Author: Central Jersey
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HILLSBOROUGH: School supplies donated to Food Bank Network
Hundreds of school supplies will be presented to the Food Bank Network of Somerset County as part of the county Commission on the Status of Women’s annual “Project First Class” drive. Children of families served by the Food Bank Network are benefiting from the donations of backpacks, notebooks, pens, pencils, markers, glue, paper and binders.…
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HILLSBOROUGH: NYU-bound butterflyer Joe Del Buono wins at YMCA Nationals
By Justin Feil, Packet Media Group Joe Del Buono wasn’t the strongest swimmer for the Somerset Valley YMCA team up until high school, but the club stuck with him and the Hillsborough resident stuck with the sport. It paid off when Del Buono won the 50-meter butterfly race at the YMCA Nationals in Indianapolis last…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Local candidate Ann Harris weighs in on saving Duke manor home
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Ann Harris, Democratic candidate for Township Committee, is calling for a public-private partnership to find a way to save the Duke family’s main residence on the 2,300-acre arboreal property in the northern part of the township. The Duke Foundation has filed for permission to demolish the residence, which was the…
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PRINCETON POLICE BLOTTER: Aug. 14
Edward Conover, 45, of Plainsboro Township, was arrested on an outstanding $250 warrant from Princeton Municipal Court at 9 a.m. Aug. 13 at the Princeton Police Department headquarters after being turned over by the Plainsboro Police Department. Tameka Johnson, 30, of Trenton, was arrested on an outstanding $500 warrant from Bordentown City…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Car fire causes evacuation of Kendall Park QuickChek
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The QuickChek store on Route 27 in Kendall Park was evacuated briefly shortly after noon Thursday because flames from a burning car threatened to spread to the store, according to the Police Department. The owner of the car was in the store when a passerby told him…
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CENTRAL JERSEY: WWII veteran recalls 70th anniversary of when ‘the day turned to night’ off the coast of Japan (With multiple photos)
By Mike Morsch, Packet Media Group On Aug. 6, 1945, the day suddenly and inexplicably turned to night for the crew of the USS Amsterdam. Among the sailors and Marines aboard the ship that day, operating in waters just outside Tokyo Bay, Japan, was Anthony Galli, a 19-year-old radarman from Philadelphia. A sleek carrier, the…
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CRANBURY: NTSB: Driver fatigue caused fatal crash that seriously injured ‘Saturday Night Live’ star Tracy Morgan
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) met this week to determine the probable cause of the June 7, 2014 multi-vehicle crash that killed one man and sent, among others, former Saturday Night Live star and comedian Tracy Morgan to the hospital in critical condition. Truck driver Kevin Roper, 35, of…
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PRINCETON: PU grad Flaherty back for coaching
By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor Harry Flaherty wasn’t thinking about coaching when he came to Princeton University, but since graduating he has found himself more and more involved in what is something of a family tradition. He didn’t want to be pigeon-holed into coaching, but he also wasn’t hiding from a calling that he…
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PRINCETON POLICE BLOTTER: Aug. 13
Ronald Williams Jr., 22, of North Brunswick Township, was charged with driving while intoxicated at 1:41 a.m. Aug. 8 following a motor vehicle stop on Murray Place. A Cuyler Road resident reported that someone tossed eggs on his vehicle while it was parked at his residence overnight between Aug. 7 and Aug.…
