Author: Central Jersey

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Pitch, Hit and Run competition set

    The Lambertville West Amwell Youth Baseball and Softball Association will host a free Major League Baseball Pitch, Hit and Run competition for local ballplayers. The event will be held at 10 a.m. April 11, at Ely Field in Lambertville. Pitch, Hit and Run is the official skills competition of Major League Baseball. This program is…

  • ALLENTOWN: Wrestlers shine at districts

    ALLENTOWN: Wrestlers shine at districts

    Robbinsville High’s Chris Steward (right) captured the District 25 championship at 160 by winning three straight matches via pin. Photo by Dennis Symons

  • MANVILLE: Scouts cross the bridge

    MANVILLE: Scouts cross the bridge

    Scoutmaster Mike Trond gives Boy Scout book to incoming Scout Todd Peterson. (Photo by Mary Ellen Day)

  • SPRINGFIELD HAPPENINGS: Feb. 26, 2015

       Springfield Township has entered into a municipal partnership program with other Burlington County townships to offer reduced rates at the Indian Spring Golf Course in Marlton.    For more information on how to receive a $5 per round reduction, visit www.indianspringgolf.com/index.html.    The Jacksonville Community Center hosts a monthly breakfast the first Sunday of every month from…

  • Playing with the pros

    Playing with the pros

    Photo by Rebecca Nowalski From left: Zachary White of Princeton, Nancy Kays of Stockton, Michael Perlin of Trenton and Lindsay Hanson of Plainsboro made music with the Chicago Symphony Winds during Princeton University Concerts’ Feb. 12 Late Night Chamber Jam.

  • Playing with the pros

    Playing with the pros

    Princeton University Concerts’ ‘chamber jam’ gives amateur musicians a chance to shine By Philip Sean Curran    It is around 8:30 p.m. on a recent Thursday, the intermission of a concert the Chicago Symphony Winds is giving at Richardson Auditorium on the Princeton University campus.    Later in the evening, Michael Perlin of Trenton will take the…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Officials say state owes town money

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer The Hopewell Township Committee voted 4-0 Monday night to sue state government to seek $639,633, plus court costs and attorney fees, the township says it is owed by the state under the terms of the New Jersey Economic Stimulus Act. Voting in favor of filing the lawsuit were Mayor Harvey…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Police search for man suspected of passing fake $100 bills

    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Police search for man suspected of passing fake $100 bills

       The police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a man suspected of passing counterfeit $100 bills throughout the area.    The black male has been presenting cashiers with old-style counterfeit $100 bills, all bearing the serial number B03411590A, according to the Bordentown Township Police Department.    The suspect passed a counterfeit $100 bill at the…

  • LAWRENCE: Sisters say goodbye to hairbrushes as they raise money to fight childhood cancers

    LAWRENCE: Sisters say goodbye to hairbrushes as they raise money to fight childhood cancers

    Sisters Maya, 9, and Quinn, 7, Ferguson plan to have their heads shaved to raise money to help fight childhood cancer. (Staff photo by Lea Kahn)