Author: Central Jersey

  • Princeton’s one-party mindset an embarrassment

    Dudley Sipprelle, Chairman, Princeton Republican Committee  To the editor: It is with regret and disappointment that I must advise Princeton voters that the Princeton Republican Committee will not be fielding candidates in the June 3 primary election this year for the two positions on the ballot for Princeton Council. The reason is not a…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Restaurateur opens Mediterranean eatery

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Restaurateur opens Mediterranean eatery

    Azra Baig photo. South Brunswick restaurateur Pierre Hage-Boutros recently opened a new Mediterranean restaurant in North Brunswick called Labebe.

  • Safety Checks Available for Older Adults in Hightstown To Highlight Common Hazards

    By homeinsteadfh Local Home Care Company Offers Aid to Seniors Living on their Own Each year, nearly 33 percent of seniors’ trips to the hospital and emergency room are caused by falls and other accidents at the home. However, almost half of all home accidents by seniors (48 percent) can be avoided according to a…

  • PRINCETON: University grads told to prepare for the future

    PRINCETON: University grads told to prepare for the future

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber, a staunch defender of higher education, told university graduates Tuesday that teaching is a "personal act" that cannot be duplicated by a form of large-scale online learning. Mr. Eisgruber used part of his first commencement speech as president to wade into the Internet…

  • HAMILTON: Flag burning ceremony June 12

       Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes and the Mercer County Office of Veteran Services invite citizens, civic groups and local Scout organizations to participate in an official flag decommissioning ceremony on Thursday, June 12 at 6 p.m. in Veterans Park (Klockner Road entrance) in Hamilton Township.    Each year, the Mercer County Office of Veteran…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: More than 1,000 run in Hop race

    It’s township’s largest 5-K race By Bev McCarron, YMCA staff Under bright, sunny skies, more than 1,100 people surged from the starting line Saturday morning in the largest-ever Hillsborough Hop 5K in its 14-year history. The record field of runners took off from outside the Hillsborough branch of the Somerset Valley YMCA, wound through neighborhood…

  • HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Station room named for David Knights

    HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Station room named for David Knights

    Phil McAuliffe Hopewell officials and members of the Knights family gather at the old Hopewell train station to dedicate a community room in the building to their father David H Knights.

  • Student living the Full life

    By Huck Fairman The beautiful name, Eden Full, belongs not to a heroine in a romantic novel, but to a startlingly impressive Princeton University junior majoring in mechanical engineering. Her story might, however, with its many interesting projects, inventions, awards and travels, all achieved by the august age of 22, inspire a novel. Born and…

  • MONROE: Students take part in Special Olympics Torch Run

    MONROE: Students take part in Special Olympics Torch Run

    Jenine Clancy photo. Monroe Township Middle School students and high school students participate in the 31st Special Olympics Torch Run May 30.