Author: Central Jersey

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Copart hours request on hold again

    Hearing continued to Jan. 15 By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor CoPart of Connecticut auto salvage representatives will return in January to seek permission to extend business hours, especially following major storms. Copart wants: — To add Saturday hours of 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. for trucks to pick up vehicles that have been purchased. —…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Dec. 18

    Wednesdays      Free Acoustic Open Mic Night and Poetry at Star Subs and Café in the Buckley Plaza 621 Route 130, Hamilton, will be hosted Wednesdays at 7 p.m. by American Idol contestant Bri Lobue. Audience and musicians are welcome. 609-333- 1230.  First Sun. of the month      Sons of the American…

  • Osborne spotlights history of the ‘other’ side of park

    ‘No Spot in This Far Land is More Immortalized: A History of Pennsylvania’s Washington Crossing Historic Park’ By John Tredrea, Special Writer On Christmas night in 1776, General George Washington of the Continental Army and 2,400 soldiers under his command pushed off from the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River to cross that icy waterway.…

  • PENNINGTON: Central High senior now a published composer

    PENNINGTON: Central High senior now a published composer

    Hopewell Valley Central High School Director of Choral Ac´tivities Matthew Erpelding with senior Maura Tuffy, holding her soon-to-be published choral composition, “Ubi Caritas.”

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Students join Hour of Code movement

    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Students join Hour of Code movement

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Students in Bordentown Township Regional Middle School last week joined the movement to try the Hour of Code with others across the nation.     They learned to demystify code and how anyone can learn the basics.     “This is really a wonderful day, and it’s another…

  • Santa Claus lives and lives forever

    EDITORIAL Dear Editor — I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, "If you see it in The Sun, it’s so." Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus? Virginia O’Hanlon  115 West Ninety Fifth Street  Virginia, your little friends are…

  • REGION: Officials fret over hazardous waste site

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection hosted a public meeting and hearing regarding the proposed Elcon Recycling Services liquid hazardous treatment facility in the Keystone Industrial Port Complex in Falls Township in Pennsylvania.     The forum was held Dec. 10, and local officials and administrators attended to stay informed.…

  • HOMEFRONT DONATION

    HOMEFRONT DONATION

    V.J. Scozzari & Sons, Inc. Employees pictured left to right: Don Ehret, Wes Swope, Vince Scozzari, Georgette Roth, Debbie Fentress, Rich Alito, Anthony Princiotta (back row), Marie Bowers & Brie Alfano (seated)

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Police Blotter

    Hopewell Township police Lt. Christopher Kascik reported: — On Dec. 9 at 11:46 p.m., Officer James Rosso was on patrol on Pennington Road near I-95. He stopped the driver of a 2005 Chevrolet for a motor vehicle violation. While speaking with the driver, who was identified as Menekor Kennedy, 26, of Charles Way, Hamilton, a…