• HILLSBOROUGH: Positive experience for Junior Legion

    By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Tony Melfi would have liked his Hillsborough Junior American Legion baseball team to have a few more games together.    A few hits more and they might have. The Hillsborough manager had nothing but positive things to say about this year’s group that came up just a game short of…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Town to host National Night Out

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer Several local police departments will be participating in National Night Out on Aug. 5 as they join thousands of other communities across the nation to heighten crime awareness and enhance community relations. "East Windsor Township is committed to strengthening neighborhood unity and police and community partnerships to help deter crime…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Scooper’s adds bakery

    EAST WINDSOR: Scooper’s adds bakery

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer EAST WINDSOR — Scooper’s Gourmet Ice Cream store has expanded this year and is now featuring baked goods for its customers. Scooper’s Gourmet Ice Cream officially opened under new ownership in May 2013 in the Wawa Shopping Center at 104 Hickory Corner Road. Dawn Martin and Jayson Nardoza, of West…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Private students lack busing contract

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Private students lack busing contract

    By Ed Birch, Special Writer Nineteen families from the South Brunswick community have been notified by the Board of Education that, at present, the district would be unable to provide round trip transportation for their children to St. Paul’s Catholic School in Princeton. The district provided these families with the legal notice of the change…

  • PRINCETON: School enrollment seen as stable for 5 years

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Enrollment in the six Princeton public schools is forecast to remain stable in the next five years, even with AvalonBay and other housing developments due to open, a district-hired demographer has projected. Richard S. Grip, executive director of Statistical Forecasting, looked at historical enrollment figures, birth rates and other…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Local Muslims pray for Mid-East peace

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Local Muslims pray for Mid-East peace

    By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor SOUTH BRUNSWICK — As the bloody body count continues to rise in the Middle East, locals with ties to the region are praying for a peaceful end to the conflict. "It is heartbreaking for everyone," South Brunswick resident Hanan Shaban, 40, said this week." Ms. Shaban was born in…

  • CRANBURY: Town to host National Night Out

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer CRANBURY — Several local police departments will be participating in National Night Out on Aug. 5 as they join thousands of other communities across the nation to heighten crime awareness and enhance community relations. Cranbury Township will be hosting its second National Night Out co-sponsored by Cranbury F.O.P. Lodge No.…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Town to host 31st National Night Out

    Several local police departments will be participating in National Night Out on Aug. 5 as they join thousands of other communities across the nation to heighten crime awareness and enhance community relations. The South Brunswick Police Department will host its 31st annual "National Night Out" celebration from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Rowland Park…

  • New Jersey Muslims Prepare for Eid – the End of Ramadan Celebrations

    New Jersey Muslims Prepare for Eid – the End of Ramadan Celebrations

    By: Zainab Alam Eid celebrations will soon be held by 1.6 billion Muslims around the world to mark the end of the Islamic month of Ramadan. For New Jersey, the state with the second highest percentage of Muslims in the United States, it means that more than 400,000 Muslims will partake in such festivities. One…

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