Author: Central Jersey

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Scout Emily VanPelt builds a field hockey program

    HILLSBOROUGH: Scout Emily VanPelt builds a field hockey program

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Boy and Girl Scouts often take on the task of constructing something as their required community project for their top awards in Scouting. For her Gold Award project, Emily Van Pelt began to build a field hockey program from the ground up. Emily, a Hillsborough High School junior and a…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Suspect arrested in murder of New Brunswick woman

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Suspect arrested in murder of New Brunswick woman

    Police have arrested Giver J. Vasquez, 26, of New Brunswick, and charged him with murder, stalking, possession of a weapon and unlawful possession of a weapon in the death of Alicia Martinez of New Brunswick. Police said that the victim and the suspect knew each other and that the shooting was not a random act.…

  • PRINCETON POLICE BLOTTER: June 26

    Rivin Mendez, 27, of Lawrence Township, was charged with driving while intoxicated following a motor vehicle stop on Nassau Street at 1:56 a.m. June 20.  Pedro Aguayo-Ramos, 33, of Trenton, was charged with driving while intoxicated at 8:11 p.m. June 25 following a report of a possible drunken driver in a parking lot on…

  • PRINCETON: Area politicians praise Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer The landmark Supreme Court decision Friday to legalize gay marriage was seen as a watershed moment for gays and lesbians and the country as a whole, area politicians said. Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, D-15, who is openly gay, said in a statement that the high court had ruled on the…

  • CRANBURY: Proposed rehab site granted liquor license

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor CRANBURY — The mayor and a township committeeman voted against the renewal of a liquor license for a site proposed for an alcohol and drug rehabilitation facility. The resolution passed, though, in a 3-2 vote, resulting in the renewal of a liquor license for RIYA Cranbury (Staybridge Suites) for 2015-16.…

  • CRANBURY: Students learn to put research into action

    CRANBURY: Students learn to put research into action

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor CRANBURY — Sixth-graders at Cranbury School were inspired to do more with their writing than just putting it on a page. Language arts teacher Elizabeth Grimaldi asked her students to put their research into action. They learned how to create research papers by selecting a service organization, learning about it…

  • CRANBURY: CHA has preserved affordability for 50 years

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor CRANBURY — Cranbury Housing Associates (CHA) has been providing for the housing needs of low-income, disadvantaged and permanent residents of the township for 50 years. The Township Committee presented a resolution, which was unanimously adopted, to CHA acknowledging its five decades of work during the June 22 meeting. “Thank you…

  • CRANBURY: Concert to help raise money for new library

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor CRANBURY — Hers is the gift of music and she will bestow it this weekend on the community to help build a new place for its books. Francine Hannay, whose stage name is Francine Kane, will present a concert with fellow Cranbury musicians at 7 p.m. in Fellowship Hall at…

  • CRANBURY: Children connect with seniors through books

    CRANBURY: Children connect with seniors through books

    CRANBURY — Last week, Cranbury School kindergartners marked the end of the school year with a big goodbye from their GrandPals. Since January, Barbara Adams’ and Pamela Szabo’s classes have been paired off with seniors from Cranbury and surrounding communities to spend time each week at the Cranbury Public Library to enjoy time reading aloud…