Author: Central Jersey

  • EAST WINDSOR: Blue Demons complete undefeated season

    EAST WINDSOR: Blue Demons complete undefeated season

    The East Windsor Blue Demons completed an undefeated season recently by defeating a tough Brick team to take the USABL Continental South Division Championship. After being down 2-0 late in the game, the Blue Demons came back in the bottom of the 7th with two outs to win a semifinal playoff game. The 11 players…

  • WHAT’S GOING ON for the week of 12/4

    Fri., Dec. 4  LEGO Club Friday, 10:30 a.m., at The Plumsted branch of the Ocean County Library, 119 Evergreen Road, New Egypt, N.J. For ages 3 to 11. Images of Cranbury, 7 p.m. at the Cranbury Public Library, 23 North Main Street. Cranbury resident and photographer David Nissen will present a journey through the…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Duke mansion appeal denied; court appeal likely

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor A judge will likely decide the fate of the Doris Duke main residence. The township Board of Adjustment on Wednesday night rebuffed an appeal of an October decision by the Historic Preservation Commission that cleared the way for the Duke Farms estate to demolish the 65,000-square-foot house in the northern…

  • HOPEWELL TWP.: Planners stymie convenience store training center 

    By Frank Mustac, Special Writer HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP — The applicant who wants to build a facility to train employees with special needs to work at convenience stores was told by the Planning Board to go back to the zoning board. Mark Iorio, president of The Mega Group business consulting company in Hamilton, has helped organize…

  • MANVILLE: Manville teachers take to the gridiron to boost scholarship fund

    MANVILLE: Manville teachers take to the gridiron to boost scholarship fund

    Teachers and staff of the Manville School District recently showcased their on-the-field battle brawn with a Nov. 4 night football game that raised money for the Carol Caliguari Memorial Scholarship Fund for senior Manville High School students. Mrs. Caliguari, who died in 2004, was a teacher in the Manville School District for 15 years.The players…

  • AS I SEE IT: The shell game of affordable housing

    By Anne Waldron Neumann  On Nov. 24, Princeton’s Council and Planning Board met to hear townspeople’s reactions to a 10-year affordable housing plan presented by Lee Solow, the Planning Board’s planning director. My own reaction was deep disappointment. The number of affordable housing units each town must add to meet its Mount Laurel obligations…

  • PRINCETON: Butler tract site demolition could begin next week

    PRINCETON: Butler tract site demolition could begin next week

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Princeton University could begin demolishing a former graduate student housing complex on Harrison Street possibly as early as next week to make room for what likely be new university faculty and staff housing. As of Wednesday morning, the school had not filed a demolition permit with the municipal building…

  • Thanks to all from Senior Care Ministry

    John Clearwater and Cathy Vanderpool, Princeton On Nov. 5, those of us involved with the Senior Care Ministry of Princeton found a very special reason to be thankful: the outpouring of support for our first-ever benefit. In its quiet fashion, the SCM has been part of the wider Princeton community for over 30 years, a…

  • Special students amaze at Talent Showcase

    Deborah Martin Norcross, Princeton Earlier this month, Princeton Special Sports and the Princeton Recreation Department sponsored the Arts For All! Talent Showcase featuring Princeton-area adults and teens with special needs. Although we suspected there was a ton of talent in this wonderful community, even we were blown away. Hosted by PHS junior Jack Lynch, our…