• HILLSBOROUGH: She’s still exercising at age 90

    HILLSBOROUGH: She’s still exercising at age 90

       The Hillsborough Township low-impact exercise class had a birthday party to celebrate Claire Yurek’s 90th birthday on June 11.    Shown here are Ms. Yurek and exercise instructor Diana Reinhardt.    Ms. Yurek participated in the Hillsborough senior exercise program at the Municipal Building since November 1996 and loves to work in her garden with her roses.…

  • MESSAGE TO CLASS OF 2012: Appreciate your roots and respect traditions around you

    MESSAGE TO CLASS OF 2012: Appreciate your roots and respect traditions around you

    By Thomas Smith    On June 18, after certifying that the Central High School graduates (Class of 2012) had met the state requirements for a New Jersey high school diploma, Superintendent Thomas Smith said:     “Students — for some of you — the road to graduation has been a relatively easy one. For others, it has…

  • Practice makes perfect

    Practice makes perfect

    The Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra performs Saturday, June 30, at the Princeton High School Performing Arts Center, 151 Moore St., Princeton. 

  • HOPEWELL: St. Michael’s Campout: A terrific outdoor event

    HOPEWELL: St. Michael’s Campout: A terrific outdoor event

    Campers at St. Michael’s Farm Preserve are setting up their tents.

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Coach begins new era

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Coach begins new era

    By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor    After just a couple of weeks since being named the new head football coach for South Brunswick High School, Joseph Goerge is starting conditioning camp for the players.    Mr. Goerge is replacing Rick Mantz, who resigned the position in May for personal reasons.    Under Mr. Mantz, the team went…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Technology center building going up for auction

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Technology center building going up for auction

       The Princeton Technology Center located on Culver Road in Monmouth Junction, and nearby the Route 1 “Princeton-Rutgers Research Corridor,” is being put on the auction block in July, according to a press release from the company conducting the auction.    Max Spann Real Estate & Auction Co., located in Manhattan, is auctioning the 57,280-square-foot, single-story building…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Primus Green Energy moving ahead on goal to make gas from grass

    HILLSBOROUGH: Primus Green Energy moving ahead on goal to make gas from grass

    Officials at Primus Green Energy’s open house Friday pour “drop-in” gasoline, made from natural gas, into the tank of a demonstration car. Primus CEO Robert Johnsen, Congressman Leonard Lance and state DEP Assistant Commissioner Robert Marshall attend to the container. (Photo by Gene Robbins)

  • HOPEWELL: St. Michael’s Campout: A terrific outdoor event

    HOPEWELL: St. Michael’s Campout: A terrific outdoor event

    By Ilene Dube, Special Writer    If it seemed unusually quiet in the Hopewell Borough area Saturday night. That’s because everyone was at St. Michael’s Farm Preserve for the Community Campout, sponsored by D&R Greenway Land Trust and Hopewell Borough Recreation Commission.    Forty-one families, or 175 people, had pitched tents at the Charles Evans Overlook, accessed…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Many applicants seek Timberlane job

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    The Hopewell Valley Regional School District has received about 120 applications for the position of vice principal of Timberlane Middle School, Superintendent Thomas Smith said at Monday night’s school board meeting.    The Timberlane vice-principal position became vacant recently when Tana Smith left it to accept the board’s appointment as principal…

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