Author: Central Jersey

  • POLICE BLOTTER for the week of 1/1/16

    The Hightstown Police Department initiated the following police reports from Dec. 8 through Dec. 22, 2015  A resident of the Hightstown Housing Authority reported that between Dec. 5 and Dec. 6 her new vehicle was damaged. The caller reported that a large linear scratch in a “Y” type pattern was found on the front hood…

  • WHAT’S GOING ON for the week of 1/1/16

    Mon., Jan. 4  The Cranbury Township reorganization meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at Town Hall, 23-A North Main St.  Tues., Jan. 5  The Plumsted Poetry Club will meet from 3 to 4 p.m. at the Plumsted Branch of the Ocean County Library, 119 Evergreen Road, New Egypt. Whether you’re new…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Hockey team qualifies to play in Canada 

    HILLSBOROUGH: Hockey team qualifies to play in Canada 

    The Princeton Youth Hockey Association U-16A team is bound for Canada to play in a tournament in mid-January. The team of 18 skaters and two goalies is a mix of players from various towns. Two players are from Hillsborough and one is from Neshanic Station. At the start of the season the Tigers weren’t expected…

  • HOPEWELL TWP.: An 1800s barn is being revived in Hopewell Twp. 

    HOPEWELL TWP.: An 1800s barn is being revived in Hopewell Twp. 

    By Frank Mustac, Special Writer HOPEWELL TWP. — Relied upon by neighbors as a can’t-miss landmark for giving directions to visitors is an old red barn nestled snugly along Pleasant Valley Road. Weathered beaten, a little twisted and showing its age, the structure is being restored to much the way it would have looked when it…

  • PENNINGTON, HOPEWELL TWP.: Grants will help fund police body cameras

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Hopewell Township and Pennington are two nine police departments in Mercer County to receive state grant money to outfit their officers with body cameras. Across the state 176 police departments, county sheriff’s offices and the Rutgers Police Department shared around $2.5 million to buy the equipment. Those agencies had…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Unneeded traffic light causes traffic backup on Route 206 at Valley Road

    To the editor:  Route 206 in Hillsborough is a highway that many residents travel daily. However, in recent years residents have had to find alternate routes to avoid 206 all together. During the weekday hours of 4 to 7 p.m., highway 206 is virtually a log jam. Although there are many issues that cause…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Raider hoopsters need to shake the inexperience 

    By Justin Feil, Packet Media Group Without a starter back, the Hillsborough High School boys basketball team expected some growing pains. The Raiders dropped their first two games — both on the road — before making their home debut at their Hillsborough Holiday Classic scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday. “I think the encouragement was the…

  • PRINCETON: Wrestling Previews

    Montgomery  Head Coach: Kurt Franey, fifth year  Last year: 18-4  Key returning wrestlers: Jacob Frisch (Sr.), August Rohmeyer (Sr.), Terence Rohmeyer (Sr.), Shady Saad (Sr.), Anthony Sims (Sr.), Zach Cassar (Jr.), Dylan D’Amore (Jr.), Nico Ipeker (Jr.), Kyle Marrapodi (Jr.), James Smith (Jr.), Matthew Lisanti (So.),  Top newcomers: Jacob McCarthy (So.),…

  • PRINCETON: Lawsuit claims pizza chain’s 25-minute-delivery rule puts public at risk

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer A Princeton University graduate student walking across Washington Road in April was hit by a car driven by a distracted Naked Pizza deliveryman, according to a civil lawsuit that claims the company’s 25-minute-delivery rule and other policies put the public at risk. Nyssa Emerson suffered spinal cord damage and…