Author: Central Jersey

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Woodfern School hosts 26 veterans on Nov. 11

    HILLSBOROUGH: Woodfern School hosts 26 veterans on Nov. 11

    Woodfern Elementary School celebrated Veterans Day on Nov. 11 with an assembly honoring 26 veterans, all relatives or close family friends of students who attend the school. The theme of the assembly was “We Remember.” Students, staff, veterans and guests all wore handmade red poppies to honor all veterans, not only those in attendance. The…

  • It’s all about giving: Crisis Ministry of Mercer County marks 35 years of helping others

    It’s all about giving: Crisis Ministry of Mercer County marks 35 years of helping others

    By Philip Sean Curran    Thirty-five years ago, two churches in Princeton gave birth to what today is a nonprofit organization that serves thousands of people who are in a bad place in their lives.    The Crisis Ministry of Mercer County feeds the hungry, prevents homelessness and helps people find work — a mission that an…

  • PRINCETON: Increased heroin use locally spurs awareness campaign

    PRINCETON: Increased heroin use locally spurs awareness campaign

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer An increase in Princeton in heroin use and overdoses is part of a national and statewide trend, primarily among adults in their 20s who are abusing a drug that has crept into the suburbs with devastating consequences, municipal officials said this week. Those officials said that while Princeton is…

  • HOPEWELL: Youth soccer wraps up fall season with championship games

    HOPEWELL: Youth soccer wraps up fall season with championship games

    DIVISION 3  Regent Flooring 2, Brooks Landscaping 0  Top-seeded Regent Flooring defeated number 2-seed Brooks Landscaping, 2-0, in the Division 3 boys championship game Saturday, Nov. 21, in a tight and well-played game. The Division 3 All-Star game immediately followed the championship game. Boys were selected from each of the five HVSA recreation teams.…

  • PRINCETON: Going high-tech on Election Day results

    PRINCETON: Going high-tech on Election Day results

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer On Election Day this month, Princeton went high-tech in delivering results to the public. Collaborating with community members, the town unveiled on its Internet site a web-based app that provided live, detailed unofficial election results in a way that would have made political strategists salivate. Not only could people…

  • HOPEWELL: Schools continue Thanksgiving tradition; prepare pies, meals for 700

    HOPEWELL: Schools continue Thanksgiving tradition; prepare pies, meals for 700

    By Frank Mustac, Special Writer PENNINGTON — Hundreds of Thanksgiving turkey dinners with fixings, plus hundreds more bag lunches, were prepared with love and care by students at Toll Gate and Timberlane schools, local Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts, pre-school children and community volunteers. The dinner meals, numbering some 700 in total, along with about…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Democrats Harris, Poppe commend positive campaign by all for local office 

    To the editor:  We would like to thank all the voters who came out to vote on Nov. 3. We appreciated seeing so many people exercise their right to vote —19 percent of the registered voters in the community voted. The most rewarding part of this 2015 campaign was meeting so many of our…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Go-karter donates prize to food bank

    HILLSBOROUGH: Go-karter donates prize to food bank

    The weekend of Nov. 14 was the final race of a 15-race go-kart season called the Turkey Trot at Raceway Park in Englishtown. Hillsborough’s Jared Burchette won the KART Series TAG Senior Division Race to take home a 30-pound turkey. He competed against about 12 other karts in the field. He was also given another…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Jr. Raiders varsity football claims title and perfect season

    HILLSBOROUGH: Jr. Raiders varsity football claims title and perfect season

    The Jr. Raiders varsity team defeated the Jr. Red Devils from Hunterdon Central, 22-2, Saturday to win the Jr. Skyland Football Conference championship. The Jr. Raiders finished their perfect season with a record of 10-0, winning the conference championship for the first time since 2011. In addition to the title, the Jr. Raiders earned the…