Author: Central Jersey

  • PRINCETON: Town to spend $1.4 million on new fire engine and ladder truck

    PRINCETON: Town to spend $1.4 million on new fire engine and ladder truck

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Members of the all-volunteer Princeton Fire Department have had to show up at fire scenes in their private vehicles and rely upon a truck fleet that includes one fire engine that is used only as a last resort. Some relief is on the way as the town will spend…

  • MANVILLE SENIOR CORNER: Aug. 26

     Manville seniors again excelled in their collection of school supplies for the students of Roosevelt and Weston schools. The supplies will be distributed the first week of school. Since we did a good job with school supplies we will now turn to the veterans by getting extra-long twin blankets for them. We will collect…

  • HILLSBOROUGH SENIOR CORNER: Aug. 26

    CHAPTER A At our Sept. 3 meeting, Rana Berhard of Weichert Realtors will address the residence changes that seniors sometimes need to make due to circumstances such as health, family and downsizing. At the Oct. 1 meeting the Jersey Harmony Chorus, a chapter of the Sweet Adelines singing organization, will perform. Operation Shoebox will return…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Children invited to dance in the spotlight at Dance Connections

    Children from all over central New Jersey will gather to dance under the spotlight for one afternoon in an event hosted by Dance Connections at 1 Jill Court, Hillsborough, starting at noon on Saturday, Aug. 29. Families can RSVP a spot at MidsummerNightsDance.com. “A Midsummer Nights Dance” is an opportunity for children as young as…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Library wants vendors for Small Business Expo

    Vendors are wanted for the Hillsborough Library’s third annual Small Business Expo from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3. This is an opportunity for small businesses in Somerset County to introduce their products and services to the community, as well as network with a variety of new businesses. To be considered as a…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Mayor and committee failed to represent citizens properly

    Sonya Martin, Hillsborough The citizens of Hillsborough deserve to be well represented and I believe that the mayor and Township Committee failed to take enough action on behalf of our residents. On June 9, as reported in the Hillsborough Beacon on June 11, the mayor and our Township Committee were notified by the New Jersey…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Class of ’75 gathers once again

    HILLSBOROUGH: Class of ’75 gathers once again

    The Hillsborough High School Class of 1975 held its 40-year class reunion on the weekend of Aug. 8, capped by dinner at Pheasant’s Landing in Hillsborough. About 65 people came out of 250 classmates. About 13 classmates attended a get-together on Friday night at Petrock’s restaurant. On Saturday morning, classmates met for breakfast at Ihop…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Incidents reported at Bloomingdale Drive

    HILLSBOROUGH: Incidents reported at Bloomingdale Drive

    Two Bloomingdale Drive residents reported incidents to police on Aug. 2. One said that sometime overnight someone removed the patio furniture from his front porch and threw it into the pond behind his residence. Value of the items was put at $150. Another reported the theft of flowers, valued at $10, from a front deck…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Verizon proposing cel tower at Triangle Road site

    HILLSBOROUGH: Verizon proposing cel tower at Triangle Road site

    Verizon Wireless has filed for permission to attach six panel antennae on the high-power electric transmission lines right-of-way at 249 Triangle Road. The application is on the Board of Adjustment agenda for Wednesday, Sept. 1. Verizon would put the antennae 7 feet from the top of the 151-foot metal tower owned by PSE&G in an…