• EAST WINDSOR: Teen faces arson charge

    Police: Fire ignited after argument By Staff Report    EAST WINDSOR — Police charged a Conover Road teenager on Wednesday night with aggravated arson.    Police accused him of setting his mother’s master bedroom closet on fire only hours earlier after a dispute.    On Thursday, Lt. Richard Bernstein, investigative services commander of the East Windsor Police…

  • IN THE KITCHEN: Put the chill into summer with salads

    IN THE KITCHEN: Put the chill into summer with salads

    By Faith Bahadurian, Special Writer    When the really hot days of summer arrive – and they will – we look for easy ways to put meals on the table without a lot of fuss and heating up of the kitchen.    I’ve developed various strategies for this, especially during the years I didn’t have central air…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Farmers Market by the Lake returns

    HIGHTSTOWN: Farmers Market by the Lake returns

    By Matt Nelson, Special Writer    Last Friday, the Hightstown Farmers Market by the Lake reopened for its fourth consecutive year.    The market will open from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. tonight, Friday, at Memorial Park alongside Peddie Lake.    At the June 8 launch, there were vendors on hand selling their products to patrons along with…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Big tax hike to surface in November bill

    By Jennifer Bradley, Packet Media Group    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Mayor Karl Feltes expects residents will be hit with a large projected difference between August and November tax bills.    "I think it is very important for the committee and the township to educate our residents on the estimated tax bills going out and how those calculations…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Earth talk takes root

    Tree restoration urged for Bossert Park By Jennifer Bradley, Packet Media Group    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Issues regarding sustainability and the environment were brought up in several contexts at the Township Committee meeting on Monday.    Committeewoman Jill Popko highlighted sustainability when she said that Bordentown won a grant from sustainable NJAC. She said the committee will…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Project Green breaks ground on school’s Transition Garden

    HIGHTSTOWN: Project Green breaks ground on school’s Transition Garden

    People browse potential designs for the layout of the Transition Garden created by Hightstown High School biology students on June 8. (Alex Contreras courtesy photo)

  • MONTGOMERY: Sonaike fifth, Cougars duo is MOC surprise

    Tinsley, Hespe add to MHS medal haul By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    OLD BRIDGE — Montgomery High School’s Addy Sonaike was expected to medal at the Meet of Champions.    The Cougars senior didn’t reach her bid for a historic third straight triple jump crown, but did finish fifth at 39-feet-1½, just four inches off…

  • Students Excel With Early Academic and Socialization Skills Learned at Blossom Hill Country Day School
  • An eye on the prize

    An eye on the prize

    A photo of a hatching turtle at Fresno Zoo by Princeton High School student Allegra Dobson. 

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