Author: Central Jersey

  • D&R Greenway Land Trust Artist Demos, Gallery Walk and Talk, and Show

    D&R Greenway Land Trust Artist Demos, Gallery Walk and Talk, and Show

    By Margaret Simpson Princeton, NJ – July 21, 2014: Garden State Watercolor Society’s 2014 Signature Members Exhibition is being shown at D&R Greenway Land Trust’s Johnson Education Center. Jury was by artist/professor Suzanne Kammin Baron in June. The exhibit is open until August 8.   July 23’s FREE artists demonstrations by GSWS members are: 11:00am…

  • AvalonBay, town due in court

    AvalonBay, town due in court

    Developer seeking building permits By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer AvalonBay will ask a Mercer County judge on Tuesday to order the town of Princeton to issue the company building permits and sign off on a demolition plan at the old Princeton hospital site, where the company wants to build a 280-unit residential development. AvalonBay…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Youth Police Academy starts 2014 sessions

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Youth Police Academy starts 2014 sessions

    Kids get a firsthand look at law enforcement By Ed Birch, Special Writer The township’s young people are getting a firsthand look at police work this summer. The South Brunswick Police Department has again started its annual Youth Police Academy program. The free, one-week program consists of approximately 25 area young people who are between…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Council allows for 55-plus housing

    By Jenine Clancy, Special Writer EAST WINDSOR — The Township Council adopted a zoning ordinance at a public hearing Tuesday night that would allow a developer to construct age-restricted homes for residents 55 years old or older. The Francis E. Parker Memorial Home Inc., plans on building the senior housing on the Hightstown border, at…

  • The Collins Reynolds Foundation – Hand of Hope – Simple Solutions Save Children’s lives

    By 1888pressrelease 1888PressRelease – The Collins Reynolds Foundation is a humanitarian organization and our mission is to reduce global child mortality by providing life-saving antibiotics and clean drinking water. Our foundation has received its IRS 501(c)(3) approval, we have no overhead and 90% of every dollar donated goes directly to fund our mission. On behalf…

  • MONROE: Superintendent Hamilton moving on

    By Jenine Clancy, Special Writer MONROE — Superintendent Kenneth Hamilton said this week that he was as surprised as anyone was when he received the news that he was appointed, as Mount Vernon, New York’s new chief school administrator. "I was actually surprised, well officially anyway," said Mr. Hamilton when asked about an email exchange…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Police investigate car burglaries

    The South Brunswick Police are alerting residents to an increased number of car burglaries over the past two weeks in the Township. According to police, the suspects have been entering unlocked vehicles in high-density complexes during the overnight hours and stealing items. Reported stolen items include radar detectors, wallets, sunglasses, I-Pods and cash, police said.…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Lightning causes three-alarm blaze

    HIGHTSTOWN: Lightning causes three-alarm blaze

    Amy Batista photo. Firefighters from around the region battle a three-alarm blaze in Hightstown that destroyed four condominium units and displaced eight families Wednesday night.

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Sports club closing

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Sports club closing

    Azra Baig photo. The NYSC gym on Route 1 will be closing its doors. Club