Author: Central Jersey

  • PRINCETON: Hun tabs Smith for football

    PRINCETON: Hun tabs Smith for football

    Former WW-P South coach now leading Raiders By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Todd Smith is excited to be back in charge of his own football program.    After spending last season as an assistant coach at Hopewell Valley High, the former West Windsor-Plainsboro High South coach was recently named the new head coach at The Hun…

  • SOUTH HUNTERDON: New K-12 district’s budget proposal: $22 million

    Public hearing is Monday, April 28 By John Tredrea, Special Writer    A $21,995,619 budget for the 2014-15 school year was tentatively adopted by a unanimous vote of the South Hunterdon Regional School District’s school board Monday night. With the recently formed regional board rotating where its meetings are held, Monday night’s session was at Stockton…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Online petition opposes wagering site on Route 206 (updated)

    HILLSBOROUGH: Online petition opposes wagering site on Route 206 (updated)

    The former Maestro’s restaurant is being renovated for an off-track horse betting facility. It has a sign outside advertising for employees.

  • PRINCETON: Princeton Packet Girls Basketball Player of the Year

    PRINCETON: Princeton Packet Girls Basketball Player of the Year

    Versatile Mullen a key for Raiders By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    When Johnnah Johnson went down with a knee injury that cost her most of the season, it could have spelled doom for the Hun School girls basketball team.    But even without their all-everything center, the Raiders managed to keep their season together and right…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: ShopRite employees get photo on box of cereal box

    HILLSBOROUGH: ShopRite employees get photo on box of cereal box

    Lynette Byrne of Manville captained team effort By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Look closely the back of the cereal box at your breakfast table. You may see some familiar faces.    Two ShopRite of Hillsborough employees — Lynette Byrne of Manville and Scott Holds of Newton — are among 81 people chosen to pose for a…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Teen wins gold in tumbling event in Utah

    LAMBERTVILLE: Teen wins gold in tumbling event in Utah

    Lance Christopher competes for Motion Gymnastics    Lance Christopher of Lambertville flew home with a gold medal representing the Motion Gymnastics Trampoline & Tumbling team March 14-15 at the 4th annual Kalon Ludvigson Invitational, held in Salt Lake City, Utah.    More than 950 competitors from the United States and Canada took part.    ”This is the first…

  • NEW HOPE: New Hope police report $10,000 theft of copper

       Representatives from AT&T and Verizon reported to police on March 18, that, at some time over the prior four months, copper buss bars and wiring, with a value in excess of $10,000, had been removed from a facility on North Stockton Avenue.    • At 12:32 a.m. on March 18, police arrested Rachel Carroll, 37, of New…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Boys’ travel team wins tournament

    HILLSBOROUGH: Boys’ travel team wins tournament

       The Hillsborough travel 7th grade boys’ basketball team concluded its season with its second championship of the season.    The team defeated Woodbridge, 64-45, in the title game of the North Brunswick Basketball League. This concluded a streak where third-seeded Hillsborough defeated the 5th, 4th, 2nd and 1st seeded teams in consecutive games en route to…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Boys’ travel team wins tournament

    HILLSBOROUGH: Boys’ travel team wins tournament

    Hillsborough’s 7th grade travel basketball team posted a 17-5 mark this winter. In top row from left, are Coach John Dillon, Justin Nitschke, Johnny Gadaleta, Tommy Zdroik, Dylan Boczon, Ryan Gemignani and A.J. Dillon. In middle row, from left, are Chris Zickert, Dylan Morrello, Kyle McAvaddy, Press Quackenbush and Tommy Ramsey. Kneeling are coaches Dennis…