Author: Central Jersey

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: League of Women Voters plans voter registration events

    HOPEWELL VALLEY: League of Women Voters plans voter registration events

    The League of Women Voters of Hopewell Valley will participate in National Voter Registration Day, a nationwide, nonpartisan effort to register voters on Tuesday, Sept. 22. The League will be on the front lawn of Hopewell’s Boro Bean from 8:30 to 10 a.m. to assist voters who want to register or update their registration if…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Watershed revives River Friendly certification program

    HOPEWELL VALLEY: Watershed revives River Friendly certification program

    The Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association is pleased to announce it has re-launched its River-Friendly Certification Program and hired Brittany Musolino to coordinate the program. Pioneered in 2002, the aim of this program is to improve water quality and environmental health through improvements in land stewardship and every day land management practices. Businesses, schools, golf courses…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: Sept. 10

    POLICE BLOTTER: Sept. 10

     Lt. Christopher Kasick of the Hopewell Township Police reported: Christopher P. Hardy, 23, of Lawrenceville was arrested and charged with numerous motor vehicle violations after allegedly attempting to elude Officer James Klesney on Bull Run Road at 12:15 p.m. Sept. 2. The officer attempted to stop Mr. Hardy’s 2005 Hyundai for going 96 mph…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police investigate nine incidents of cars being entered at night  

    Hillsborough police investigated nine reports of nighttime burglaries of vehicles parked outside residences in the three days of Sept. 2-4. Seven incidents were reported Sept. 2. Three were on Deanna Drive. In one, $159 of estimated damaged was inflicted on a convertible top. In another, two vehicles were reported entered, with items worth $160 being…

  • PRINCETON: Work stopped on AvalonBay construction site after chemicals found in crushed concrete (Updated)

    PRINCETON: Work stopped on AvalonBay construction site after chemicals found in crushed concrete (Updated)

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Work has stopped at the AvalonBay construction site on Witherspoon Street, as chemicals were found in crushed concrete and other material that were due to hauled away. The town said Tuesday that the company had notified them last week it had found the presence of polychlorinated biphenyl, or PCBs,…

  • PRINCETON: Town shows its appreciation to the many volunteers who serve the community

    PRINCETON: Town shows its appreciation to the many volunteers who serve the community

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Harry Cooke has been volunteering on municipal boards in Princeton for more than 30 years, just one of the more than 120 citizens who provide their time and professional expertise to the community in that way. Mayor Liz Lempert and the Council paused to thank them for their service…

  • PRINCETON: Williams earns spot on Falcons’ opening roster

    PRINCETON: Williams earns spot on Falcons’ opening roster

    By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor Against some pretty long odds, Nick Williams has been named to the Atlanta Falcons’ 53-man active roster to open the NFL season. The Hun School graduate will suit up for the Falcons when they host the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday Night Football. “It feels great,” Williams said. “Last year,…

  • MONTGOMERY: Business association launches ‘shop local’ membership program

    MONTGOMERY: Business association launches ‘shop local’ membership program

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — Aiming to keep Montgomery Township residents’ dollars in town, the Montgomery Business Association is launching a “shop local” membership program. The Shop Local Montgomery program is in the process of being rolled out. People can sign up for the program Sunday at the Montgomery Business Association’s hospitality tent…

  • PLAINSBORO: Township honors fire company and its volunteers with proclamation

    PLAINSBORO: Township honors fire company and its volunteers with proclamation

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer PLAINSBORO — A fire earlier this summer that damaged eight apartments and that could have easily spread to more units at the Deer Creek rental apartment complex was quickly brought under control, under the direction of the Plainsboro Fire Co. For those efforts, Mayor Peter Cantu and Township Committee honored…