Author: Central Jersey

  • MONROE: Gorman leaving with Hamilton

    MONROE: Gorman leaving with Hamilton

    By Jenine Clancy, Special Writer MONROE — The Board of Education passed a resolution Wednesday night to officially approve the resignation of Assistant Superintendent Jeff Gorman who will continue his work alongside Kenneth Hamilton in Mount Vernon, New York. Mr. Gorman’s last day under contract in Monroe will be Aug. 31, and will start in…

  • SPRINGFIELD: Pulling out all the stops

    SPRINGFIELD: Pulling out all the stops

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor    Smoke billowed out of exhaust pipes and dust flew as tractors tried to tow an increasingly weighted sled down a dirt runway at the Burlington County Fairgrounds Saturday afternoon.    Garden tractors popped wheelies as their drivers tried to eke out a few more inches in hopes of winning a…

  • WEST WINDSOR:They’re all wet: Police take ALS Challenge

    WEST WINDSOR:They’re all wet: Police take ALS Challenge

    By Geena Molinaro, Special Writer WEST WINDSOR — Officers in uniforms and flip-flops is an odd sight, even in the middle of August. But as the Police Department prepared to take the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge on Wednesday afternoon, some decided to proudly sport this look. During the past two weeks, the ALS Ice Bucket…

  • HAMILTON OBSERVER: WRITE TO US

    We want your letters. They should not exceed 500 words and need to be accompanied by the writer’s address and daytime telephone number — information used only for confirmation and not published. Letters should be emailed to: [email protected] Letters published on this page are also posted at hamiltonobserver.com under Opinions, where others are welcome to…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Officials to modify bus plan for private school students

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor School district administrators were to meet yesterday, Wednesday, with their private school counterparts and a transportation contractor to try to tweak a plan that will provide busing to about 108 Hillsborough children who attend Catholic schools in the Somerville area. The Hillsborough school district has said it can provide private-school…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Holt honors veterans

    HIGHTSTOWN: Holt honors veterans

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer HIGHTSTOWN — Local veterans and family members gathered at the local VFW Post # 5700 last week to hear U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, D-12, provide an update on the new veterans law and present a special military medal. "This has been a day that has been a long time coming…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter

    Princeton Kareem Boswell, 30, of Trenton, arrested on a Princeton warrant for $114 after she was stopped on Mercer Street on Aug. 20 at 8:38 a.m. A man on John Street reported on Aug. 20 at 7:28 a.m. that a person had entered his 2002 Ford Taurus, which was parked in his driveway, during the…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: Aug. 21

    A resident reported two magnetic business signs valued at $100 were stolen off a truck while it was parked in the Wal-Mart lot Aug. 11. The investigation is continuing. Jorge A. Tavares Jr., of Manville, was charged Aug. 11 at 7:55 p.m. with eluding, resisting arrest, receiving stolen property, drunken driving and various motor vehicle…

  • PRINCETON: Sign theft case headed to municipal court

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer A Princeton University professor accused of stealing business lawn signs had his criminal case downgraded to municipal court, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office determined. John Mulvey, 67, was arrested on July 14 and charged by Princeton Police with taking 21 signs during a span from June 2013 to last…