Author: Central Jersey

  • PRINCETON: PHS soccer starts winning early

    PRINCETON: PHS soccer starts winning early

    By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Peter Luther had a pretty good feeling about the makeup of this year’s Princeton High boys soccer team. And if the Little Tigers’ 1-0 overtime win over Westfield in their season opener last Saturday is any indication, Luther might be right. “This was a very good game to start with,”…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Stein, South boys soccer envision special season

    WEST WINDSOR: Stein, South boys soccer envision special season

    By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor Matt Stein helped the West Windsor-Plainsboro South boys soccer team kick off the start of the season Tuesday with a 3-1 win over Somerville. It’s something that he hopes will happen plenty in his final year in the program. The senior is in his fourth year starting, but this…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: High school locked down briefly

    Hillsborough High School was locked down briefly Thursday morning after a staff member overheard students talking about a gun. No weapon was seen and later it was determined students were talking about a video game, according to Hillsborough Township police. Administrators closed the school at about 8 a.m. and police were called. The police’s school…

  • PRINCETON: Institute for Advanced Study, Battlefield Society await next court ruling

    PRINCETON: Institute for Advanced Study, Battlefield Society await next court ruling

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer The Institute for Advanced Study is waiting on a Superior Court judge’s ruling on whether it can build 15 units of faculty housing on land that the Princeton Battlefield Society says is historic ground that should be preserved. Lawyers for the Institute, the Battlefield Society and the Princeton Planning…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Council approves pay raises for police officers

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Council approves pay raises for police officers

    By Deb Dawson, Special Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Pay raises for the Police Department were the key matters of business at the Tuesday’s Township Council meeting. An ordinance outlining raises for members of the Policemen’s Benevolent Association from 2015 through 2018 was unanimously adopted after a public hearing. Members of the union who are still…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: County should spearhead drive to save the Duke mansion

    To the editor:  There is a growing sense that the Mansion on the Duke Estate should not be torn down, but instead saved from demolition and preserved for current and future generations to visit and enjoy the majesty of a “Gilded Age” Mansion. Fifteen years ago the Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders joined…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Local TEDx speakers aim to inspire   

    HILLSBOROUGH: Local TEDx speakers aim to inspire  

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Innovative community people who have challenged themselves and impacted others will aim to inspire attendees at the first “TEDxHillsboroughLibrary” program on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the program room of the library at 379 South Branch Road. TED is an acronym for technology, entertainment and…

  • PRINCETON: Wait until you see this video! Seniors put a sweet twist on Maroon 5 song ‘Sugar’

    Senior citizens at Brandywine Senior Living in Princeton have put a sweet twist on Maroon 5’s hit song, “Sugar.” To gear up for National Assisted Living Week from Sept. 13 to 19, residents of Brandywine Senior Living at155 Raymond Road put their musical talents to work by lip syncing and performing to the song. The…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: New cast looks to build on success

    HILLSBOROUGH: New cast looks to build on success

    By Justin Feil, Packet Media Group A largely new cast will be following in the footsteps of an historic Hillsborough High School football season. Fresh off a 9-2 season in which they won the Mid-State 38 Conference Delaware Division outright and reached the Central Jersey Group V state semifinals, the Raiders open the 2015 season…