Author: Central Jersey

  • CRANBURY: Boy Scout Troop 52, Cranbury Girl Scouts collecting clothing, food donations Saturday morning

    Boy Scout of America (BSA) Troop 52 in Cranbury will be picking up clothing and hygiene product donations that can be left on people’s doorsteps Saturday, Nov. 14, starting at 9 a.m. The clothing and hygiene items go to the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK). In addition to the Boy Scouts picking up the clothing…

  • MONROE TOWNSHIP: Police seek help in finding man seen inappropriately touching juvenile girl

    On Nov. 11, 2015 at 6:20 PM, an unidentified male was seen touching the buttock of a female juvenile, approximately 10 years-old, at the CVS on Applegarth Road in Monroe Township. A witness observed the inappropriate touching while the juvenile was standing in the cosmetic isle. The unidentified male, the juvenile and her mother left…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Woman reports someone entered home, took items 

    Hillsborough police reported three incidences of damage to property and one burglary/theft in the last two weeks. — A Three Bridges Road resident reported Oct. 24 that someone had entered her home in the previous week and took various tools and appliances, with a total value of $1,200. — Police said a Riverside Drive resident…

  • WHAT’S GOING ON

    Sat., Nov. 14 Telepathy and Mind Reading with Mentalists Larry and Raven begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Beth El Synagogue of East Windsor. This event includes dinner. Purchase tickets online at larryandraven.yapsody.com. Tickets purchased on or before Oct. 29 cost $60 per person. After Oct. 29, tickets cost $65 per person. Reserved seating tickets…

  • Doctor expresses support for tobacco sales age of 21 

    To the editor:  According to the American Heart Association, smoking is responsible for killing more than 480,000 Americans annually — including 11,800 New Jerseyans — making it the number-one cause of death. It’s no secret smoking results in heart disease, stroke, cancers and many other devastating health issues. Yet smoking remains a crisis in…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Choir will back up stars at Carnegie Hall

    HILLSBOROUGH: Choir will back up stars at Carnegie Hall

    Fifty of Hillsborough High School’s choir students will perform at Carnegie Hall on Friday, Dec. 4, as part of Tim Janis’s “The American Christmas Carol.” The students will join a choir made up of more than 200 students from across the Northeast. The choir, with full orchestra, will join composer Tim Janis, Grammy Award-winning musician…

  • PRINCETON: University student charged with criminal sexual contact in dorm room

    PRINCETON: University student charged with criminal sexual contact in dorm room

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer A Princeton University sophomore was arrested Wednesday on charges that he illegally entered a co-ed’s dorm room two weeks ago while she was asleep and touched her sexually, authorities said Thursday. Ronbo Fan, 19, is charged with third-degree burglary and fourth-degree criminal sexual contact, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office…

  • PLAINSBORO: Knights welcome challenge

    PLAINSBORO: Knights welcome challenge

    By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor The West Windsor-Plainsboro High North football team knows it will be facing a tall order when it opens play in the North Jersey, Section 2 Group 4 playoffs tonight at Middletown South. While the Knights have been a prolific scoring team themselves this year, they face a Middletown South team…

  • PRINCETON: Depth, experience key PU men’s hoops

    PRINCETON: Depth, experience key PU men’s hoops

    By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Mitch Henderson enters his fifth season as head coach of the Princeton University men’s basketball program with as deep and talented a roster as he’s ever had. But what excited Henderson the most is the way the players on the roster have approached the season. “The day to day approach…