• POLICE BLOTTER: Aug. 10

    Hightstown    Police said they received a report on Aug. 2 at 3:20 p.m. that an unknown person entered an unlocked car on Monmouth Street and took a wallet with $40 in it, multiple credit cards and various forms of identification. * * *    According to police, Angel Vellon, 20, of Westerlea Arms was charged with…

  • COLUMBUS NEWS: Aug. 9

    By Peg Traino    “”The next scheduled recycle pick up for Mansfield Township is Aug. 13.    Plan to be ENTERTAINED!    The Rising Stars will perform “Seussical, “ a musical, on Aug. 9-11 at 7 p.m. nightly. There will be a final show performed on Aug. 12 at 2 p.m. Adult tickets are $10 and child tickets…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: RED enrollment nearly doubles

    By Jennifer Bradley, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — The Robbinsville Extended Day Program had a very successful pilot year, the Board of Education learned July 30.    Pam Elmi, program director of RED, told the board that enrollment has jumped 227 percent in one year.    According to Ms. Elmi, RED had 241 members when the program was…

  • Patriots battling for playoff title

    Patriots battling for playoff title

    Keith Trout of the Bordentown Patriots keeps statistics in the dugout at the first game of the team’s playoff series on Sunday.  Photo by Anthony Williams

  • MONROE: Locals recall victims

    MONROE: Locals recall victims

    By Jovelle Tomayo, Special Writer    MONROE — More than 100 locals, including a small group of Holocaust survivors, gathered Tuesday night for a candlelight vigil at the Monroe Township Municipal Building, joining a national movement to honor the victims of the massacre in a Wisconsin Sikh temple Aug. 5.    ”It’s hard to believe it was…

  • Mercer County Community College Students Recognized with Top Honors at the Phi Beta Lambda National Leadership Conference

    Mercer County Community College Students Recognized with Top Honors at the Phi Beta Lambda National Leadership Conference

    News from Mercer County Community College By Wendy Humphrey Eight students from Mercer County Community College were among 1,700 student leaders from two- and four-year schools across the country who attended the National Leadership Conference of the Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda (FBLA-PBL), held in San Antonio, TX, from June 24–27. The FBLA-PBL…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: District prepares for kindergarten students

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: District prepares for kindergarten students

    Maria Riegel photo The Brooks Crossing Elementary School at Deans is getting ready for kindergarten students.

  • PENNINGTON: Officials support Alliance; approve pacts

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    Pennington Borough Council has renewed its longstanding support of the Hopewell Valley chapter of the Municipal Alliance.    Council voted unanimously Monday night to contribute $1,500 to the Alliance, for 2012, in a shared services agreement. The amount, the first increase in three years, is up $100 from last year.    Hopewell…

  • Columbus church helps volunteers

    Columbus church helps volunteers

    photoRyan Kim of Wayne, New Jersey, Frank Mancini of Rochester, New Jersey, Brian Hess of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Caleb Choi of Long Island, New York, work on a Bordentown City porch.

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