Author: Central Jersey

  • WEST WINDSOR: Fire destroys Haverford Road house

    WEST WINDSOR: Fire destroys Haverford Road house

    BY Lea Kahn, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — The cause of a two-alarm fire that destroyed a single-family home on Haverford Road — off Southfield Road — Friday night is still under investigation, according to Emergency Services Director James Yates. The fire was reported around 8 p.m. by neighbors and passers-by, Mr. Yates said. The…

  • SOMERSET COUNTY: Recycling pickups delayed due to holiday

    Some recycling pickups scheduled this week in Somerset County may be delayed due to the Labor Day holiday, county officials said in a press release. Residents are asked to leave their recyclables at the curb. Remaining collections will be completed as soon as possible. The Somerset County Recycling Division says it thanks residents for their…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Congresswoman offers tickets to Pope’s address to Congress

    CENTRAL JERSEY: Congresswoman offers tickets to Pope’s address to Congress

    Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) has announced that tickets to attend a live broadcast of His Holiness Pope Francis’ address to Congress will be made available through a lottery system. Residents of the 12th District interested in watching the address live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol should visit watsoncoleman.house.gov to enter for…

  • MANVILLE: Adesa Auto Auction to host fun fair, car show to help Food Bank 

    Adesa New Jersey Auto Auction is hosting a classic car and motorcycle show and family fun fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at its property behind the Walmart mall on North Main Street, Manville. The $5 donation generates proceeds that will go to the Food Bank Network of Somerset County. There…

  • PRINCETON: Ring the bell! It’s back to school for local students (with multiple photos)

    PRINCETON: Ring the bell! It’s back to school for local students (with multiple photos)

    Students in the Princeton Public School District hoisted their backpacks and began the new school year Tuesday. Among the district goals is to “ensure that every child is known by promoting relationships and instruction that recognize the potential, the passions, the readiness levels and the learning styles of every student.” The school system has 3,500…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: High school seniors Hurley, Ravinder named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists  

    Kyle J. Hurley and Vinay A. Ravinder, both students at Hillsborough High School, are among approximately16,000 semifinalists in the 61st annual National Merit Scholarship Program. The seniors will continue in the competition for some 7,400 National Merit Scholarships that will be offered next spring. About 90 percent of semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing,…

  • CRANBURY: Three injured after pickup crashes into pizzeria

    CRANBURY: Three injured after pickup crashes into pizzeria

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor A pickup truck struck several patrons dining in front of Cranbury Pizza Saturday evening. Keith Maluchnick, 46 of East Brunswick, was operating a gray 1993 Ford F-250 pickup while traveling west on Park Place East at 7:40 p.m., according to Cranbury police. For reasons still under investigation, Mr. Maluchnick failed…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police chase, arrest 3 for car break-ins at Sourlands lot (Updated)

    HILLSBOROUGH: Police chase, arrest 3 for car break-ins at Sourlands lot (Updated)

    Three Florida men were chased and ultimately charged with burglary and theft for allegedly taking purses out of cars parked in the Sourlands Preserve lot on Saturday. Hillsborough police responded to a 9-1-1 call at about 11:44 a.m. of five vehicles broken into in the lot on East Mountain Road. The three men were identified…

  • Mudd Manuscript Library documents the life of Princeton University

    Mudd Manuscript Library documents the life of Princeton University

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Nestled on Olden Street, Mudd Manuscript Library operates on the Princeton University campus as a mini-Library of Congress. Inside an otherwise nondescript three-floor building are 220 million documents that a 10-member staff, a supervisor and student employees help keep in order. Historians, students and other users make up the…