Author: Central Jersey

  • PRINCETON: Residents show up at council meeting to support animal control officer no longer on the payroll

    PRINCETON: Residents show up at council meeting to support animal control officer no longer on the payroll

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Staff Writer Princeton will pay Montgomery $15,000 through June 30 for animal control services. The council voted Monday night to enter a temporary shared services agreement with Montgomery until it hires its own animal control officer. Former Princeton animal control officer Mark Johnson was offered a separation agreement from the town, a…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: HHS wins county consumer bowl

    HIGHTSTOWN: HHS wins county consumer bowl

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer TRENTON — Hightstown High School won the Mercer County 2015 New Jersey High School Consumer Bowl last week. The winning team consisted of Dhruv Patel, Akhil Kemburu, Steven Cohen, Albert Dong and Robbie Cohen, beating out seven other area schools in a quiz-show style competition on good consumer practices, according…

  • CRANBURY: Police investigate identity thefts

    by Nicole M. Wells, Special Writer CRANBURY — Township police are investigating several reports of identity theft involving a cluster of residents who all share a common link, police said. Chief of Police Rickey Varga could not be reached for further comment as to the nature of the link as of press time. According to…

  • SOLUTIONS: Watershe expanding its role

    SOLUTIONS: Watershe expanding its role

    Phil McAuliffe Polly Ranson, executive assistant and Kevin Walsh, deputy director of the Stonybrook Millstone Watershed walk through their new recently completed building.

  • MONROE: Pucci stepping down

    MONROE: Pucci stepping down

    By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor MONROE — After almost three decades as mayor, Richard Pucci will end his tenure this year. “After seven incredibly fulfilling terms, I have decided not to seek re-election as mayor of Monroe Township,” Mayor Pucci said in a March 18 press release. “From expanding community facilities like the senior…

  • PRINCETON: The smell of long-since dried ink

    PRINCETON: The smell of long-since dried ink

    Phil McAuliffe 13 year old Ross Selby-Salazar, 13, of Princeton, right, and his brother, Dester, 8, read a book under a table at the Bryn Mawr-Wellesley Book Sale on Saturday. (Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe)

  • South Camden Theatre Company Announces 2015 – 2016 Season
  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Annual game honors late coach Lou Pini

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Annual game honors late coach Lou Pini

    by Ed Birch, Special Writer In the annual charity contest on Feb. 25, the combined faculty basketball squad representing both Crossroads Middle Schools scored a one-sided victory over the middle school student basketball team by a score of 75-50. The faculty was helped by an all-star performance from Crossroads graduate Mohamed Sanu, star wide receiver…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Firefighters quickly extinguish car fire

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Firefighters quickly extinguish car fire

    Monmouth Junction firefighters were quickly able to put out a Ridge Road car fire on March 16. According to the department’s Facebook page, units responded around 7:30 AM on March 16 to 285 Ridge Road for a vehicle fire. Crews arrived to find a passenger vehicle in the parking lot with heavy fire in the…