Author: Central Jersey

AHS advances despite losing first game of season against unbeaten Steinert. By: Kyle Moylan    Heidi Zeigler thought her team was ready for last week’s battle of the unbeatens against Steinert. No one on the Allentown High School field hockey team, however, was ready for what happened in the first minute.    Steinert came down and scored…

Republicans Strobino and West face challenges from Stephanie Smith and Bill Soodul. By: Mark Moffa    ALLENTOWN — Democrats Stephanie Smith and Bill Soodul are hoping to defeat Republican incumbents David Strobino and Art West next month in the race for Borough Council while continuing to question the actions of the governing body over several issues.…

By:Alec Moore    Recreation officials have a green light from the Borough Council to look into the prospect of designing and building a skate park in Manville.    Former Manville resident Aaron Graf, a Somerville Cyclery employee and "extreme sports" aficionado, highlighted to the council during its Tuesday night meeting the value of constructing a town-sponsored skate…

Police chased the car onto the Trenton Freeway before losing sight of it.    Someone driving a stolen car led police on a high-speed chase on Brunswick Pike Sept. 28, which ended when the pursuing officer lost sight of the vehicle on the Trenton Freeway, police said.    The car, a 1994 Acura Legend sedan belonging to…

Cranbury, East Windsor leaders say the major cause for the traffic jams is a narrowing of the Turnpike just after Exit 8A. By: T.J. Furman    The mayors of Cranbury and East Windsor will be working together over the coming weeks and months to find a solution to a traffic build-up on Route 130 that both…

By: Redd E. Patrick    With the Greater Middlesex Conference Championship meet just nine days away and the Central Jersey Group IV Sectional Championship just over two weeks away, now is the time for teams to start working their way into peak condition.    The South Brunswick High School boys cross country team is certainly doing its…

The affordable housing advocates who met in Lawrence last week for a homeless summit say they are unsure of the role their Mercer County towns should play in providing transitional housing. By: Lea Kahn    Affordable housing advocates have invited Dennis Micai, the director of welfare for Mercer County, to outline the extent of homelessness in…

EDITORIAL: Statistics show no one is safe from the dangers of domestic violence    Tonight, in the jury assembly room of the Somerset County Courthouse, a solemn ceremony will be held as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.    The ceremony includes a reading of the names of 18 county residents who have died as a result…

For the week of October 11. By: Thursday, Oct. 11 The Allentown Garden Club meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at the Allentown Methodist Church on Church Street, Allentown. Members will create wreaths out of amaranth that can be hung inside or outside for the birds in winter. Pre-registration is not necessary. The public…