• SOUTH BRUNSWICK: CALENDAR

    Through Wed., Oct. 2    ”Teachers As Artists” exhibit at The Gallery at the South Brunswick Municipal Building, 540 Route 522, Monmouth Junction, open 8:30-4:30 p.m. weekdays and evenings when meetings are scheduled. Fri., Sept. 27    All About Twitter 12 to 1 p.m. at Program Rooms 1A & 1B, at the South Brunswick Public Library, 110…

  • Saving the birds and bees

    Saving the birds and bees

    D&R Greenway to hold native plant sale By Keith Loria, Special Writer    So many in our area enjoy gardening and having our lawns and gardens stand out among the neighborhood. What’s important to remember is that the chemicals sometimes used can be harmful to the birds and wildlife of our region and certain plants are…

  • IN THE KITCHEN: Sept. 27, 2013

    IN THE KITCHEN: Sept. 27, 2013

    Fall festival to benefit TASK By Pat Tanner, Special Writer    I like nothing better than when many local businesses and organizations team up for a family-friendly community event that benefits a worthy area non-profit. If that event combines good food, drink, music, and fun activities in an outdoor setting during autumn (my favorite season), so…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: The Man Cave and Consignment Shop is moving

    BORDENTOWN CITY: The Man Cave and Consignment Shop is moving

    Randy Now (Randy Ellis) is moving his Man Cave and Consignment Shop to its new location at 134 Farnsworth Ave. on Oct. 1 and will be reopening just in time for the Cranberry Festival on Oct. 5. Courtesy photo

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Seniors to be guided through ‘Medicare maze’

    Chapters A and B report club happenings CHAPTER A    Our next meeting will be Thursday, Oct. 3, and our speaker will guide us through the “Medicare Maze.”    The Health Department will administer free flu shots at the end of the meeting. Bring your Medicare card with you.    At our November meeting we’ll honor our veterans…

  • CRANBURY: BRIEFS

    Yard sale at high school    An “Old and New Treasures” Yard Sale sponsored by the Monroe Township High School PTO will be held Saturday, Oct. 5, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the parking lot of the high school on Schoolhouse Road. Tentative rain date is Oct. 12.    Fee for each space is $10…

  • ROEBLING: Crew films flick at local house

    ROEBLING: Crew films flick at local house

    Actors Daniel Smith, of Mount Holly, and Dorian McGhee, of Staten Island, are shot in a scene in front of a Roebling home Saturday. Photo by Amy Batista

  • MONTGOMERY: Dunkin’ Donuts possible for old gas station site

    By Charley Falkenburg, Special to the Packet     The town might soon be running on Dunkin’.    The owner of an overgrown, vacant piece of property right next door to the Tiger’s Tale restaurant on Route 206 has submitted an application seeking to build the township’s first Dunkin’ Donuts on the .516-acre tract, town officials…

  • SENIOR MENUS

    Sept. 26-Oct. 3    All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville. Reservations are required. Call 609-397-2228 24 hours in advance. The value of each meal is $5.10. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution. All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine. The sodium-controlled menu is the…

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