Author: Central Jersey

  • PRINCETON: For Ken Larini, and his customers, it’s the end of an era as he closes his garage, gas station and towing service

    PRINCETON: For Ken Larini, and his customers, it’s the end of an era as he closes his garage, gas station and towing service

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Ken Larini has been part of the neighborhood on Alexander Street, the guy who owned the garage, gas station and towing service that helped keep Princeton running for 32 years. He gradually shrank his business over the past five years to the point where he sold his property to…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Help pack goodies for troops on Saturday

    Operation Shoebox packs boxes, sells players’ jerseys  Sat., July 25 — Help pack boxes of goodies for U.S. troops deployed overseas. Join manager emeritus Sparky Lyle, manager Brett Jodie and the Somerset Patriots at TD Bank Ballpark, Bridgewater, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. All Operation Shoebox New Jersey volunteers will receive a free ticket to a…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: College grads share news of their achievement

    Michael J. Williams graduated on Sunday, May 10, from the Pennsylvania State University’s Smeal College of Business with a bachelor of science degree in management information systems. Michael, a 2011 graduate of Hillsborough High School, was a member of the Penn State Blue and White Society and served on the Operations Committee of Penn State’s…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Property tax bills will show $229 increase for ‘average’ home

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Township owners will get bills next week that will show property taxes increasing by about $229 on the “average” house. Almost 90 percent of that increase comes from taxes to support the school system. The amount for schools rises $205 for that hypothetical house this year. The average home will…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Wanted: Old T-shirts for school celebration

    This fall, Amsterdam Elementary School will celebrate 25 years of educating students in Hillsborough. The school is planning a community celebration for October and is looking for former teachers, students, and/or friends to lend a hand. In preparation, the school is looking for nostalgic Amsterdam School T-shirts as well as memories and stories from years…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Town wants better placement of signals near Route 31 traffic circle

    By Frank Mustac, Special Writer HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP — Two new traffic lights, called metering signals, are set to be installed on Route 31, one just north of the Pennington Circle, the other just south of the circle. However, Hopewell Township elected officials want the proposed locations of both signals to be changed. The metering signals,…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Committee looking at reopening Titusville bridges

    By Frank Mustac, Special Writer HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP — With plans by Mercer County moving forward to reconstruct two culvert bridges on the north and south ends of River Drive in Titusville, township officials may be looking to get input from residents about whether to reopen River Drive near the bridges. Paul Pogorzelski, the township’s administrator/engineer,…

  • HV-YSAFETY

    HV-YSAFETY

    Safety buddies who participated in the Safety Town program at Hopewell Elementary School this summer. Courtesy photo

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Volunteers transform gym to teach new kindergartners about safety

    HOPEWELL VALLEY: Volunteers transform gym to teach new kindergartners about safety

    Over 20 preschool students spent a week at the Hopewell Valley YMCA Safety Town, the fourth annual collaborative summer program coordinated by the Hopewell Valley YMCA and MOMS Club of Hopewell Valley, hosted at Hopewell Elementary School. The week-long summer camp educates rising kindergarteners all about safety. To create Safety Town, the elementary school gymnasium…