• HILLSBOROUGH: HHS girls claim county track crown

    By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    If the Somerset County Championships are any indication, it’s going to be a special season for the Hillsborough High School girls track and field team.    Marlena Sabatino won the pole vault at 11-feet-1, the Raiders won the 4×400 relay in 4:15.03 and the Raiders won their first indoor county…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Book was born, nurtured in New Hope bar

    LAMBERTVILLE: Book was born, nurtured in New Hope bar

    Ideas, criticism, backing came from bartender’s patrons By Chuck O’Donnell, Special Writer    Inspiration would sometimes reveal itself to Casey Caracciolo while he was pouring a glass of Bengal Gold India Pale Ale or Bohemian Pilsner.    A plot point. A string of dialogue. A character quirk. Something, anything would pop into his head during his shifts…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Sheriff honors officers for duty above and beyond

    HILLSBOROUGH: Sheriff honors officers for duty above and beyond

    Sheriff’s Officer Mark Impellizeri, left, was awarded an Exceptional Duty Award by Sheriff Frank Provenzano at a Dec. 23 ceremony. 

  • SOUTH COUNTY: Residents are asked to take part in health center expansion survey

    SOUTH COUNTY: Residents are asked to take part in health center expansion survey

    Phillips Barber Family Health Center has been seeing patients in Lambertville for more than 40 years. Now Hunterdon Healthcare would like input from area residents. Shown outside the center are, from left, Terry Shlimbaum, medical director, Phillips Barber Family Health Center; Robert P. Wise, president and CEO, Hunterdon Healthcare; and Lambertville Mayor David M. Del…

  • MANVILLE: Government reorganizes on Saturday

    Two Republicans will be sworn to three-year terms on Borough Council By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Two Republicans will be sworn in for three-year terms on Borough Council at Saturday’s borough government reorganization meeting at 11 a.m. at borough hall on North Main Street.    Richard Onderko will return to council after a one-year absence. He…

  • LAWRENCE: Col. Hand marches again on Saturday

    The 52nd annual re-enactment of Col. Edward Hand’s delaying tactics, which held off British and Hessian troops on their way to the Second Battle of Trenton in 1777, will kick off promptly at 10 a.m. Saturday By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The 52nd annual re-enactment of Col. Edward Hand’s delaying tactics, which held off British…

  • PACKET PICKS: Jan. 3

    Friday, Jan. 3 Author Laura Crockett at Princeton Library Laura Crockett will discuss her book “Mary Stumpf at the Battle of Princeton,” during a talk that will begin at 4 p.m.    The author describes the events of the Battle of Princeton that took place 237 years ago on the Thomas Clarke farm and talks about…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Another 350 acres is added to Sourland Mountain Preserve

    HILLSBOROUGH: Another 350 acres is added to Sourland Mountain Preserve

    Officials mark the handoff of title to future open space in Hillsborough. Somerset County Freeholder Director Peter S. Palmer, seated left, and real estate investor Bryce Thompson, seated right, pose after signing papers. Standing, from left, are Hillsborough Township Administrator Anthony Ferrera; New Jersey Conservation Foundation Assistant Director Greg Romano; Catherine Bacon Winslow of Bedminster,…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: January 2

    Wednesdays    Free Acoustic Open Mic Night and Poetry at Star Subs and Café in the Buckley Plaza 621 Route 130, Hamilton, will be hosted Wednesdays at 7 p.m. by American Idol contestant Bri Lobue. Audience and musicians are welcome. 609-333- 1230. Fri., Jan. 3    Storybooks in Action will be held at 10:30 a.m. at the…

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