Author: Central Jersey

  • PRINCETON: Princeton Day School updating Middle School classrooms

    PRINCETON: Princeton Day School updating Middle School classrooms

    It may be summer, but the campus of Princeton Day School is in constant motion with significant renovations and upgrades currently taking place in many of the Middle School classrooms and library. On the technology front, Jon Ostendorf, chief information officer of the K-12 independent school, reports that, “In the Middle School classrooms and in…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK POLICE BLOTTER: July 17

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK POLICE BLOTTER: July 17

    A 2001 BMW 325 was destroyed by fire July 14, minutes after its teen-aged driver was pulled over by police for speeding on Route 130. The Woodbridge youth told the police officer that he saw smoke coming from the car’s vents. The officer notified the Monmouth Junction Fire Department and tried to put out the…

  • LAWRENCE POLICE BLOTTER: July 17

    LAWRENCE POLICE BLOTTER: July 17

    Jordan Wright, 18, of Stonicker Drive, was charged with possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana in a park off Stonicker Drive at 11:06 p.m. July 8. Police found a baggie of marijuana and a marijuana cigarette underneath his car, which was parked in the park after hours.  Michael Hild, 40, of Lawrence…

  • WEST WINDSOR POLICE BLOTTER: July 17

    WEST WINDSOR POLICE BLOTTER: July 17

    Chad D. McRae, 19, of Ewing Township, was charged with possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana after he was observed sitting in a car that was parked behind the Brick House Tavern on Route 1 at 1:21 a.m. June 11.  A 38-year-old West Windsor resident reported the theft of his Schwinn mountain…

  • PLAINSBORO POLICE BLOTTER: July 17

    PLAINSBORO POLICE BLOTTER: July 17

    Tan N. Phan, 52, of Somerset, was charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving and speeding after he was stopped for traveling 81 miles per hour in a 55-miles-per-hour zone on Route 1 at 3:20 a.m. July 12.  Lucinda Antonetti, 42, of Dayton, was arrested on an outstanding warrant out of New Brunswick at…

  • MONTGOMERY POLICE BLOTTER: July 17

    MONTGOMERY POLICE BLOTTER: July 17

    Casey Wolfe, 27, of Roosevelt, was charged with possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled dangerous substance in a motor vehicle after she was involved in a two-car accident on Route 206 near Griggstown-Belle Mead Road at 9:12 p.m. July 9. The accident occurred when…

  • PRINCETON POLICE BLOTTER: July 17

    PRINCETON POLICE BLOTTER: July 17

    A thief stole a backpack that contained a wallet and a Nikon camera from the seating area on Hinds Plaza while its owner took a short walk to talk on his cell phone. The theft was reported at 5 p.m. July 13.   Katrina Salome-Montalvo, 23, of Trenton, was arrested on an outstanding $300…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Jersey to be auctioned off Somerset Patriots ballplayers’ backs

    HILLSBOROUGH: Jersey to be auctioned off Somerset Patriots ballplayers’ backs

    Game-worn jerseys to be auctioned at ballpark   Game-worn Somerset Patriots jerseys and sports memorabilia will be auctioned at TD Bank Ballpark on Sunday, July 26, to benefit Operation Shoebox New Jersey. Players will stand atop the Patriots’ dugout alongside auctioneers from the New Jersey State Society of Auctioneers, who will compete to be…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Teens learn how to fight (for theater purposes only!)

    HILLSBOROUGH: Teens learn how to fight (for theater purposes only!)

    On June 26, Somerset County Library System’s Hillsborough Library branch hosted a program on stage fighting and magic makeup with Stephen Davis. Teens in grades 6-12 to have realistic makeup applied, and learned how to stage fight. Then they had trauma stimulation magic makeup to realize the look of having been in an actual fight,…