Category: archives

  • New administrator at home in Monroe

    Wayne Hamilton is ready for the challenge By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — For Wayne Hamilton his new job as administrator for Monroe Township is similar in many ways to his old job.    Mr. Hamilton has been Spotswood’s administrator for the past six years. He started work in the Monroe administrator’s office March 4.    He said,…

  • Contributions aid many charities

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    On behalf of The Junior Friday Club of Highstown/East Windsor, we would like to thank the community for all their support for our recent Annual Cabin Fever Dance. The dance raised over $4,500 for local and national charities.    We would specifically like to thank those business for their…

  • Rose Peterson

       MANAHAWKIN — Rose Peterson, 87, died March 7 at Genesis ElderCare Center.    Born in New York City, she was a longtime Millstone resident before moving to Manahawkin 12 years ago.    Wife of the late Benjamin Franklin Peterson Jr., she is survived by a son, Robert Peterson Sr. of Manahawkin; a daughter, Rose Marie Breese of…

  • Man faces fraud charges

    JAMESBURG: Borough resident is indicted by grand jury By: Al Wicklund    JAMESBURG — A state grand jury, sitting in Trenton, indicted a borough man on charges of theft and falsifying records.    State Attorney General David Samson said March 8 the charges are related to allegations that the accused, Gerard M. Zaccardi, 50, of Stoneyhill Road,…

  • Jamesburg pantry low on food

    By: Al Wicklund    JAMESBURG — Donations to the Deacons Food Cupboard at the Presbyterian Church of Jamesburg are low.    Janet Curtis, who heads the Deacons Food Cupboard Committee, said donations of food, money to buy food and volunteers’ time are especially needed at this time.    She urged persons who care to make any type of…

  • Record number of bids for senior center

    East Windsor received 17 bids, ranging from $1.65 million to $2.25 million, for the construction of its new senior center. By: Chris Karmiol    EAST WINDSOR — Bids on the new senior citizens center, to be constructed on Lanning Boulevard Extension, came flying through the front door this week.    Mayor Janice Mironov said at Tuesday’s Township…

  • Pink eye strikes Princeton University campus.

    111 cases reported. By: Jeff Milgram    Color Princeton University orange, black and pink.    University Health Services this week alerted students about a high number of cases of conjunctivitis — pink eye — on campus and issued important tips for prevention and self-care.    "One hundred eleven students were diagnosed with this problem in the first 11…

  • STUDENT VOICES

    Finding the true nature of the UK Angel Chen    I have always loved traveling. Not just the sightseeing and picture taking, but the plane ride and the hotels and, above all, the exhilaration of losing myself in places that seem to have existed in times long ago. I am proud to be a tourist.    A…

  • Montgomery looks at traffic ‘hot spots’

    A search for solutions amid concerns of a more-clogged future. By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — Perhaps it was with unintended irony that the Traffic Circulation Committee scheduled its first public forum at rush hour.    Nevertheless, more than 50 residents braved the 5 o’clock traffic to listen to the committee’s diagnosis of the township’s traffic woes,…