Author: Central Jersey

  • REGION: Local fire departments aided Seaside blaze battle

    REGION: Local fire departments aided Seaside blaze battle

    Amy Batista photos. Left, a firefighter battles the massive blaze in Seaside Park Sept. 12. Above, the charred remains of the boardwalk and the crowd of onlookers checking out the devastation Saturday.

  • FLORENCE: Pour House opens in the neighborhood

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer     A new neighborhood bar and grille eatery at 2043 Route 130 hosted a grand opening Saturday.    Partners Michael Geonnotti, general manager, Joe Derrico, executive chef, and David Shafkowitz, partner, opened Nook’s Pour House Neighborhood Bar and Grille, a 4,700-square-foot restaurant, at the end of June in Harkins Plaza.…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Defining downtown

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer     The Planning Board reviewed its Master Plan Re-examination Report with the goal of defining the downtown area.    The second meeting in the set of special workshops was held Sept. 12. The objective of this meeting was to define what downtown Hightstown should be, according to Borough Planner Tamara…

  • Arts Council of Princeton’s fall open house a success

    Arts Council Staff, Princeton September 15 was an extremely busy and exciting Sunday in downtown Princeton. We would like to thank everyone who stopped by the Arts Council of Princeton’s annual free fall open house at the Paul Robeson Center for the Arts that afternoon.    Knowing that there were many different activities going on in…

  • CRANBURY: Caring hand

    CRANBURY: Caring hand

    Cranbury Animal Hospital Veterinarian Dr. Michael Young, left, prepares to give a rabies vaccination to a township dog during a Middlesex County sponsored clinic last week. By Nicole M. Wells, Special Writer Cranbury Animal Hospital Veterinarian Dr. Michael Young, left, prepares to give a rabies vaccination to a township dog during a Middlesex County sponsored…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    Florence    Police arrested Edward Santiago, 52, of Neptune, after a motor vehicle stop at 9:15 p.m. Sept. 14 on Route 130 north.    Police said he had a suspended driver’s license and a warrant out of the Monmouth County’s Sheriff Office.    Mr. Santiago was transported to the Burlington county Jail where he was committee in default…

  • New Type of Children’s Book "DareBone’s Big Break" Enlightens Young Readers and Parents with Medically Accurate Tale of Common Childhood Injury
  • AS I SEE IT: What are the odds, right?

    By Tom Brophy    Somewhere around 1972 in Brophy’s Men’s Shoe Store at 5 Palmer Square in Princeton I started to make notes on stories and events that would classify as almost unbelievable and come under the umbrella of “What are the odds.”    The following four true events always become a conversation topic after I’ve told…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Mark the date

       The 24th annual Cranberry Festival will be held 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, and Sunday, Oct. 6, on Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown City.    The event will feature a juried craft show, 140 crafter displays, original art, gourmet foods, Jersey Fresh wines, and Saturday-only Quentin Hausser Memorial Car Show.    Free parking for the Cranberry…