Author: Central Jersey

  • LAWRENCE: Thieves hit 11 cars overnight

    Nearly a dozen cars parked on Devon Avenue, Irwin Place, Fieldboro Drive and Gedney Road were entered overnight between 8 p.m. Dec. 29 and 6:17 a.m. Dec. 30. By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Nearly a dozen cars parked on Devon Avenue, Irwin Place, Fieldboro Drive and Gedney Road were entered overnight between 8 p.m. Dec.…

  • Sheriff honors many officers for smartly completing duty

    Sheriff honors many officers for smartly completing duty

    Sheriff’s Officer Mark Impellizeri, left, was awarded an Exceptional Duty Award by Sheriff Frank Provensano at a Dec. 23 ceremony.

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Police blotter

       Hopewell Township police Chief Lance Maloney (who became chief this week) reported:    — Officer Mandy Grey charged Cassandra Olswfski, 22, of Lake Baldwin Drive, Pennington, with leaving the scene of an accident and failure to report an accident on Dec. 17. These charges stem from an investigation of a hit-and-run accident that occurred along Blackwell…

  • New Jersey’s scientific breakthroughs

    Princeton professor to hold talk at library By Anthony Stoeckert, Staff Writer    You’ve heard of Albert Einstein, of course, but have you heard of Joseph Henry?    Henry was a professor at Princeton University (when it was known as the College of New Jersey) in the 19th century. He was a scientist and inventor, and eventually…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Community calendar, issue of Jan. 2

    Items and events around town Town government kicks off its year    Thur., Jan. 2 — Hillsborough Township Committee will meet for the first time in 2014 at 7 p.m. in the municipal building on South Branch Road. Frank DelCore will be sworn to a third three-year term. The five members will select a mayor for…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Jr. Raiders win title in snow

    HILLSBOROUGH: Jr. Raiders win title in snow

    Varsity team captures championship in double overtime    In snowy and windy conditions, the Hillsborough Junior Raiders Varsity football team won the New Jersey Unlimited Weight Youth Football Association American Division state championship on Saturday, Dec. 14, by beating the Orange Tornados, 8-0, in double overtime at Winton White Stadium in Englewood.    ”Any time you…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Company gives holiday turkeys to firefighters

    HILLSBOROUGH: Company gives holiday turkeys to firefighters

    Quarry company thanks Flagtown volunteers As a gesture of thanks, Gibraltar Rock of Belle Mead donated holiday turkeys to 22 Flagtown volunteer fire fighters for the fifth consecutive year. The Hillsborough Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 is the primary response unit for Gibraltar Rock, a unit of the Silvi Group, which operates a quarry on…

  • FLORENCE: Local police brighten a needy family’s holiday

    FLORENCE: Local police brighten a needy family’s holiday

    Members of the Florence Township Police Department pose with Doris Dobbins after delivering a Christmas tree Dec. 19. Courtesy photo

  • SPORTS CALENDAR: January 3

    Hamilton High School West Fri., Jan. 3    Varsity track meet vs. TBA at Lawrenceville Prep, 3 p.m. Sat., Jan. 4    Boys freshman basketball @ West Windsor-Plainsboro, 9 a.m.    Boys varsity wrestling quad vs. Bordentown, Peddie, Haddonfield Memorial at Bordentown, 9 a.m.    Girls freshman basketball vs. West Windsor-Plainsboro, 10 a.m.    Boys junior varsity basketball @ West…