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  • HIGHTSTOWN: Police Beat

        Adam Hassman, 28, of North Brunswick, was arrested Jan. 14 by the Cranbury Police Department and charged with unlawful taking a means of conveyance for allegedly stealing a car from Academy Street after engaging in a physical altercation with the owner of the vehicle.     Police said the owner contacted Hightstown police at 10:24…

  • TANGENTS: Ice fishing in Central Jersey

    TANGENTS: Ice fishing in Central Jersey

    Staff photo by John Saccenti. Mike Snook with a fellow ice fisherman shoot the breeze.

  • TANGENTS: Ice fishing in Central Jersey

    TANGENTS: Ice fishing in Central Jersey

    Staff photo by John Saccenti. A sleigh filled with ice fishing gear sits atop the lake at Davidson Mill Pond Park in South Brunswick.

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: South’s girls bowling team looks like something special

    By Rich Fisher, Sports Editor    The South Brunswick High girls bowling team went into Wednesday’s Greater Middlesex Conference finals with a great chance of winning.    Whether they won or not, no one can take away from what the Vikings have done so far this year.    South Brunswick currently stands at 14-0-1 and has clinched the…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Opportune return for Peddie trailblazer

    By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — For Horace Brown, inauguration day wasn’t just a moment in history, but a moment for which he and countless others helped pave the way.    In 1951, Mr. Brown, 75, became the first African-American graduate of the Peddie School. On Tuesday, just an hour before Barack Obama was sworn…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Revaluation riles Wyckoff’s Mill

    By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — More than 30 angry residents of the Wyckoff’s Mill development descended on Tuesday’s Borough Council meeting to protest the recent property revaluation that is expected to boost their taxes.    Leaders of the development’s condominium association took turns questioning the methods of the revaluation after a brief explanation of…

  • RHS track squads earn several medals at Group I Relays

    By: Kyle Moylan Sports Editor     The Robbinsville High School boys and girls track teams competed in the NJSIAA Group I State Relay Championships, held this past Sunday in Toms River, and managed to come away with several medals.     The boys team of Ryan Lee, Julian Jiggetts, Tim Brazelton and Nick Lachman placed third…

  • NBC bowling teams take aim at Liberty Division

    By: Kyle Moylan Sports Editor     Thanks to a very hot streak by Frank Capra, the Northern Burlington County Regional High School boys’ bowling team has put itself in position to clinch the Liberty Division championship.     “The boys are 3-0-2 and in first place,” Northern Burlington Coach Ed Del Russo noted of the Liberty…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Borough hopes proposed federal funding can help historic district

    By Matt Chiappardi, Special Writer    HIGHTSTOWN —The borough’s Historical Preservation Commission says it wants to apply for money that could be coming from the newly proposed federal economic stimulus package to move ahead with the Stockton Street streetscape improvement plan.    And a resolution to that effect was approved unanimously by the Borough Council this week.…