• SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Looking to spread some sunshine

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    Just as the sun returned warm temperatures to the area this week, some students at St. Augustine of Canterbury School are hoping to bring some sunshine into the lives of sick children at Robert Wood Johnson Children’s Hospital in New Brunswick.    Third-graders at the school decorated shoe boxes, which they…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Coast Guard’s local home

    HILLSBOROUGH: Coast Guard’s local home

    BY Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    The most gratifying moment in 22-year-old Ernie Hall’s first year with the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla, based in Hillsborough, happened last month during one of the group’s routine boat inspections.    ”At Round Valley (Recreation Area, in Clinton) two weeks ago, a 10-year old boy looks me straight in…

  • HBPP fundraiser Saturday at Creative Kids Place

    Event at 33 Railroad Place from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. All are invited    Creative Kids Place will host an open house with a fundraiser to benefit the Hopewell Borough Playground Project (HBPP) at its new 33 Railroad Place location on May 2 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. All are invited.    There will be canvas tote bags with…

  • JAMESBURG: Jamesburg gets new board member

    By John Saccenti, Managing Editor    JAMESBURG — Sometimes you can’t quit for trying.    Karen Zimmerman, who resigned her seat on the Jamesburg Board of Education earlier this year only to be elected as a write-in candidate for the seat she had just vacated, was officially appointed to her old seat by the Jamesburg Board of…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Student board member is ready

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    Many senior students at South Brunswick High School spent Monday night doing homework, chatting with friends or watching television. But 18-year-old Elizabeth Chang spent her Monday evening being sworn in as the newest member of the South Brunswick Board of Education.    ”I was just very surprised at being elected,” Ms.…

  • LAWRENCE: Nalbone drafted by Dolphins

    LHS grad gets NFL shot By Bob Nuse, The Packet Group    Rob Radice knew that if work ethic had anything to do with it, John Nalbone had a shot to play in the National Football League.    ”John really helped his cause by working out the way he does,” said Radice, the Lawrence High football coach…

  • Air Conditioning Season is Around the Corner

    By Jessica Redding COMPANY PRESS CONTACT: Jessica L. Redding Redding’s Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning 609.577.0799 [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Air Conditioning Season is Around the Corner  New Jersey Homeowners Go Green for Less with Federal Tax Credit, New Jersey Clean Energy Programs and Equipment Manufacturer Rebates PRINCETON, NJ—(April 29, 2009) —By taking advantage of…

  • PLAINSBORO: Township leads in stream cleanup tally

       The first numbers are in for the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association’s 3rd annual stream cleanups: Last weekend, first-time participant Plainsboro Township collected the most trash.    ”In Plainsboro we teamed up with the Plainsboro Recreation Department and 59 volunteers to haul 97 bags — or more than 750 pounds of trash — from the Lenape Trail…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police blotter

       John Rivers, 26, of Richmond Court, was charged with fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon and failing to maintain his vehicle’s lights after he was pulled over because his vehicle’s license plate was not working and his right taillight was very dim while driving on Route 206 at 7:56 p.m. April 16.    Mr. Rivers was…

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