• Special Olympics New Jersey thanks Rutgers Football, Coach Flood

    Marc S. Edenzon, resident & CEO, Special Olympics New Jersey  To the editor: On behalf of Special Olympics New Jersey, I would like to thank Rutgers Athletics and Rutgers Football Head Coach Kyle Flood, Team New Jersey Honorary Head Coach during the 2014 Special Olympics USA Games, for their support of Special Olympics New…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Bollaci succeeds Miller for Pirate girls

    WEST WINDSOR: Bollaci succeeds Miller for Pirate girls

    New South soccer coach raising expectations By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    For six years, Allysa Bollaci has been helping to groom the up-and-coming players in the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South girls soccer program.    This year, she has the chance to work with the varsity as the new head coach of the Pirates.    ”So far,…

  • CRANBURY: Rodriguez succeeds Hand as head coach

    CRANBURY: Rodriguez succeeds Hand as head coach

    Cranbury product takes over PHS girls soccer By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Val Rodriguez never looked anywhere else when she considered a head coaching job.    The Princeton High School graduate got the one that she had been waiting for when girls soccer coach Greg Hand retired, and she moved up from his assistant the…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: School board buys $4.8 million office building
  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Local youth tapped for USA Baseball tryout

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Local youth tapped for USA Baseball tryout

    By Ed Birch, Special Writer Jacob Ciccone, a 13-year-old youth league pitcher from Monmouth Junction, has been selected for final round tryouts for the USA Baseball North American team that will eventually represent the United States. Jacob presently attends Crossroads North Middle School in the district, “and is an honors student as well as a…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: SVY swimming team names Dan Roth as coach

    HILLSBOROUGH: SVY swimming team names Dan Roth as coach

    Dan Roth, center, is the new head coach of Somerset Valley YMCA swimming. He is shown with Barry Coriell, swim team parent board president and a member of the search commit´tee, and Somerset YMCA CEO David Carieri, right. (Photo courtesy of the YMCA)

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Brown’s family, friends turning tragedy into service

    By Charles Kim, Managing Editor The family and friends of a Kendall Park man that died of a heroin overdose in January want to turn that tragedy into an annual community event to fight addictions. Sept. 13 will mark the first annual Kevin Brown Memorial 5K Run and Picnic at Woodlot Park. "When my brother…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Council debates Borough Hall replacement

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer HIGHTSTOWN — The ongoing need for a replacement for Borough Hall was the council’s topic at its Aug. 18 meeting. "As I think everyone is aware, in another 10 days or so it will be three years that we got hit with Irene and Borough Hall and the Police Department…

  • MANVILLE: Women folk singers to be celebrated

    Library Happenings column Singer-songwriter Patricia Shih brings a multi-media presentation, "Songbirds: Women in Folk," to the Manville Public Library at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27. Ms. Shih will highlight five women — Ronnie Gilbert of the Weavers, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell and Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary — who are all…

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