• ALLENTOWN: Girls anxious to start lacrosse season

    By: Kyle Moylan Sports Editor     After the first scheduled week of the lacrosse season, the goals for the Allentown High School girls’ team havegotten really basic.     They just want to play.     Friday’s game against Ewing was rained out. Wet field conditions claimed Saturday’s contest. A scheduling conflict took care of Monday’s game…

  • MANVILLE: Basketball’s Wizards wow crowd

    MANVILLE: Basketball’s Wizards wow crowd

    Ryan Rodriguez reaches for a basketball balanced on a pencil by Harlem Wizards player Swoop Simpson. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • LAWRENCE: Cardinals start fast on track

    By Rudy Brandl, The Packet Group    With many other sports sidelined due to the inclement weather in the first week of April, the Lawrence High track and field teams got very busy early in the season. The Cardinals competed in their opening tri-meet last Thursday and participated in the first of a series of Saturday…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: YMCA picks Ryans as top volunteers of the year

    HOPEWELL VALLEY: YMCA picks Ryans as top volunteers of the year

    Award will be presented at the Hopewell Valley YMCA’s Spring Gala on April 24 at the Cherry Valley Country Club    The Hopewell Valley YMCA has announced that Mika and Pat Ryan are this year’s recipients of their Volunteer of the Year Award.    The award will be presented at the Hopewell Valley YMCA’s Spring Gala on…

  • Wald would seek audits

    David Wald, Bywater Court    As a candidate for the Hillsborough Board of Education, I attended the last meeting in which a $109,201,188 budget was passed. I was glad to see that many of the originally planned cuts were put back into the budget.    I am, however, not happy that they are wasting our money on…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Regional school budget now ready for voters

    Balloting on April 21 By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    A 2009-10 Hopewell Valley school budget that calls for the lowest tax levy increase in more than 23 years was adopted unanimously by the school board April 1, district spokeswoman JoAnn Meyer said.    The proposed $73.5 million spending plan, which will go before the voters April…

  • WEST WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO: School candidates answer league queries

       EDITOR’S NOTE: These are the verbatim responses of the candidates for the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional Board of Education to questions presented by The League of Women Voters of the Princeton Area, in cooperation with The Princeton Packet. The candidates were given an equal amount of space for their answers. Candidates for West Windsor Township —…

  • LAWRENCE: Wrobel enjoys new lead role

    Helps Lawrence golf to quick start By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Greg Wrobel has enjoyed leading roles in plays and musicals at Lawrence High School this year.    Now he’s looking to take the lead for the LHS golf team to cap his senior year.    ”The bottom line coming in, is I feel a lot…

  • CRANBURY PRESS: Things to Do

       April 11    Easter Egg hunt: The Woman’s Club of Cranbury will be holding its annual Egg Hunt at 1 p.m. in Village Park in Cranbury. April 15    Arts & Crafts: 10:30 a.m. at the Monroe Township Public Library. The project will be “Paint Pals” for ages 3-5. Registration is not required.    Coalition for Peace: Welcome…

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