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  • Twin Rivers board candidates speak

    The homeowners association held a forum for four candidates vying for three seats on the board of directors. By: Michael Ross    EAST WINDSOR — Candidates running for the Twin Rivers Homeowners Association’s board of directors shared ideas about the future of their community during a candidates night last week at the Twin Rivers Community Center.…

  • Letters to the Herald

    For the Nov. 26 issue. By: Panter, Morgan deserve to be re-elected in 12th District To the editor:     The borough of Hightstown is fortunate to be represented in Trenton by Assemblymen Michael Panter and Robert Morgan. Both legislators have been instrumental in obtaining $350,000 in extraordinary aid that kept our property tax down. These…

  • Study indicates vitamin E may help slow Alzheimer’s Disease

    The presence of several family members with AD has suggested that, in some cases, heredity may influence the development of AD By: Lorraine Seabrook with Dr. Sanjay Varma    In 1983, former President Ronald Reagan established November as National Alzheimer’s Disease Month, an annual national observance to increase public awareness and federal research funding to find…

  • Hunger is an unfortunate growth industry in Trenton

    Soup kitchen works hard to help community. By: Josh Appelbaum    In post-industrial Trenton, as numerous dilapidated factories stand vacant, two prominent institutions are thriving.    Peter Wise, a Cranbury resident and director of the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen, watches the expansion of the Trenton police headquarters on Escher Street, with chain-link fencing and caution tape marking…

  • Council set to make false alarms costly

    Administrator given OK to apply for state grant for shuttle bus. By: Jennifer Potash    A proposed ordinance aimed at reducing false fire alarms by making them costly to those with errant systems drew support from the Princeton Borough Council on Tuesday.    The council also gave Borough Administrator Robert Bruschi the OK to apply for a…

  • Fire ruled accidental

    The Hightstown Diner remains closed as damage from a recent fire is repaired. By: Michael Ross    HIGHTSTOWN — The fire that damaged the Hightstown Diner earlier this month was officially ruled an accident, according to borough Fire Official Thomas J. Murray.    The fire, which started around 7 p.m. Nov. 13, forced the evacuation of roughly…

  • Rezoning eyed to allow for townhouse units

    Ordinance introduced to change to affordable housing zone By:Roger Alvarado    The Borough Council on Monday introduced an enabling ordinance that amends its current zoning to allow for the building of 10 townhouse units on a 1-acre site along 13th Avenue and Brooks Boulevard.    Earlier this month the council voted 4-2 in favor of a settlement…

  • Baby’s death leads to murder charge

    Police accuse borough father of shaking baby to death. By: Michael Ross    HIGHTSTOWN — A borough father was being held on $500,000 bail Wednesday, charged with killing his 2-month-old son who prosecutors say died of shaken baby syndrome.    Angel Cartagena, 25, of Deerfield apartments was charged with murder on Nov. 18, according to Casey DeBlasio,…

  • Public to have say on rail line plans

    NJ Transit schedules forums on West Trenton Line project. By: Roger Alvarado    Local residents will have their chance to question NJ Transit representatives on their plans to reactivate the now dormant West Trenton rail line during a pair of public forums set for next week.    NJ Transit spokeswoman Janet Hines said Tuesday that two meetings…