Author: Central Jersey

  • CRANBURY: Bank teller saves senior from car fire

    CRANBURY: Bank teller saves senior from car fire

    Jenine Clancy photo. Fire damage to the drive through canopy at the 1st Constitution Bank is visible after a vehicle caught fire last week. A teller in the bank rescued a senior woman from the car.

  • COLUMBUS CORNER: April 17

    by Packet Media Group The Columbus Grange will be serving a ham dinner on Saturday May 3rd at 6 p.m. For advanced reservations, call Claudia Teal at 609-324-0729.    Tickets are $15 for adults and $6 for children. All proceeds will benefit the continued building improvements at the Grange Hall.    The Grange is located at 88…

  • STATE WE’RE IN: Harbingers of a changing climate

    by Michele Byers Chickadees aren’t signs of spring since these cheery little birds are year-round Jersey residents.    But they could signal a warming climate.    An interesting new study focuses on “hybrid” chickadees — the offspring of northern black-capped chickadees and their southern relatives, Carolina chickadees — in places where the two ranges overlap. Because the…

  • MANSFIELD: Students will walk for diabetes awareness

    MANSFIELD: Students will walk for diabetes awareness

    Approximately 220 students attended the morning assembly at John Hydock Elementary School on April 7. by Amy Batista, Special Writer MANSFIELD — Students preparing to raise awareness for diabetes and support a fellow student, kicked off their efforts with an assembly earlier this month.    ”This is a chance for all of you guys to help…

  • March for Babies

    March for Babies

    By March of Dimes On Saturday April 5, Monika and Mike Roccia hosted a wine tasting at Old York Cellars in Ringoes, New Jersey and raised over $500 for March for Babies. March for Babies, the March of Dimes largest fundraiser, helps fund lifesaving research and educational programs aimed at helping moms have healthy babies.…

  • MANVILLE: Man walking around school was a janitor

    Police blotter report, April 17th issue    A caller was worried that a man in blue jeans, work boots and heavy flannel shirt man was walking on the sidewalk taking pictures of the Alexander Batcho Intermediate School at 8:29 a.m. April 8. Police found no problem, just a custodian walking around the school with a cell…

  • CRANBURY: Bank teller saves senior from car fire

    CRANBURY: Bank teller saves senior from car fire

    An 89-year-old township woman is thankful to be alive after a bank teller’s quick actions saved her from a car fire at the 1st Constitution Bank on Main Street April 10. By Jenine Clancy, Special Writer CRANBURY — An 89-year-old township woman is thankful to be alive after a bank teller’s quick actions saved her…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Pitching depth key for Ravens

    By Bob Nuse, The Packet Group    Tom Brettell knows that with the pitching staff he has at his disposal, the Robbinsville High baseball team is going to be competitive in every game it plays.    ”The one thing I have always known is if you can pitch you will always be in the game,” said Brettell,…

  • FLORENCE-ROEBLING NEWS: April 17

    by Peg Dotson The American Legion Post 194 will hold a classic car show on Saturday, May 17th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There is a rain date of Sunday, May 18.    The event will be held at the American Legion Post, 601Broad St. Florence, and will benefit local veterans.    Shrimp night will be…