Author: Central Jersey

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Church damaged in early morning fire

    The Princeton Community Church, at the corner of Pennington Road and Brandon Road West in Hopewell Township suffered fire damage to a small portion of the roof on Saturday at about 1:45 a.m.    The Princeton Community Church, at the corner of Pennington Road and Brandon Road West in Hopewell Township suffered fire damage to a…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter

    Princeton    Pedro Lopez, 21, of Somerset, and a 17-year-old female from Trenton were arrested at 7:13 p.m. April 12 on the 200 block of Nassau Street and charged with providing alcohol to a minor and underage possession of alcohol, respectively.    Megan McFarlane, 22, of Salisbury, Md., was arrested at 8:10 a.m. April 12 on Nassau…

  • MONTGOMERY: Student activity fee help available

    The student activity fee for middle school and high school students will remain the same in the 2014-15 school year. By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The student activity fee for middle school and high school students will remain the same in the 2014-15 school year.    The Board of Education implemented an activity fee…

  • Council should make university pay its fair share

    Sam Hamod, Princeton To the editor: I want to thank the Princeton City Council for standing by the recommendations of its expert on demolition, Dr. Ira Whitman, in the face of objections by AvalonBay. Clearly, this shows the council has taken the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Princeton into consideration, not just…

  • SOMERSET: Two from Pats’ tryout invited for closer look

    The Somerset Patriots have invited left-handed pitcher J.D. Reichenbach and infielder Scott Kelly to join the team at spring training from their open player tryouts held at TD Bank Ballpark on Satu The Somerset Patriots have invited left-handed pitcher J.D. Reichenbach and infielder Scott Kelly to join the team at spring training from their open…

  • IN THE KITCHEN: From farm to plate

    IN THE KITCHEN: From farm to plate

    Garden State on Your Plate shares the joy of eating local By Faith Bahadurian, Special Writer    Each spring the Garden State on Your Plate program of the Princeton School Gardens Cooperative introduces children to a taste of locally grown or produced food, and shows them how it’s connected to a local farm or grower.    Farmer-chef…

  • Next ‘BOBO Fridays’ Food Drive Is April 25

    Next ‘BOBO Fridays’ Food Drive Is April 25

    By Somerset County Board of Freeholders Freeholder Patricia Walsh has announced that the next “Buy One, Bring One” (BOBO) collection of food for Somerset County families and individuals in need will be held Friday, April 25. The program has collected 15-plus tons of donations to date. Canned or boxed food items are accepted. For ideas about healthy…

  • BORDENTOWN: Man charged in crash

    BORDENTOWN: Man charged in crash

    Jack Xi Zhu, 43, of Bordentown is charged with aggravated assault, weapons offenses, hindering apprehension, obstructing justice, witness tampering and providing a false police report following an accident on Route 130 nea by Charles W. Kim, Packet Media Group EAST WINDSOR — A Bordentown man is facing charges after allegedly grabbing the wheel of a…

  • PAGING PDS: My Name My Story is making its mark

    ”The most powerful force in the world is a human soul on fire,” says 15-year-old Amit Dodani, founder of My Name My Story By Devika Kumar    ”The most powerful force in the world is a human soul on fire,” says 15-year-old Amit Dodani, founder of My Name My Story, an organization dedicated to inspiring empathy…