Author: Central Jersey

  • FLORENCE-ROEBLING NEWS: JULY 31

    By Peg Dotson    The Trinity United Methodist Church at 1285 Hornberger Ave. in Roebling is hosting a pasta dinner and salad bar fundraiser on Aug. 23 from 5-7 p.m. Tickets cost $8. Children 5 years old and younger can attend for free. For more information or tickets in advance, call 609-499-4809.    Florence Preschool is now…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: ROBBINSVILLE

       Five weed whackers, six leaf blowers, one chainsaw and other pieces of landscaping equipment with a total value of $7,600 were stolen from the 1100 block of Route 130 between July 3 and July 7. The Robbinsville Criminal Investigation Unit is investigating the theft.    Samantha Cruz, 18, of Robbinsville, was charged with possession of marijuana…

  • One million people out of the lines

    Raymond P. Martinez, NJ Motor Vehicle Commission  To the editor: It was about a year ago that the Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) began mailing its first batch of Skip the Trip notices to our customers, affording a majority of New Jersey citizens the opportunity to renew their driver’s licenses or non-driver IDs by mail.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Teen boy charged with reckless manslaughter

    Police have taken a Hillsborough 16-year-old teen into custody following the death of another teen whom the accused allegedly had punched in the head in a fight two days earlier. The accused, identified only by the initials S.M., was charged with reckless manslaughter in the second degree and has been lodged at the Middlesex County…

  • Letter writers should be fair and accurate

    Jack M. Ciattarelli, Assemblyman, District 16  To the editor: The author of last week’s letter to the editor is to be applauded for addressing an issue as important as open space. Her calling attention to Senator Bateman’s outstanding environmental record is also laudable. Letter to the editor authors have a civic responsibility to be…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Gurock to play in top golf event

    By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Jake Gurock will be saying goodbye to junior golf in style.    Gurock, who graduated from West Windsor-Plainsboro High South in June, will be heading to Rider University in the fall, where he will be a member of the school’s golf team.    But before he gets to Rider he’ll get one…

  • PRINCETON: Contract awarded to raze Meadowbrook Road house

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer When Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert looks out the window of her home on Meadowbrook Road, she will not have to see a flood-prone house for much longer. The Princeton Council on Monday hired a demolition company — the same firm that AvalonBay is using to demolish the old hospital…

  • For Tim Howard, Adocacy Academy is Chance to Build ‘Best Medicine’

    By Tim Howard remembers when he was diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome. "It doesn’t seem too long ago, 1989 or 1990- but it was the stone age for all we know about TS today, " said Everton and Team USA’s goalkeeper. He credits a lot of advances in the field to the New Jersey Center for…

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