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  • POLICE BLOTTER

    West Amwell and Lambertville    West Amwell Township police reported:    — On Dec. 7 at 5:38 p.m., police investigated a three-vehicle crash on Linvale-Harbourton Road (Route 579) at the intersection of Route 31. Nicholas Megjugorac, 36, of Lopatcong, was stopped in heavy traffic. Elena Barroso, 61, of Basking Ridge, was stopped in traffic behind him when…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: City gets ready to buy land for open space

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — The mayor and the City Council on Monday took the steps necessary to give voters what they said they wanted: the preservation of open space behind the CVS pharmacy at North Union and Cherry streets.    The council authorized Mayor David Del Vecchio to sign an agreement of purchase…

  • Princeton Township

    By: centraljersey.com Adarsh Bajaj, 46, of Princeton, was charged with failure to yield at a stop sign. At 8:16 a.m. on Dec. 15, Ms. Bajaj failed to stop at a stop sign while traveling west on Terhune Road and struck another vehicle traveling south on Jefferson Road, police said. The impact caused Ms. Bajaj’s vehicle…

  • Crashes cause only traffic headaches

    By: centraljersey.com A car and a tractor-trailer collided at 3:33 p.m. Tuesday on Distribution Way between Route 130 and Deans Rhode Hall Road, police said. According to police, Michael Clancy, 40, of South Hampton, Pennsylvania, was on Distribution Way heading South in his 1991 Honda Accord when Nicholas Ciccolella, 33, of Dunellen, driving a 2007…

  • Township eyes hike in dog license fees

    By: centraljersey.com The first dog license fee increase in 20 years has been proposed to help offset what township officials say will be a 110 percent increase in the cost of animal control services in the next three years. An ordinance introduced Dec. 14 would increase the current $7 dog license fee set in 1991…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Robbinsville girls open with big win

    Ravens capture first opener By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    When you’re trying to change a culture, earning a hard-fought narrow win on opening night is a perfect start.    The Robbinsville High School girls basketball team held off Lawrence, 37-34, on Friday for something new in the program.    ”It’s excellent,” said Patrick Anderson, who begins…

  • State History Fair returning in 2011

    By: centraljersey.com TRENTON – Have you ever participated in a Revolutionary War military drill? Or had the chance to plow a furrow? What about spinning wool on a real spinning wheel? These are just a few of dozens of historical exhibits and activities that will be featured when the "Spirit of the Jerseys State History…

  • Staff photo by Doug Carman

    By: centraljersey.com On Saturday, Dec. 18, the charity group held its annual Adopt-A-Child holiday party at Grace Norton Rogers Elementary School, Stockton Street. Shop Rite provided free juice and over 800 bagels for the party, which featured face painting, crafts, music, photos with Santa Claus and plenty of holiday cheer. But the main event of…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Education foundation thanks town for generosity

    By Martin AbschutzVice President/Secretary, The Education Foundation of South Brunswick Township, Inc. To the editor:     Thank you for supporting The Education Foundation of South Brunswick Township, Inc.’s (“the Foundation”) gala event, “A Taste for Education.”    It took place on Oct. 25 at the Doubletree Hotel on Route 1, whose staff was exceptional.    Your generosity,…