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  • POLICE BEAT: Robbinsville

    Week of May 20 Robbinsville    A 17-year-old Hightstown girl was charged May 11 with possession of prescription legend pills.    Police said they stopped a vehicle at 1:38 a.m. on Route 130 for having a suspended registration. They found active warrants for the driver, Christopher Baker, 27, of Academy Street, Hightstown, for $5,000 and took him…

  • BORDENTOWN JOTTINGS: From the May 20 edition

       Please send items for this column to [email protected] with the words “Bordentown Jottings” in the subject line.    Bordentown Township Senior Citizen Club meetings are held on the first and third Monday of each month at the Senior Community Center on Municipal Drive. All township seniors age 55 and over welcome.    Every Wednesday, line dancing from…

  • AROUND TOWN: Week of May 20

    Poppy program raising money    The Lt. John Farnkopf American Legion and Auxiliary Posts 401 are holding their annual poppy drive.    Donations for the poppies are used to assist veterans and their families, such as helping hospitalized veterans and assisting veterans and veterans’ families in need. Please make a donation.    Donations also may be made by…

  • Politics lurk beneath budget defeats

    Jim Specca, President, Springfield Township Board of Education    Recently our school district budget, along with 58 percent of the rest of the budgets in this state, was defeated along with our third attempt at an improvement referendum. While current economic conditions along with a general public outcry to control skyrocketing taxes had a major role…

  • Hopewell Elementary earns Signature School Award

    Hopewell Elementary School earned a Signature School Award from the Piedmont Triad Education Consortium. The school was recognized at the December meeting of the Randolph County Board of Education for its significant improvements in a 12-month period. Principal Sharon Harper believes the award is the direct result of Hopewell’s staff and innovative programs. “We have…

  • Grades Vs. Learning

    At Princeton High School, there are two levels of classes for students. They are known as regular classes and accelerated classes/AP classes. By CentralJesrey.com Guest Column At Princeton High School, there are two levels of classes for students. They are known as regular classes and accelerated classes/AP classes. However, in order to be recommended for…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Project Graduation seeks golfers and sponsors

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    South Brunswick High School’s Project Graduation program will be holding its biggest fundraiser of the year next week as it seeks to provide graduating seniors with a drug- and alcohol-free event graduation night.    The 12th annual Project Graduation Golf Outing will be held May 28 at Bunker Hill Golf Course…

  • Teacher of the Year: Jessica Amodio

    By Michelle Walbaum Jessica Amodio, one of the six instructors named Teacher of the Year by the Hopewell Valley Education Foundation, has her second grade teacher to thank for inspiring her to go down a teaching career path. Her teacher’s full name escapes her after so many years, but the memories of how she conducted…

  • POLICE BEAT: From the May 21 edition

    Staff reports BORDENTOWN CITY    Aloysius Ross, 21, of Willingboro, was charged May 1 with possession of a controlled dangerous substance and possession of CDS paraphernalia. Police said they stopped a vehicle he was in at 10:38 p.m. for having an expired registration sticker and once stopped noticed green vegetation on the floor of the car…