Author: Central Jersey

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Lawrenceville man faces child porn charges in federal court

    NEWARK, N.J. – A Lawrenceville man was arrested today and charged with coercing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct and with receiving images of child sexual abuse. Curtis E. Thompson, 30, of Lawrenceville, has been charged with one count of the production of child pornography and one count of receiving child pornography, according…

  • NEW JERSEY: Crank callers beware – Gov. Christie signs ‘swatting’ bill

    NEW JERSEY: Crank callers beware – Gov. Christie signs ‘swatting’ bill

    Gov. Chris Christie has signed a bill cracking down on “swatting.” The bill was introduced in response to a wave of swatting incidents where police were forced to respond to elaborate hoaxes instead of protecting residents from legitimate threats. Princeton School District schools have been targeted 10 times since April by “swatting” calls. The law…

  • PRINCETON: Businessman David Rubenstein donates $20 million to Institute for Advanced Study

    PRINCETON: Businessman David Rubenstein donates $20 million to Institute for Advanced Study

    Businessman and philanthropist David M. Rubenstein, a Trustee of the Institute for Advanced Study, has given a $20 million gift to the Institute. The donation from Mr. Rubenstein, co-founder and co-CEO of The Carlyle Group, will support the creation of a new building on the Institute campus to be known as the Rubenstein Commons. The…

  • MERCER COUNTY: Princeton House employee pleads not guilty to sexually assaulting female patient

    MERCER COUNTY: Princeton House employee pleads not guilty to sexually assaulting female patient

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer A man who worked as a mental health associate at Princeton House pleaded not guilty Monday to sexually assaulting a female patient earlier this year, as his lawyer is seeking for authorities to give him a slap on the wrist. Jonathan D. Hodges, 36, was arraigned on a charge…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Veterans Day events planned in local townships

    B Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Municipal officials and township residents in Montgomery, West Windsor and Plainsboro will take time on Veterans Day Wednesday to honor the soldiers, sailors and airmen and women who have fought in the many wars and engagements undertaken by the United States. In Montgomery Township, a procession is planned for 3…

  • PRINCETON: Leave our town alone!

    Scott Sipprelle, Princeton  Cynicism about government is rampant in America based on the simple belief that government has been hijacked by special interests. As the political agitators ride high with overflowing coffers, their ability to bully and control legislators increases. Rules get changed, laws get passed, and the ordinary folk are pretty much left…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Police searching for tractor-trailer driver who destroyed neighborhood

    WEST WINDSOR: Police searching for tractor-trailer driver who destroyed neighborhood

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — Police are searching for the driver of a tractor-trailer that damaged a tree, four utility poles and 19 residential mailboxes along a 2.3-mile stretch of Village Road East shortly after midnight Nov. 2. As the tractor-trailer was turning around in the parking of The Church of St.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Duke demolition appeal on Dec. 2 zoning board agenda

    HILLSBOROUGH: Duke demolition appeal on Dec. 2 zoning board agenda

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Objectors who want to save Doris Duke’s main residence have filed an appeal Friday, Nov. 5, with the township Board of Adjustment. The group called DORIS (Demolition Of Residence Is Senseless) has been given a place on the zoning board’s Dec. 2 meeting in the township municipal building. It’s presumed…

  • HOPEWELLS: Sourland Conservancy photos could become notecards

    HOPEWELLS: Sourland Conservancy photos could become notecards

    The Sourland Conservancy is holding a “Sourland Scenes” photography contest, with the art to be featured on the conservancy’s first set of Sourland Mountain notecards. To enter, email pictures (taken only in the Sourland Mountain region), captions (location and/or description of the subject) and photographer’s name and contact information to [email protected] before midnight on Nov.…