Author: Central Jersey

  • MONTGOMERY: Miller steps up in new role

    MONTGOMERY: Miller steps up in new role

    Montgomery High senior Alex Miller scored 17 points to help the Cougars to a 69-57 win over Watchung Hills on Tuesday night. Photo by Robert Gleason

  • MANVILLE: Ms. New Jersey joins cyclists’ ride

    MANVILLE: Ms. New Jersey joins cyclists’ ride

    By Mary Ellen Day, Special Writer More than 150 bikers, including a special guest, participated in the Manville–Hillsborough Elks Motorcycle Club’s seventh annual New Year’s Day Hangover Ride to raise funds for the Army of Hope. This ride was organized to give motorcyclists a focus on New Year’s Day. The guest was Ms. New Jersey,…

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Committee and residents rally against pipeline project

    By Jane Meggitt, Special Writer Approximately 100 people braved the cold and attended the Jan. 6 Township Committee meeting to voice concerns regarding a proposed 30-inch high-pressure natural gas line in the western corner of Upper Freehold. New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) wants to install the line, which will not serve the township. The governing…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: Jan. 9, 2015

    Robbinsville    Amber Walsh, 25, of Hamilton, was charged with possession of heroin, possession of a hypodermic needle, being a suspended driver, having a controlled dangerous substance in a motor vehicle and having a front-view obstruction after being stopped on Route 526 on Dec. 30 at 2:43 p.m.    Patrolman Scott Kivet saw a vehicle on Route…

  • MANVILLE: Ms. New Jersey joins cyclists’ ride

    MANVILLE: Ms. New Jersey joins cyclists’ ride

    Daniella Ferguson is shown with Brian Jeremiah, a sophomore at Rowan University, who played the National Anthem to start the ride for the fifth year in a row.

  • HAMILTON: Family needs help with transplant expenses

       HAMILTON — A Date Night Masquerade Ball will be held for the Children’s Organ Transplant Association in honor of Alexander Cuevas, a child who needs a small bowel transplant.    The event is planned for Saturday, Jan. 17, from 6-11 p.m. at The Chauncey Hotel and Conference Center in Princeton.    Alexander, 5, of Hamilton, is listed…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Holocaust survivor speaks to school classes

    Irving Roth, a Holocaust survivor and originator of the Adopt-a-Survivor program, spoke to two social studies classes at Hillsborough High School on Dec. 22. Students Daniel Strauss and Sarah and Kimberly Neydon, along with teacher Joan Sheridan, organized the visit. The program aims to transfer the life experiences of a Holocaust survivor to an “adopter”…

  • PRINCETON: DIY upgrade at library

    PRINCETON: DIY upgrade at library

    New self-service kiosks installed By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Staff Writer     The Princeton Public Library was an early adopter of self-checkout technology based on radio frequency identification tags when it first opened in 2004.     Since that time thousands of customers used the system to check out their own materials but that technology, primitive by today’s…

  • PLAINSBORO: North boys make mark at Cetrulo

    PLAINSBORO: North boys make mark at Cetrulo

    Pictured are members of the West Windsor-Plainsboro High North boys fencing team, which saw all three of its squads reach the final pool and finished second overall at the Cetrulo tournament.