Author: Central Jersey

  • HIGHTSTOWN: A challenge to bring back Sunday dinner

    HIGHTSTOWN — The borough’s Julie Shea is on a mission to see more families share sit-down Sunday dinners with their senior loved ones. New research shows that 50 percent of surveyed families living near senior relatives feel they do not share enough meals with older loved ones, losing an important family connection, according to a…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Local educator selected for national program

    HIGHTSTOWN — Brianna Reilly, an educator at Melvin H. Kreps Middle School, has been selected from a pool of more than 300 applicants to participate in the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Summer Teacher Institute for the week of July 20-24. Each year, the Library of Congress provides the opportunity for a carefully…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Rise receives $25K grant

    HIGHTSTOWN — The Princeton Area Community Foundation has awarded Rise — a community service partnership — a grant of $25,000 in support of Rise’s Summer Academic Enrichment Program. The 2015 grant will help Rise to promote low-income children’s academic achievement. The Rise Summer Academic Enrichment Program is an affordable six-week summer program serving 100 children,…

  • WHAT’S GOING ON: July 17, 2015

    Fri., July 17   Visit Temple B’nai Abraham for an open house and a Friday night family service. Tot Shabbot will take place from 6-7:15 p.m. and the family service will start at 7:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served afterward. The temple is located at 58 Crosswicks St. in Bordentown. Call Kim at 609-298-1527…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Tennis court repairs underway

    To the editor:  The Windsor-Hights Herald published a letter I had written to the mayor and township manager concerning the conditions of the tennis courts on Wiltshire Drive. I am writing to applaud the efforts of the mayor and township manager in being so responsive to these concerns. The courts are now in the…

  • STATE WE’RE IN: A.J. Meerwald, New Jersey’s tall ship

    By Michele Byers If you were asked to name a maritime state, New Jersey might not come to mind. But if you’ve cruised on New Jersey’s official state ship — the A. J. Meerwald — you know otherwise! This summer, you might have spotted the 70-feet-high and 85-feet-longoak-on-oak schooner as it sailed along New Jersey’s…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Meadow Lakes awards employees with $62K in tuition grants

    EAST WINDSOR: Meadow Lakes awards employees with $62K in tuition grants

    EAST WINDSOR — Residents of Springpoint Senior Living’s continuing care retirement community Meadow Lakes donated approximately $62,000 to help young employees and their families lessen the burden of high tuition costs and college debt. At the 14th annual ceremony held at Meadow Lakes on June 25, winning applicants received up to $2,000 each from the…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Pit bull breaks away from owner, attacks and kills 7-pound Yorkshire terrier

    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Pit bull breaks away from owner, attacks and kills 7-pound Yorkshire terrier

    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP — A 7-pound Yorkshire terrier lost its life Saturday morning after being attacked by a pit bull in a Titusville neighborhood. The Yorkie was set to go out for a walk about 10 a.m. with one of his owners, John Lehet of Creek Rim Drive. As Mr. Lehet, 79, was preparing his two…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Dogs gain play area to themselves

    HILLSBOROUGH: Dogs gain play area to themselves

    Pups make friends at Hillsborough’s new dog off-leash area in Ann Van Middlesworth Park.  Owners can play with their dogs in the open air and green grass.   Dogs can run free — if they play nice — at their own fenced-in yard within one of Hillsborough Township’s park. Township officials officially opened…