduate edition, which will come out on Thursday, July 23.    Graduates and/or proud parents, who want…

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