Author: Central Jersey

  • LAWRENCE POLICE BLOTTER: Oct. 29

    LAWRENCE POLICE BLOTTER: Oct. 29

    A Myrtle Avenue resident reported that someone dented the top of the roof of his GMC pickup truck while it was parked outside his home between 9 p.m. Oct. 24 and 12:42 p.m. Oct. 25.   Jenee McPhail, 34, of Lawrence Township, was charged with defiant trespass for being in the Quaker Bridge Mall…

  • PRINCETON: Panthers claim fourth straight Prep B tennis title

    PRINCETON: Panthers claim fourth straight Prep B tennis title

    By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor While this one was closer than some in the recent past, the result was the same for the Princeton Day School girls tennis team. The Panthers captured their fourth straight Prep B state tournament championship, edging Gill-St. Bernard’s for the team title at the Garden State Tennis Center in Edison.…

  • PRINCETON: School district enforcing residency rules

    PRINCETON: School district enforcing residency rules

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer There has been a noticeable uptick in the cases of students illegally attending public schools in Princeton, an issue that district officials said this week that they plan to notify law enforcement of. “It does seem to be getting to be more and more,” district Business Administrator Stephanie Kennedy…

  • PRINCETON: School board approves merit pay bonus for superintendent

    PRINCETON: School board approves merit pay bonus for superintendent

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer The Princeton school board on Tuesday approved paying $19,530 in merit bonuses to Superintendent Stephen C. Cochrane for meeting a series of district goals during the past school year. School board President Andrea Spalla said the board last year had established five goals, which among other things included his…

  • PRINCETON: School board candidates offer views to parents

    PRINCETON: School board candidates offer views to parents

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer With the election less than a week away, the four candidates for Princeton School Board went before voters Wednesday night, offering ways to close the racial achievement gap and giving their priorities for the district. Elizabeth Kalber Baglio, Robert Dodge, Dafna Kendal and incumbent Patrick Sullivan took their message…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Pirates to play for MCT soccer title

    WEST WINDSOR: Pirates to play for MCT soccer title

    By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor The West Windsor-Plainsboro High South boys soccer has enjoyed its run through the Mercer County Tournament. And why shouldn’t they? Two years ago the Pirates were a 3-13 team and last year they improved to six wins. This year the team has played well enough to gain the No. 2…

  • Voters to make Election Day decisions

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Local voters will go to the polls on Tuesday to choose municipal, county and state representatives — including school board members. Princeton voters will choose two members of council and three members of the school board on Election Day. The council race pits incumbent Democrats Lance Liverman and Heather H.…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Trenton man charged with shoplifting, trespassing

    WEST WINDSOR: Trenton man charged with shoplifting, trespassing

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Michael O. Gayle, 46, of Trenton, has been charged with shoplifting and trespassing for entering the Walmart store at the Nassau Park shopping center and attempting to take a sweatshirt and a hat from the store at 3:43 p.m. Oct. 14, according to the West Windsor Township Police Department. A…

  • MONTGOMERY: Cougars reach SCT soccer final

    By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor It seems like ages ago that the Montgomery High boys soccer team that endured a winless season. But the seniors who are part of this year’s Cougar team were all part of the program in 2012, when the team finished 0-17-2. And during that season there were four freshmen who…