Author: Central Jersey

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Record field turns out for YMCA’s  Hop 5K

    HILLSBOROUGH: Record field turns out for YMCA’s Hop 5K

    A record number of runners rose early to beat the summer heat Saturday at the 15th annual Hillsborough YMCA Hop 5K, a benefit race for the Y. A total of 1,357 registered runners, ranging in age from 5 to 82, participated. The runners warmed up to music before Hillsborough Mayor Douglas Tomson fired the starting…

  • CRANBURY: Watercolorists unite for upcoming exhibit

    CRANBURY: Watercolorists unite for upcoming exhibit

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor CRANBURY — Each painter has his or her own technique of spreading watercolors on a page to produce an image. Some of the scenes that emerge are familiar, like those of the Parsonage Barn or Brainerd Lake in Cranbury, or the one of Stonehenge. Others are more abstract like “Canyon…

  • CRANBURY: Gymnasium turned gallery to showcase students’ talents

    CRANBURY: Gymnasium turned gallery to showcase students’ talents

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor CRANBURY — Music drifted through the aisles of art where community members gaily perused colorful paintings, sculptures, drawings and collages. The talents of every student in Cranbury School’s grades K-8 were on display during the annual Art Show on the evening of May 28. More than 1,000 pieces of artwork…

  • CRANBURY: Monroe woman dies after being struck by a car

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer CRANBURY — A 75-year-old Monroe woman who went missing earlier in the day died after being struck by a vehicle while she was trying to cross Route 130 last Friday night, according to Cranbury Township Police Department. Svetlana Yausaheva was reported missing from her residence in Rossmoor by her husband…

  • AS I SEE IT: In Princeton, think small for affordable housing

    By Anne Waldron Neumann On Sunday, May 17, Princeton’s Community Democratic Organization (PCDO) hosted a symposium on what many residents feel is Princeton’s central issue: how to keep — or, depending on your perspective, how to make — Princeton affordable. What are some of the barriers to affordability in Princeton? Our property taxes, for one…

  • PRINCETON: Contract conflict should not be allowed to drag on

    Princeton residents We are writing to express our disappointment that the contract negotiations between the Board of Education and the Princeton Regional Education Association (PREA) have failed to produce an agreement. We support a fair, equitable, and sustainable settlement for the teachers; and now that the gag order has been lifted, we seek to understand…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Primary election results (UPDATED)

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor EAST WINDSOR — Voters cast ballots Tuesday to select the Democrats and Republicans that will vie for the four open Township Council seats in the November election. Democratic Mayor Janice S. Mironov, who is looking to serve her 20th consecutive year as mayor if she wins in the fall and…

  • EAST WINDSOR: New Indian supermarket opens

    EAST WINDSOR: New Indian supermarket opens

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer EAST WINDSOR — A new Indian marketplace that offers fresh produce, groceries, spices, specialty items and more just opened in the township. Patel Brothers Grocery Chain opened its newest store in East Windsor last week. The market occupies 22,000 square feet in the former Genuardi’s location in the East Windsor…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Triathlon will go on

    HIGHTSTOWN: Triathlon will go on

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer HIGHTSTOWN — The eighth annual Hightstown Sprint Distance Triathlon will take place this fall and it will have more options but no more kids race. The event, a beginner-friendly race that starts and ends in downtown Hightstown by Peddie Lake, will be held Sept. 13. During several Borough Council meetings…