Author: Central Jersey

  • LAWRENCE: Police blotter

       April Collins, 37, of Hamilton, was charged with driving under the influence, reckless driving and driving with an expired driver’s license after she was stopped on Brunswick Pike at 12:48 p.m. April 14 by police, who were looking for her in connection with a disturbance that had occurred a few minutes earlier at a Rosalind…

  • HAMILTON: Commemorative Special Olympics Wheaties box unveiled

    HAMILTON: Commemorative Special Olympics Wheaties box unveiled

    An unveiling on the box, featuring a local Special Olympian, was unveiled April 23. by James McEvoy, Managing Editor HAMILTON — Local Special Olympians have joined the likes of Michael Jordan, Mia Hamm, Lou Gehrig and Peyton Manning by gracing the cover of special edition Wheaties boxes in advance of 2014 Special Olympics USA Games,…

  • GUEST OPINION: What my town does best — save land

    By Grant Brazer Editor’s note: This is an essay written by Hillsborough student Grant Brazer to accompany his application for a Future Municipal Leaders Scholarship partially co-sponsored by the local government. All writers were assigned the topic, “What My Municipal Government Does Best.”    “In wilderness is the preservation of the world.”— Henry David Thoreau. After…

  • Unity Bank Supports Opening of Flemington’s First Jersey Mike’s

    Unity Bank Supports Opening of Flemington’s First Jersey Mike’s

    By Yankee Public Relations Unity Bank has provided a Small Business Administration (SBA) loan to JM Track, LLC to fund the opening today of a Jersey Mike’s Subs restaurant at the Flemington Circle Shopping Center, 75 Reaville Ave. The business is owned and operated by Jill and Kevin Stiffler, Raritan Township residents. Pictured (from left)…

  • LAWRENCE: Legion honors firefighters, officer, EMT

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Nine volunteer firefighters, one police officer and one emergency medical technician were honored by American Legion Post 414 for their service at the post’s annual awards night last week.    American Legion Post 414 also announced the recipient of its Citizen of the Year award and honored some of its own…

  • Unity Bank Supports Opening of Flemington’s First Jersey Mike’s

    Unity Bank Supports Opening of Flemington’s First Jersey Mike’s

    Pictured (from left) at a reception launching the first Jersey Mike’s in Flemington are Unity Bank Vice President/Commercial Loan Officer Paul Kapp, Jill and Kevin Stiffler and Unity Bank Vice President/SBA Business Development Executive Debbie Godt.

  • CRANBURY: Foundation holds event for new library funding

    CRANBURY: Foundation holds event for new library funding

    Submitted photo. Florist Patty Kraws makes a basket for the Cranbury Public Library Foundation.

  • LAWRENCE: Neighbors listen to automated car wash proposal

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The fate of an application to demolish the existing service garage at the Exxon gasoline station on Brunswick Pike at Texas Avenue and replace it with an automated car wash may be decided at the Lawrence Township Zoning Board of Adjustment’s May 21 meeting.    About a half-dozen neighbors — many…

  • CRANBURY: Woman’s Club offers college seed money

    By Nicole M. Wells, Special Writer CRANBURY — The saying goes that “April showers bring May flowers,” but the Woman’s Club of Cranbury is hoping to help seed and water a different kind of perennial this spring: the college dreams of graduating high school seniors.    To that end, the Woman’s Club of Cranbury is offering…