• CRANBURY: A night of jazz

    CRANBURY: A night of jazz

       The PHS Studo Band and Jazz Ensemble came to the Cranbury School May for their annual Big band Dance. The Cranbury School Jazz Orchestra performed with their older peers during the show.

  • REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: Plugs for the good things people do and a big question

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Just some things to think about . . .    — Hopewell Valley’s volunteer firefighting and first aid units have been doing so much good work for so long one might tend to forget their members routinely put themselves at risk in order to get it done.    But put themselves at…

  • CRANBURY: Green thumbs

    CRANBURY: Green thumbs

       Cranbury School students celebrated Arbor Day with a Tree planting in Village Park.

  • MANVILLE: Borough briefs

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer Police powers in parks OK’d    The Borough Council unanimously approved an ordinance April 27 to amend a 2003 ordinance to allow the Manville Police Department to enforce Somerset County Park Commission rules and regulations on behalf of the county.    Councilman Ted Petrock was absent and did not vote.    Gerber Field…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police blotter

       Laurie Wienchutoni, 41, of New Brunswick, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia after police responded to an anonymous call that someone was smoking cocaine in one of the rooms at the Days Inn, on Route 206, at 1:44 a.m. April 17.    Ms. Wienchutoni was taken into custody after police found a glass tube for…

  • LAWRENCE: LHS girls hope for strong finish

    Lacrosse team set for MCT By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Lauren Raymond and Mary-Kate Rogener are approaching their final games with the Lawrence High School girls lacrosse team as excited as they were for the first games of their senior year.    The 2-8 record heading into Wednesday’s scheduled game against two-time defending Mercer County…

  • MANVILLE: Continuing education

    MANVILLE: Continuing education

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer Monthly sessions help borough’s Water Rescue Team be prepared    Created after the devastation of Hurricane Floyd in 1999, Manville’s Water Rescue Team continues to go through monthly training to protect residents in the case of another debilitating flood.    The most recent session for swift water rescue training was held Sunday…

  • "As You Like It" at Central High

    At Performing Arts Center May 7, 8, and 9 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available by calling 737-4000, ext. 3516 or at the box office prior to each performance     Hopewell Valley Central High School presents William Shakespeare’s “As You Like It,” directed by theatre arts teacher Barbara Hatch, in the school’s Performing Arts Center…

  • MANVILLE: ABIS top teacher uses real world examples for lessons

    MANVILLE: ABIS top teacher uses real world examples for lessons

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    When Rachael Lopa, a language arts teacher Alexander Batcho Intermediate School, learned she had been named the school’s Governors’ Teacher of the Year, she was in detention.    Actually, she was proctoring the school’s detention period when ABIS Principal James Brunn and Superintendent Donald Burkhardt came to congratulate her. Three…

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