Author: Central Jersey
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HILLSBOROUGH: Two Raider gridders to play for under-16 Team USA squad
Two Hillsborough High School football players have been chosen to play in a international all-star game. Offensive lineman Norman Washington, a freshman, and defensive lineman Ryan Wheaton, a sophomore, are two of 60 athletes to be selected to represent Team USA under-16 national team in the annual international competition. Sixty of the nation’s best high…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Is it demolition — or salvage — at Duke estate?
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Illegal demolition or salvage of usable materials? People trying to save the former home of Doris Duke went on full alert this week when they saw, from a distance, what looked to them to be destructive work at the property in the northern part of the township — without having…
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PLAINSBORO POLICE BLOTTER: Nov. 24
Quincy Pickett-Stokes, 23, of Hamilton Township, was arrested on two outstanding warrants for $4,000 from Trenton Municipal Court and one outstanding warrant for $500 from South Plainfield after police were called to investigate a suspicious man at a medical facility at 5 a.m. Nov. 22. A small fire in the living room…
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PRINCETON POLICE BLOTTER: Nov. 24
Derrick Wilson, 44, of Ewing Township, was arrested on multiple outstanding warrants totaling $4,500 from Trenton Municipal Court after he was stopped on Elm Road at 10:12 a.m. Nov. 22. Vandals damaged an ice skating sign and tossed garbage into a pond at Community Park North, off Mountain Avenue. The vandalism was reported at…
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WEST WINDSOR POLICE BLOTTER: Nov. 24
Madisson G. Fletcher, 19, of Trenton, and Miasia A. Smith, 18, of Trenton, were charged with shoplifting for taking items from Kohl’s at the Nassau Park Pavilion at 4:03 p.m. Nov. 6. They allegedly concealed items inside a purse and some shopping bags. Nicholas William Betzold Jr., 54, of Boca Raton, Florida, was charged…
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PRINCETON: University names Fenwick Hospitality to operate restaurant, bar at former Dinky Station
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer The owner of the downtown restaurant Agricola will operate a new bar and a bistro at the former Dinky Station through a partnership with Princeton University, the school said in announcing the latest in its arts and transit project. Fenwick Hospitality Group, the company started by businessman Jim Nawn,…
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PRINCETON: Mayor calls Gov. Christie’s position on Syrian refugees ‘pathetic’
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Mayor Liz Lempert on Monday sharply criticized Gov. Chris Christie’s “pathetic” position on refusing to accept Syrian refugees and sounded receptive to having them come to her community. “Princeton is a welcoming community, and we want to be that way,” she said when asked at her press conference how…
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PRINCETON: Mayor reacts to university protests, says students helped educate people about history
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer As Princeton University wrestles with the legacy of Woodrow Wilson, so too might the community face similar questions about former university president and slaveholder John Witherspoon, whose name adorns a public school, the main municipal building and a main street. Mayor Liz Lempert, reacting to the protest at the…
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PRINCETON: Town reaches out to attorney in winning property tax lawsuit
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer The lawyer who represented Morristown in a winning property tax lawsuit against Morristown Medical Center is being brought in on a pro bono basis to advise the Princeton Council on what it should be doing in a similar lawsuit involving Princeton University. Attorney Martin Allen, a member of the…
