• MONROE: Greenstein, panel study Helmetta shelter issues

    MONROE: Greenstein, panel study Helmetta shelter issues

    Amy Batista photo. State Sen. Linda Greenstein hosted a forum on animal shelter laws in Monroe on Jan. 23 in the wake of problems with the Helmetta Regional Animal Shelter.

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Region digs out from less than historic storm

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Region digs out from less than historic storm

    Azra Baig photo. Jay Jayakumaran, 60, clears his driveway and sidewalk with a snow blower in the Princeton Walk development in South Brunswick on Tuesday.

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Assembly members’ tour launches their campaign

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Assembly members’ tour launches their campaign

    Staff photo by Charles W. Kim. Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli and Assemblywoman Donna Simon listen to Kendall Park salon owner Donna DePinto during last week’s campaign launch.

  • PACKET PICKS: Jan. 30

    Fri., Jan. 30  Have a hoot at Howell Farm      Mercer County Naturalist Jenn Rogers and Wildlife Center Director Diane Nickerson will present a program titled “An Evening of Owls,” 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.     The presentation will be held inside the farm’s heated 19th-century barn. Visitors will learn about the special adaptations…

  • MONROE: County under blizzard warning
  • HIGHTSTOWN: Fire department gets defibrillator

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer HIGHTSTOWN — America’s 911 Ride Foundation presented a defibrillator to the Hightstown Engine Co. No. 1 during the council meeting on Jan. 20. “It’s our honor to present this AED (automated external defibrillator) to Hightstown fire department and the residents of Hightstown,” said Butch Budai, a New Jersey road captain…

  • Nights at the opera

    Nights at the opera

    Princeton’s William Burden will sing in the Philadelphia Opera’s ‘Oscar’ By Anthony Stoeckert, Packet Media Group     It’s “Oscar” season for William Burden.     The opera singer and Princeton resident will soon be singing in “Oscar,” a new opera by Theodore Morrison, who wrote the music and co-wrote the libretto with John Fox. The show…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: AROUND THE SCHOOLS

    Motivating children to read independently: Monmouth Junction School’s approach By Dr. Maribeth Edmunds, Principal Motivating children to read can be challenging, especially in today’s world when students’ interests lie elsewhere such as in sports or electronic games. Despite competing interests, it is important for children to read independently in order to build their reading comprehension…

  • MANVILLE: Wrestlers capture divisional title with exciting final match

    MANVILLE: Wrestlers capture divisional title with exciting final match

    Students show their enthusiasm and support for the Manville wrestling team during its match against Belvidere. Photo by Mary Ellen Day

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