• HILLSBOROUGH: Man, 20, charged with underage possession of alcohol

    Officer was working ‘Cops in Shops’ detail    A 20-year-old Hillsborough man was charged May 25 with a township summons for underage possession of alcohol by Hillsborough police working a special detail.    Plain-clothes officers assigned to the Cops in Shops program said they saw township resident Brian Valverde come out of the Shoppers’ Liquor store at…

  • PRINCETON: Shoemaker helps Ephs to national title

    PRINCETON: Shoemaker helps Ephs to national title

    By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    When Kara Shoemaker joined the three-time defending national champion Williams College women’s tennis team, she was not new to the pressures of trying to continue a program’s success.    The Princeton resident had done the same when she moved up from the Hun Middle School to the Raiders high school…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Community calendar, issue of June 6

    Things to do in the township and surroundings    Strumming, singing boosts Debate Club    Fri., June 7 — High school acoustic guitarists will play in an “Unplugged” concert at 7 p.m. in auditorium of Hillsborough High School, Raider Boulevard in a benefit for the school Debate Club. Admission: $5. Symphony band plays pops concert    Fri., June 7 —…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Pirates’ Brown second, Gulama fifth at MOC

    By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    SOUTH PLAINFIELD — Under the green tent at the top of the Frank R. Jost Field stands sat some happy medalists from West Windsor-Plainsboro High South.    The Pirates took home medals in three events with Paige Brown in the girls high jump, Eddison Gulama in the boys 800 and…

  • LISA GOES TO BROADWAY

    By Griffin Horn NEW HOPE, PA —Lisa James Otto, the founder and star of Lisa James Otto Country Properties, makes her Broadway Debut in Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, now up for six Tony Awards, including Best Play. With a love reminiscent of Cole Porter, George Kaufman, or Moss Hart, who…

  • PRINCETON: Shoemaker helps Ephs to national title

    PRINCETON: Shoemaker helps Ephs to national title

    Hun School graduate Kara Shoemaker helped the Williams College women’s tennis team to a sixth straight national championship. Photo by Kris Dufour

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: ‘Tour’ fundraiser tops $1,180

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: ‘Tour’ fundraiser tops $1,180

    The third annual “Tour de South Brunswick,” the Education Foundation of South Brunswick’s annual fundraiser was a big success according to organizer and foundation member Martin Abschutz. By Ed Birch, Special Writer The third annual “Tour de South Brunswick,” the Education Foundation of South Brunswick’s annual fundraiser was a big success according to organizer and…

  • MANVILLE: Help pack boxes to ship to troops

    Operation Shoebox looks for help Saturday at VFW    Volunteers are invited to join Operation Shoebox New Jersey to pack care packages for U.S. troops overseas and commemorate the organization’s 8th anniversary on Saturday, June 8.    The packing will be at the Kavanaugh VFW Post 2290, 600 Washington Ave., Manville. Registration is at 11 a.m., followed…

  • MONTGOMERY: HiTOPS/Packet Boys Tennis Player of the Year

    D’Agostino is a consistent winner By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    When Chris D’Agostino faced his toughest challenge of the season, down a pair of match points in the sectional final, he was ready.    The Montgomery High School junior had been challenged at every step of his first season at first singles, right from the…

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