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  • Men charged with shooting cop charged in borough robbery

    By: centraljersey.com HIGHTSTOWN – Two men charged in the shooting of a Wayne police officer have also been charged with the May 14 armed robbery of the Krauszer’s Food Mart on Franklin Street. After a lengthy investigation involving law enforcement agencies throughout the state, Nelson Ortero, 46, of Fort Lee, and Maxcime Cagen, 46, of…

  • Tax Scams to Avoid this Summer

    By Gregg Semanick-New Jersey IRS Spokesperson The Internal Revenue Service issues a list of the top 12 tax scams each year – known as the Dirty Dozen. The scams are illegal and can lead to problems for taxpayers including significant penalties, interest and possible criminal prosecution. These scams don’t just happen during the tax filing…

  • Bowling for Boobs

    Bowling for Boobs

    By: Jenna Christie Please join us on Thursday July 29th from 7-9 at East Windsor Bowl & Recreation Center at: 529 Route 130 East Windsor, NJ On the weekend of October 15th our team, The Jersey Jugs from Exit 8 will be walking in the Susan G Komen 3 Day for the Cure.  We will…

  • CRANBURY: Traffic concerns extend Sweetwater plan hearing

    Maria Prato, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — Time constraints, the need for additional traffic studies and the presence of dozens of residents, who voiced their concerns over Sweetwater Construction’s major site plan application, caused the Planning Board to extend the July 15 hearing.    Sweetwater Construction purchased the former PNC bank property at 32 N. Main St.…

  • Fire company receives grant

    By: centraljersey.com EAST WINDSOR – Township Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 has been awarded a $50,160 federal grant, which will be used to buy personal protective equipment known as "turn-out gear." Mayor Janice Mironov announced that the money is coming from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Domestic Preparedness/FEMA, under the FY2009 Assistance…

  • Book notes

    Our brilliant brains keep on going By: Joan Ruddiman – Special Writer As the Baby Boomers hit retirement age, the "Me Generation" (of which I am one) is consumed with concerns about our aging brains. We make jokes about having a "brain spazz" or "early Alz" as we fret over forgetting names and having repeatedly…

  • Farmers’ Market open Fridays

    By: centraljersey.com HIGHTSTOWN – The borough’s weekly Farmers’ Market is open every Friday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. through the last Friday of September. Hosted by the Parks and Recreation Commission and Downtown Hightstown Inc., the market is located at Memorial Park on Main Street, overlooking Peddie Lake. The market features produce, flowers and…

  • Jewish group thanks church for support

    By: Mae Rhine – ManagingEditor MONROE – A local Jewish War Veterans group feels blessed. During its annual poppy drive in May, members of the Jewish War Veterans Post 609 were welcomed by a local church, Nativity of Our Lord at 185 Applegarth Road, to solicit donations from its parishioners after the 9 and 11…

  • Community Park Pool chlorine use questioned

    By: centraljersey.com As a Princeton resident and a regular swimmer at the Community Park Pool, I am concerned about the presence of chlorine in the pool water. In light of the fact that the pool complex will soon be renovated, I would like to propose the substitution of iodine for chlorine as a disinfecting agent.…