Author: Central Jersey

  • PRINCETON: PU women’s hoops set for encore

    By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor So what does the Princeton University women’s basketball team do for an encore? After going 31-1 and reaching the second round the NCAA tournament a year ago, the Tigers come into this season with a No. 25 pre-season ranking and a target on their backs every time they step on…

  • PLAINSBORO: Knights to play for CJ III soccer crown

    By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor During its three wins in the Central Jersey Group III tournament, the West Windsor-Plainsboro High North boys soccer team has shown it can win a number of different ways. The Knights have a prolific scoring attack, which is led by the combination of Josh Schupak and Vincenzo Pugliese. But they…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: New Horizon Church celebrates 25 years Sunday

    New Horizon Christian Fellowship will celebrate 25 years of serving the community at the 10:30 a.m. regular service on Sunday, Nov. 15, at Auten Road Intermediate School, Hillsborough. A luncheon will immediately follow. If you have been a part of New Horizon in the past and want to celebrate with the church, RSVP to Pastor…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Solar array proposed once again at quarry 

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor In 2012, Gibraltar Rock applied for permission to cut down about 20 acres of trees in order to install solar panels to generate electricity for the 550-acre quarry operation on the Sourland Mountain ridgeline on East Mountain Road (Route 601), on the Montgomery-Hillsborough border. The company withdrew the application in…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: 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…

  • HOPEWELL: YMCA president congratulates kids for tackling obesity issue

    To the editor:   I recently had the pleasure of meeting with several members of our high school’s Prevent Childhood Obesity Club, as they presented a generous donation that will help our local YMCA launch a new recreational sport here in Hopewell Valley. Started by CHS Senior Kiersten Kollevoll, the club has been working to…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Pirate runners sweep at CJ IV XC

    By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor JAMESBURG — Tim Bason followed up an impressive performance at the Mercer County Cross Country Championships with an even more impressive showing at the Central Jersey Group IV meet. Christina Rancan rebounded from what she felt was a sub-par performance at the Mercer meet with a dominating performance in the…

  • HOPEWELLS: Prosecutor reviews use-of-force guidelines

    By Frank Mustac, Special Writer HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP — Mercer County Acting Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri gave local officials an update on procedures and practices used for investigating and reviewing police use-of-force incidents. Mr. Onofri used slides prepared by the office of acting Attorney General John Jay Hoffman during his presentation at the Hopewell Township Municipal…

  • PRINCETON: Pilots recall the sacrifices of fighting World War II

    PRINCETON: Pilots recall the sacrifices of fighting World War II

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Jim Fitzpatrick, Mack Morris and Newell Woodworth are old men now, far removed from the dangerous work they did more than 70 years ago as pilots in World War II. Yet those moments, and their memory of them, remain as vivid as they were at the time they happened…