Category: archives

  • DISPATCHES: Industry should be focus of anti-gun efforts

    By:Hank Kalet    A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.    There are few sentences in American history that engender as much passion or confusion as the Second Amendment.    It is a tangled sentence that catches itself…

  • Coaching move not shocking

    COLUMN: JUSTIN TIME By: Justin Feil    When Cindy Cohen told players on her Princeton University softball team Friday that she was retiring to move into athletic administration at the University of Rochester, her players were shocked.    But Cohen’s departure comes on the heels of a transition year at Princeton. A lot of athletes have had…

  • Towns to use mail campaign to fight rail line

    A proposed bill that could mean running a rail line through Jamesburg and Monroe will pull into the Assembly Thursday. Local officials plan to begin a mail campaign to fight it. By: Matthew Armstrong        A proposed bill that could mean running a rail line through Jamesburg and Monroe will pull into the Assembly next…

  • Police

    Police Montgomery Township Police Department 2261 Route 206 Belle Mead, NJ 08502 Emergency: 911 Non-emergency: (908) 359-3222 Police Director: Donato Nieman Programs: D.A.R.E. New Jersey State Police PO Box 7068 West Trenton, NJ 08628 Emergency: 911 Non-emergency: (609) 882-2000 Plainsboro Township Police Department 641 Plainsboro Road Plainsboro, NJ 08536 Emergency: 911 Non-emergency: (609) 799-2333 Fax:…

  • Welcome to our website!

    Welcome to our website! By: EdithKlein Welcome to our website!

  • Moms march to change nation’s gun laws

    By: David Weinstein    Perhaps in the same way the masses have changed the focus and path of the nation through demonstration, Mother’s Day 2000 may ultimately be remembered as the day a movement gained identity.    And who better to lead a charge than your mother?    At 6 a.m. Sunday, 22 people from the area, some…

  • Parks

    Middlesex County Parks Department PO Box 661 New Brunswick, NJ 08903 908) 745-3900 Fax: (908) 745-7351 County Parks Donaldson Park Second Ave., Highland Park Johnson Park River Road, Piscataway, Highland Park Joseph Medwick Park Post Boulevard, Carteret Merrill Park Middlesex Turnpike, Woodbridge Roosevelt Park Route 1, Edison Spring Lake Park Plainfield Avenue, South Plainfield Thomas…

  • History / museums

    History Allen House c/o MCHA 70 Court St. Freehold, NJ 07728 Location: 400 Sycamore Ave. Shrewsbury, NJ 07702 (732) 462-1466 (732) 462-8346 Fax: (732) 462-8346 Internet address: http://www.monmouth.com/ßmcha Hours: May-September, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday, 1-4 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Open to the public. Admission: Members, free; adults, $2; seniors (62 and over), $1.50; children…

  • Police

    Police Cranbury Township Police Department Mailing address: PO Box 352 Cranbury, NJ 08512 Location: 98 Dey Rd., Cranbury Emergency: 911 Non-emergency: (609) 395-0031 Fax: (609) 395-9216 Chief: Harry Kleinkauf Programs: Drug awareness and alcohol prevention, safety programs available for preschools and elementary schools. Jamesburg Police Department 31 E. Railroad Ave. Jamesburg, NJ 08831 Emergency: 911…