Author: Central Jersey

  • EAST WINDSOR: Fire breaks out in storage area of Dollar Tree Store

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer A two-alarm blaze broke out at the Dollar Tree Store in the East Windsor Town Center Wednesday evening, police said. According to police, the fire started in the storage room at 370 Route 130 at approximately 6:07 p.m. on Aug. 12. “Prior to the arrival of patrol officers, the store…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Plays in the park give young stars nights to shine

    HIGHTSTOWN: Plays in the park give young stars nights to shine

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer The plays in the park have gone dark after completing another stellar season. Hightstown Theatre in the Park presented “The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon,” written by Don Zolidis, at Association Park on July 31 at 7 p.m., Aug. 1 at 7 p.m. and Aug. 2 at 3 p.m. The production was…

  • WHAT’S GOING ON: Aug. 14, 2015

    Aug. 14   Beth El Synagogue of East Windsor invites the public to celebrate Shabbat on the Lake on Friday, Aug. 14, at 6 p.m. at the gazebo on Lake Drive in Robbinsville’s Town Center. This program will be held outside at the gazebo, 1132 Lake Drive East, Robbinsville. Please bring chairs and/or blanket,…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Rivers home for hoops in new pro-am league

    By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor Bryan Rivers found an alluring bonus in playing in the inaugural Victory Sports Pro-Am Summer Basketball League at The Hun School. Not only does he get to work at his game, but the West Windsor-Plainsboro South and Peddie School product gets some home cooking. He comes down from New…

  • PRINCETON: Ford enjoys streak toward end of year

    By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor Mike Ford is seeing the value of patience as a minor league baseball player. A slow start to his first full season of advanced Class A baseball with the Tampa Yankees could have frustrated the Montgomery resident and Hun School and Princeton University graduate. But he kept his confidence…

  • PENNINGTON: New blood needed in local government

    Rich Dec, Pennington I was disgusted by the Pennington’s Borough Council’s 5-0 vote against the stoplight at Ingelside and Route 31 and further disgusted by Mayor Persichilli’s “disappointment” in Hopewell Township for having a different perspective. Pennington’s rationale for opposing the traffic light lacks facts and tugs on emotional cords about increased traffic through our…

  • HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Council hears report on dangers of oil transport trains

    HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Council hears report on dangers of oil transport trains

    By Frank Mustac, Special Writer HOPEWELL BOROUGH — The dangers associated with freight trains carrying crude oil rumbling through Mercer County destined for refineries along the Delaware River and elsewhere were outlined to the Borough Council recently. Tracy Carluccio, deputy director of the nonprofit Delaware Riverkeeper Network, spoke to the borough’s governing body Aug. 6.…

  • HOPEWELL: Hopewell’s Shvets sets a new standard for youthful success at Cryan tournament

    HOPEWELL: Hopewell’s Shvets sets a new standard for youthful success at Cryan tournament

    In the biggest tennis tournament in the Middle States Region, residents of Hopewell Township came up big. The James Cryan Memorial Tennis Tournament at Mercer County Park features over 360 entries, and Hopewell Valley produced two champions and three finalists. Rising sophomore Brianna Shvets, who has already made her mark as a Colonial Valley Conference…

  • HOPEWELL: Player of the Year Cook leads Pennington girls’ soccer honorees

    HOPEWELL: Player of the Year Cook leads Pennington girls’ soccer honorees

    Pennington School alumna Alana Cook, defender on the School’s girls’ soccer team and a member of the recently-graduated Class of 2015, has been named the All-American Player of the Year by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Formerly a boarding student at The Pennington School and hailing from Far Hills, N.J., Cook received the…