• COLUMBUS NEWS: Week of March 7

       The Northern Burlington County Regional School Band Booster Association will be hosting a pasta dinner fund-raiser on Sunday March 10 from 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Crosswicks Firehouse. The all-you-can-eat dinner will include salad, rolls, pasta and meatballs, soft drinks and dessert.    The price is $8.50 for diners per adult; children between 6…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Township offers free gun locks

    EAST WINDSOR: Township offers free gun locks

    Mayor Janice Mironov and members of the East Windsor Police Department kicked off East Windsor Township Gun Safety Program this winter. United in the cause are, from left, Lt. James Monahan; Mayor Mironov; Chief William Spain; and Lt. Harry Marshall. (Courtesy photo)

  • POLICE BLOTTER: March 7

    Allentown    Police are investigating two burglaries that happened overnight on Feb. 23.    Police reported that someone entered a Church Street business overnight and took $2,750 in cash and goods. The burglary remains under investigation.    Police also responded to a report of a burglary to two shops behind the Old Mill on South Main Street. Police…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Tentative agreement reached with teachers

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Tentative agreement reached with teachers

    By Ed Birch, Special Writer    Schools Superintendent Gary P. McCartney said Monday that he is confident that the Board of Education and the South Brunswick Educational Association teachers union have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract.    Dr. McCartney reported the potential agreement after the regularly scheduled board meeting ended Monday night.    Neither Superintendent…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: Week of March 7, 2013

       Ryan Anderson, 20, of Hillsborough, was charged Feb. 12 with drunken driving after he was involved in a motor vehicle crash on Dunedain Street, police said.    Mr. Anderson also was charged with careless driving.    On Feb. 18, a Millstone River Road resident reported a burglary to the residence sometime over the past week.    Tools and…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: March 7

    Friday, March 8    Sing Along with Miss Amy, music program for children of all ages accompanied by an adult, 10: 30 a.m., Robbinsville Branch of the Mercer County Library, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, Robbinsville. Register online at www.mcl.org and click on Programs. Saturday, March 9    Open House, Robbinsville Branch of the Mercer County Library, 9:30 a.m.…

  • PRINCETON: Board rejects former Valley Road School proposal

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    The Princeton Board of Education voted, 9-1, Tuesday to reject a proposal from a group led by former Mayor Richard Woodbridge and others to turn the former Valley Road School into a community center.    The school board cited a litany of reasons for its decision, outlined in a lengthy…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Christie visits group home

    ROBBINSVILLE: Christie visits group home

    Gov. Christie talks to family members and residents of Hilltop Group Home on Hilltop Place in Robbinsville on Thursday. Standing is Michele Sherry with her sister Denise Parno. Also seated to the right is Linda Panebianco of Pennington, as members of the media watch and listen.  Photo by Phil McAuliffe

  • MANVILLE: Man, 20, charged with bank robbery

    By Mary Ellen Day, Special Writer    Somerset Savings Bank on South Main Street was robbed Monday, and the alleged thief, a 20-year-old Manville man, was nabbed about two hours later as he arrived at his girlfriend’s apartment.    This may have been only the second bank robbery in Manville’s history.    According to a press release put…

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