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Historic memories
Danny Lyon’s photographs at the college of New Jersey tell stories of the Civil Rights Movement By Bernadette Suski-Harding During the summer between his junior and senior years at the University of Chicago, Danny Lyon, a skinny, curly-haired, white kid born in Brooklyn and raised in Queens, packed an Army bag with two cameras and…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: AROUND THE SCHOOLS
Geography is alive at Crossroads By Mark Daniels, Principal Each year, Crossroads North Middle School participates in the National Geographic Bee, or as it’s known at Crossroads, “The Geography Bee.” The contest is designed to encourage teachers to include geography in their classrooms, spark student interest in the subject, and increase public awareness about geography.…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Board hears PARCC concerns
Officials answer questions about controversial testing By Ed Birch, Special Writer At Thursday night’s Board of Education meeting, many township residents voiced their concerns about the upcoming controversial Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, standardized exams that will soon be administered to the district’s students. The examination, a state mandate,…
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MONTGOMERY: Montgomery girls continue special season
Junior Zoe Zimmer was second in the 100 back and fourth in the 50 free to help the Mont´gomery High girls swim team to a 129-41 win over East Brunswick in the Central Jersey A Division final. Photo by Robert Gleason
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Field Trip
Brooks Crossing students visit the Packet. Azra Baig photos. Princeton Packet employees Charles W. Kim, left, and Rob Meyer, right, show Brooks Crossing Newspaper Club students the printing press at the newspaper’s office in Princeton on Feb. 10. Executive Editor Aubrey Huston explains the news editing process to the 17 students.
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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Sunday blaze leaves house uninhabitable
On Sunday at 4:07 p.m., Hopewell Township police, along with the Hopewell Fire Department, went to a Cotswald Lane address to investigate a report of a structure fire. Cotswald Lane is in the Nelson Ridge neighborhood, located off of Cherry Valley Road in Hopewell Township. The fire, which left the residence uninhabitable, was called in…
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PRINCETON: Most council members still undecided on Hamilton Avenue parking proposal
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer A majority of Princeton council members said last week that they had not made up their minds about eliminating on-street parking on Hamilton Avenue from Harrison Street to Snowden Lane to allow for bike lanes. The proposed change is scheduled to come up for a vote at the council…
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PRINCETON: Pumped up PHS rolls to CJ B swim crown
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor NEPTUNE — The coaches and swimmers on the Princeton High School girls team expected a close meet in the Central Jersey B championship on Friday against Manasquan at the Neptune Aquatic Center. ”Going into this meet we had the mentality that it would be a very close, very exciting meet,”…
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