• HIGHTSTOWN: Good Samaritan catches sex crime against minor on cell phone

    By Staff Report    HIGHTSTOWN — A cell phone and the quick thinking of a good Samaritan helped police catch a sexual predator this past Saturday.    At approximately 5 p.m. Aug. 25, officers responded to the area of Peddie Lake after receiving a complaint from the good Samaritan regarding a sexual act being performed upon a…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Floodwaters of Irene overran downtown

    By Christina Whittington, Special Writers    When Hurricane Irene roared through the communities of East Windsor and Hightstown last year, one of the areas that was heavily impacted was the downtown business district of the borough due to immense flooding from Peddie Lake.    Local downtown businesses as well as the firehouse of the Hightstown Fire Department,…

  • Allentown Native Weatherbee Scores For Hofstra

    Allentown Native Weatherbee Scores For Hofstra

    By Jim Sheehan For Immediate Release                                                                                     August 31, 2012 Field Hockey: Allentown Native Weatherbee Scores But Hofstra Falls To No. 19 Albany Albany, NY – Pride sophomore Ciara Weatherbee scored her first collegiate goal but the Great Danes scored twice in the first half and once in the second half as Hofstra fell to 19th-ranked…

  • HURRICANE IRENE: Part One: Emergency workers remember battle of Hurricane Irene

    HURRICANE IRENE: Part One: Emergency workers remember battle of Hurricane Irene

    Hightstown Engine Co. No. 1 firefighters take a few moments to reflect and view some footage from the company’s security cameras during Hurricane Irene while at the firehouse Aug. 16. (Photo by Amy Batista)

  • At Home…Down East

    At Home…Down East

    David John Rush of Byram Township

  • PRINCETON: Michelle Obama coming to Princeton

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    First Lady Michelle Obama will be coming back to Princeton Sept. 23 to raise money for her husband’s presidential campaign.    Ms. Obama, a 1985 graduate of Princeton University, will headline a fundraiser at the Princeton home of Andrew Golden, president of the university investment company that manages the school’s…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Central High fares well in schools ranking

       New Jersey Monthly magazine has ranked Hopewell Valley Central High School No. 31 among the 328 public high schools in the state, making it the magazine’s top-ranked public high school in Mercer County. The last time the magazine published the rankings, in 2010, Hopewell Valley was No. 38. The rankings are based on a number…

  • Allentown Native Weatherbee Scores For Hofstra
  • POLICE BLOTTER

       Lambertville City police reported:    — Gabriel Nagy, 35, of Milford, was arrested for possession of suspected marijuana as a result of a motor vehicle stop on Aug. 22.    Officer Anthony Memolo stopped Mr. Nagy on North Main Street at 8:50 p.m. for failing to yield at a posted yield sign. He allegedly was found in…

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