• MONROE: Local leaders read Dr. Seuss to students

    MONROE: Local leaders read Dr. Seuss to students

    Amy Batista photo Applegarth School fifth-grader Jasmine Berrios, 11, enjoys a special Dr. Seuss treat after hearing guest Chrissy Skurbe read to them on Read Across America Day on March 1.

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: District adopts $158.5 million budget
  • MANVILLE: Police blotter, week of March 18-24

       A woman came into headquarters about 1:35 p.m. March 18 to report that within the last hour she had been followed around in Walmart on North Main Street by a man she described as 5 feet 10 inches, in his late 50s, with a gray scruffy beard and dressed in all dark colors. The two…

  • PRINCETON: Rabbi killed, 2 injured in crash

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    The former director of Princeton University’s Center for Jewish Life was killed and two others were seriously injured when an apparent speeding car struck two parked cars on Riverside Drive Thursday morning, authorities said.    Rabbi James S. Diamond, 74, remembered as a pillar of the community, had just left…

  • PHS PERSPECTIVE: Improv opens the mind and stretches imagination

    bY Miranda Alperstein    Sometimes it’s truly astounding to think how much of our lives is based on chance. A snap decision, a sunny day, a misdialed phone call.    For instance, as I walked down the hallways the September of my sophomore year, I happened to notice a poster on the wall. “Improv troupe auditions —…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Route 518 bridge to close

    By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    The closing of a bridge on Route 518, over which the Hunterdon County Department of Public Works, Division of Roads, Bridges and Engineering has jurisdiction, will begin on or about April 1 (Monday).    This closing will affect area motorists who use Route 518, going both east and west. The job…

  • PRINCETON: University offers admission to 7.29% of applicants

       Princeton University has offered admission to 1,931 students, or 7.29 percent of the near-record 26,498 applicants for the Class of 2017.    This compares with Princeton’s admission rate of a record-low 7.86 percent last year.    The class size is expected to be 1,290 students for the Class of 2017.    Of the 1,931 students selected for admission,…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Police sergeant bids farewell

    HIGHTSTOWN: Police sergeant bids farewell

    Batista Hightstown Mayor Steven Kirson (left) reads a proclamation to Hightstown Police Department Sergeant Glen Runge, in honor of his retirement March 1, during a during a Borough Council meeting held March 4. Sergeant Runge served the Hightstown Police Department for 19 years. (Photo by Amy Batista)

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Required at CHS: Finance or economics course

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    Beginning with members of next year’s senior class (Class of 2014), all students at Hopewell Valley Central High School (CHS) will be required to complete a one-semester course in either financial literacy or economics if they want to graduate.    ”This additional course requirement for graduation has been established by the…

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