Author: Central Jersey

  • MONROE: Town planning 9/11 memorial service

    MONROE: Town planning 9/11 memorial service

    On Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013 the Township is hosting a Community Candlelight Memorial Service at the Monroe Township Memorial Tree Park on Prospect Plains and Half Acre Road in Monroe Township beginning at 6:30 MONROE — On Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013 the Township is hosting a Community Candlelight Memorial Service at the Monroe Township Memorial…

  • EAST WINDSOR: A checkmate champ at age 7

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor    Damon M. Copeland just started learning chess six months ago and he’s already a force to be reckoned with.    The 7-year-old East Windsor resident took second place in the Let’s Play Chess Tournament in Princeton on Aug. 16.    His father, Raph, started teaching him how to play the game…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter

    Princeton    Ljubomir Stojanov, 71, of Princeton, was arrested Aug.24 on a warrant. A female shoplifter allegedly stole two scarves worth $62 from a store on Nassau Street at 6:31 p.m. on Aug.23. The suspect was described as an Asian woman in her mid 40s who was last seen walking north on Nassau Street. A Trek…

  • HAMILTON: Helping Hand

    HAMILTON: Helping Hand

    From left, Family Guidance Center staff members Michelle Palmer, Akia Bethea, Dianna Figueroa, Toni Vaughn, Ed Forbes and Risa Brehon, Courtney Kiley of Bank of America, and Beth Hart, Family Guidance Center’s Development Director. For more information visit the website at www.fgccorp.org.  Courtesy photo

  • CRANBURY: Area schools get ready

    CRANBURY: Area schools get ready

    Summer is quickly winding down and with summer’s end comes back to school. By Nicole M. Wells, Special Writer Summer is quickly winding down and with summer’s end comes back to school.    At Cranbury School, new parent orientation for grades 1-3 will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 3, from 2-3 p.m. For grades 4-8, orientation…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Seniors chime in at sing-along

    Senior Corner club columns, week of Aug. 29 CHAPTER A    Chapter A sang and enjoyed refreshments with Mitch Miller & the Gang on Friday, Aug. 23, in the Senior Activity Room. Our music director led us in song. The quiz was very tough and we laughed as much as we sang.    Dust off your baby…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Papa’s new home is next door to Hamilton

    ROBBINSVILLE: Papa’s new home is next door to Hamilton

    Nick Azzaro, proprietor of the restaurant and grandson of Mr. Papa, continues the family tradition of making pizza.

  • HAMILTON: Highest award

    HAMILTON: Highest award

    Local girl scouts present Silver Award project Lea Abreu, 14, and Jennie Collins, 13, both of Hamilton and Girl Scout Troop 70302 presented their Silver Award project “Scarves With a Smile” to the cancer unit of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital-Hamilton on Aug. 27.

  • HAMILTON: Organization needs volunteers to tutor Mercer County residents

    Training sessions begin Sept. 25.    Literacy Volunteers in Mercer County (LVMC) seeks volunteers who can donate two hours per week to tutor Mercer County adults, noting that anyone interested may take advantage of training sessions beginning Sept. 25.    ”The demand is so great that we have a lengthy waiting list of people who have applied…