Author: Central Jersey
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WEST AMWELL: Kayaking bail-jumper gets 4 years in jail
Steven Pieczynski sill faces burglary, theft sentences Superior Court Judge Stephen B. Rubin on Tuesday sentenced former West Amwell Township resident Steven Pieczynski to four years in state prison on third-degree bail-jumping charges. He must serve two years before being eligible for parole. According to Prosecutor Anthony Kearns III, Mr. Pieczynski pleaded guilty to burglary…
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HILLSBOROUGH: 100-year-olds honored by county
Three Hillsborough centenarians were among the more than 40 Somerset County centenarians scheduled to be honored for Older Americans Month at a luncheon Wednesday, May 21, at the Regency Jewish Heritage Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, at 380 DeMott Lane in Franklin Township. The event is hosted by the Regency with the Somerset County Office on…
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MANVILLE: Students receive scholarships at Manville Area Federal Credit Union’s annual dinner
By Mary Ellen Day, Special Writer Two high school college scholarship recipients were announced at the Manville Area Federal Credit Union’s 77th annual meeting on Tuesday at the VFW Hall on Washington Avenue. A $1,000 scholarship was presented to Hillsborough High School senior Patrick Kelly. A $600 scholarship in memory of Susan Miskowicz was awarded…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Memorial Day’s real meaning
It’s more than the unofficial start to summer Memorial Day, the unofficial start of summer, is upon us. Time to get out the grill, invite the neighbors and have the first cookout of the season. Can’t you smell those hamburgers and hot dogs now? But let’s not lose sight that summer is not what we’re…
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WEST WINDSOR: Pirates volleyball wins first round
Register, South boys stop Cinnaminson By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor Jeff Register has been waiting his whole career for a chance to play in the boys volleyball state tournament. The West Windsor-Plainsboro South senior made sure the wait was worth it as he registered five kills, four digs and four aces to help the…
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PRINCETON: Missing woman found dead
Investigation into her death continues By Charles W. Kim, Packet Media Group PRINCETON — The body of a missing woman was discovered at the water’s edge of a Clinton Township state park Thursday afternoon, according to officials. Princeton resident Elizabeth Erickson, 46, was found between 1:30 and 2 p.m. by the edge of the resevoir…
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WEST WINDSOR: Knights hurdler hits stride
Johnson realizing potential in final year By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor Jamel Johnson is starting to realize and to show how good he can be in his final season at West Windsor-Plainsboro High North. The Knights senior is the second seed in the boys intermediate hurdles for the Central Jersey Group IV meet that…
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MANVILLE: Who is tyrannizing whom, when it comes to guns?
Letter to the editor To the editor: Simply put (and repeated many, many times) our nation is experiencing an epidemic of gun violence. Our founding fathers conceived of the Second Amendment to give citizens the right (which "shall not be infringed") to own and bear arms against tyrants and tyrannical governments. They could not have…
