Author: Central Jersey

  • JAMESBURG: Council: Gibbons should pay legal bill

    JAMESBURG: Council: Gibbons should pay legal bill

    Borough could be billed for $3,400 By Jenine Clancy, Special Writer JAMESBURG — A Borough Councilman’s lawsuit against the Middlesex County Clerk and borough clerk for not certifying his candidates for the November election was tossed out by a judge and will still cost taxpayers thousands of dollars in legal fees. According to court documents…

  • JAMESBURG: Council: Gibbons should pay legal bill

    JAMESBURG: Council: Gibbons should pay legal bill

    Jenine Clancy photo. Jamesburg Borough Councilman Thomas Gibbons, right, could be on the hook for legal fees in his failed lawsuit against the Middlesex County Clerk and the borough.

  • PHS PERSPECTIVE: Getting through weeks without PowerSchool

    By Priya Vulchi Getting through weeks without PowerSchool It dawned on me early during freshman year —the difference between caring about knowledge and caring about my grades. I felt more guilty about the second one, with all the talk about how students shouldn’t be controlled by their scores. But my grades were so accessible with…

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  • PRINCETON: Noise rules put off until November

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Princeton officials will delay until November considering a measure limiting the hours of operation of businesses located in or within 200 feet of a residentially zoned area. Municipal staff tweaked and are in the midst of reviewing a proposed ordinance that will require businesses to close at 2 a.m.…

  • PRINCETON AREA:Police blotter

    Princeton Two laptop computers with a total value of $800 were stolen from a home on the 100 block of Terhune Road between 3:30 p.m. and 8:20 p.m. on Oct. 7. Several patio chairs were damaged and two were stolen from a business on the 200 block of Nassau Street between Oct. 5 and Oct.…

  • WEST WINDSOR: New yard waste rules and fines approved

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — Changes have been made that affect yard waste collection throughout the township, including fines for those who repeatedly violate collection regulations. Yard waste still includes brush, leaves, twigs, shrub clippings, garden trimmings, plant stalks, pine needles, tree trimmings, pruning debris, weeds, flowers and branches less than four-inch…

  • CRANBURY: Hightstown man arrested after late-night chase

    By Nicole M. Wells, Special Writer CRANBURY — Township detectives arrested a Hightstown man Wednesday morning, following an incident and pursuit through several neighborhoods late Tuesday night, police said. Steven F. Almache-Pesantez, 20, was taken into custody and charged with second degree eluding, third degree possession of a controlled dangerous substance and third degree possession…

  • Take part in Sunday’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s

    Carol Bucca, Central Regional Walk to End Alzheimer’s  To the editor: Over half a million New Jerseyans are affected by Alzheimer’s disease – including individuals in the Middlesex, Mercer, Hunterdon and Somerset County areas, who are either diagnosed with the disease or are caring for a loved one with it. Your readers can make…