Author: Central Jersey

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Teen boy ejected from bed of pickup

    A Hillsborough teenage boy was apparently thrown from the bed of a pickup truck when the driver made a turn in the rain Tuesday night about 9:24 p.m. Hillsborough police are investigating the incident, which took place at the intersection of Carroll Drive and Brusler Place. Police said another 17-year-old boy was driving with a…

  • SOLEBURY: Bicycle-riding assailant charged

    Solebury Township police have arrested and charged a bicycle-riding man who allegedly assaulted another man on Tuesday, July 1, at about 12:30 p.m. along the canal towpath south of the Thompson-Neely House on Route 32. Detective Cpl. Roy G. Ferrari said Tuesday he had charged Peter Markowicz, 56, who lives behind a gift shop he…

  • MERCER: County taking applications for gardeners program

    Barbara J. Bromley, Mercer County horticulturist, announces the opportunity for Mercer County residents, with an interest in horticulture and the desire to share their knowledge in service to others, to enroll in the Master Gardener Volunteer Training Program for 2015. The 21-week training program, which is offered through Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer County, will…

  • TITUSVILLE: July 4 celebrated July 5
  • TITUSVILLE: July 4 celebrated July 5

    TITUSVILLE: July 4 celebrated July 5

    Photos by Mike Chipowsky The Titusville 4th of July celebration was held on July 5, because of inclement weather on July 4. Titusville’s Miss Fourth of July for 2014 is Laura Niederer, a 2014 graduate of Hopewell Valley Central High School. She will go to college this fall to study nutrition. One of the winners…

  • Rago’s Modern Design Auction: Sunday, October 19, 2014

    Rago’s Modern Design Auction: Sunday, October 19, 2014

    By Rago’s Modern Design Auction: Sunday, October 19, 2014 Furnishings; ceramics, glass, and other decorative art; lighting and fine art by Nakashima, Esherick, Powell, Evans, Paley, Castle, Kagan, Noguchi, Ponti, Juhl and Jensen to name but a few. Rago’s Modern auctions are followed internationally. Highlights to date include an Evans Deep Relief cabinet, an illuminating…

  • Rago’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Auction: Saturday, November 15, 2014

    Rago’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Auction: Saturday, November 15, 2014

    Rago Arts and Auction Center Rago’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Auction: Saturday, November 15, 2014 Post-War and Contemporary Art brings together essential works from leading painters, sculptors, and photographers working today with those of Post-War innovators and juxtaposes important originals with stylish multiples and the work of emerging and mid-career artists. Highlights to date include…

  • STOCKTON: Byway exhibit at Prallsville

    STOCKTON: Byway exhibit at Prallsville

    The work of 20 established fine artists, reflecting the contemporary art scene from Frenchtown to Trenton, can be seen in the Prallsville Grist Mill in Stockton until July 27. The opening reception will be held Friday (July 11) from 6-8 p.m. The exhibit, open daily from 1-4 p.m., reflects the art scene influenced by the…

  • WEST AMWELL: Heart attack victim will thank his rescuers