Author: Central Jersey

  • MANVILLE: Attempted murder charged in machette attack

    Assailant allegedly broke into home to awaken man sleeping on couch By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    A Manville man continues to be held in Somerset County jail on a first-degree charge of attempted murder for entering a Huff Avenue home minutes before midnight Feb. 7 and swinging a machete at a man sleeping on the…

  • BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS: Students at Carnegie Hall; doctors recognized

    The New School of Music Study, located at 4543 Route 27 in Kingston, recently announced that three of their students have been invited to perform at Carnegie Hall By Bradley Koltz Congrats     The New School of Music Study, located at 4543 Route 27 in Kingston, recently announced that three of their students have been…

  • PRINCETON: PHS sweeps at Berklee Jazz Festival

    Princeton High School students swept the Berklee Jazz Festival in Boston recently, winning first place in Large Ensemble (for the fifth consecutive year), Small Ensemble/Combo and Vocal Jazz Ensemble.    Princeton High School students swept the Berklee Jazz Festival in Boston recently, winning first place in Large Ensemble (for the fifth consecutive year), Small Ensemble/Combo and…

  • Support Jo Butler for re-election to council

    Walter Bliss, Princeton To the editor: Jo Butler should be re-elected to Town Council because she has served Princeton well. She has worked tirelessly for the success of consolidation and has sought to ensure that it delivers on its core promise of maintaining services while reducing costs. Her training and experience in business administration combined…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Departments pitch budget plans

    The Township Council heard budget requests from various department heads in its first budget session meeting on Friday. By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The Township Council heard budget requests from various department heads in its first budget session meeting on Friday.    Representatives from the Police Department, the Department of Fire and Emergency…

  • PHS PERSPECTIVE: How to prepare in case of inclement weather

    By Jade Levine and Elena Wu-Yan    Gone are the days of superstition from elementary school when we’d go to sleep with our pajamas inside out and spoons underneath our pillows, the days when we’d call 609-806-4202 over and over again, only to be met by the sadness of the message “All Princeton Regional Schools are…

  • PRINCETON: Annual deer hunt underway

    Trained marksmen will go on public and private lands in Princeton to shoot deer as part of a state-sanctioned hunt that has gone on nearly every year since 2000. By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Trained marksmen will go on public and private lands in Princeton to shoot deer as part of a state-sanctioned hunt…

  • PRINCETON: Awning collapse at Exxon station
  • MONTGOMERY: Cougars have family at roots

    MONTGOMERY: Cougars have family at roots

    MHS brothers are players, coaches By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    From the day he took over as head coach of the Montgomery High boys basketball program, Kris Grundy has always preached the Cougars being a family.    That aspect of the program has certainly been on display this season as a pair of former Cougars water…