• PLAINSBORO: Official sees good in jughandles test

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — Since the DOT began its Route 1 traffic experiment, worries swirled around the inevitable heavier traffic brought on by the onset of school and the ending of summer vacations.    While West Windsor’s Penn’s Neck residents have been vocal about their ongoing issues, their neighbors over in Plainsboro appear…

  • Tutors Sought for Somerset County School Children

    By Somerset County Board of Freeholders Would you like to make a difference in the academic life of a child? In cooperation with the county Superintendent of Schools Office, the Somerset County Office of Volunteer Services has launched a program to recruit volunteers, of all ages, to tutor underperforming students. Although volunteers are not required…

  • LAWRENCE: Police searching for missing man, 87

    LAWRENCE: Police searching for missing man, 87

    The search is on for an 87-year-old Lawrence Township man who has been missing since Saturday, Sept. 15, according to the Lawrence Township Police Department. Vernon F. Melville was reported missing by his family. Mr. Melville, who wears eyeglasses and walks with a cane, was wearing a tan jacket, a plaid shirt and a hat…

  • Fall Leaf Clean-up Volunteers Needed

    By Somerset County Board of Freeholders Would you like to help an elderly or disabled person get his or her yard ready for the winter months? The Somerset County Office of Volunteer Services is looking for volunteers for its annual fall leaf clean-up program. Volunteers are needed to rake leaves for elderly and disabled homeowners around…

  • Charity art exhibit

    Charity art exhibit

    By C. Y. Jenq Charity Art Exhibit Sunday, September 23, 2012 US Education Center, Sharron Art 2011 Route 130 S South Brunswick, NJ 08902 Time: 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM Open and free to the public The exhibit is of art works created by this past summer’s Portfolio Camp for talented students. Drinks and snacks…

  • FLORENCE: Council looking to increase boat ramp fees

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    FLORENCE — The Township Council unanimously introduced on Sept. 5 the first reading of an amended ordinance to raise municipal boat ramp permit fees.    ”This is a minor change to reflect and cover some of the additional work that has been done out there and to bring stuff to the…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: Week of Sept. 14

    East Windsor    Officers responded to the parking lot of the 7-11 store for a report that a patron had been inappropriately touched by a store employee, Darmesh Patel, 50, of Evanston Drive, at 2:10 a.m. Sept. 2, police said. The victim, an adult female, reported that the employee had given her a hug under the…

  • PRINCETON: School installing geothermal heat

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    The drilling at Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart did not bother the students there one bit.    ”It’s exciting,” said Headmaster Olen Kalkus as a drill burrowed into the ground directly in front of a school that is going green to save on its energy costs.    As part of…

  • EAST WINDSOR: UPDATED REPORT: Fire crews battle deadly blaze

    EAST WINDSOR: UPDATED REPORT: Fire crews battle deadly blaze

    One man died while another man walked away uninjured after a southbound collision in East Windsor on the New Jersey Turnpike at approximately 12:30 a.m. Sept. 11. State police said that a UPS tractor-trailer was rear ended by a truck, driven by Phillip Frey, 33, of Toms River, which caused the vehicles to engulf in…

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