• HIGHTSTOWN: Emergency service workers honored

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — Three emergency services members were recognized during Monday night’s council meeting for their dedication and commitment to their departments.    Patrolman Francisco Jimenez was recognized as Police Officer of the Year. Captain Mark Madonia was honored as the EMT of the Year, and Gary Evers received the Firefighter of…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: Nov. 24, 2011

    Hightstown     Nov. 19 at 10:51 a.m. at Hightstown High School, officers charged Michael Walsh, 18, of Livingston Drive, East Windsor, with possession of marijuana under 50 grams.    School representatives found Mr. Walsh in possession of marijuana and contacted the Hightstown Police Department, police said.    Mr. Walsh was released without bail.    Nov. 19 12:13 and 2:10…

  • Giving thanks on Thanksgiving

    EDITORIAL    Can it really be Thanksgiving already? It seems too soon.    Perhaps it’s the relatively balmy weather we’ve been having. (Forget about the snowstorm at the end of October.)    It looks like Thanksgiving. The trees are bare and the leaves cover the ground in some places. In others, they have been blown away by incessant…

  • CRANBURY: Main Street nail salon approved by Planning Board

    David Kilby, Managing Editor    CRANBURY — The small nail salon at Village Hair Cutters on North Main Street may be moving into its own place across the street from Gil & Berts Ice Cream in the beginning of 2012.    At its meeting Nov. 17, the Planning Board approved a new nail salon, Tracy Nails, which…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Raider girls second at Meet of Champions

    By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    HOLMDEL — Kelly Janokowicz’s first two seasons with the Hillsborough High School girls cross country team were highlighted by Meet of Champions titles for the Raiders.    On Saturday, Janokowicz and the Raiders settled for second place at the MOC, behind only Rumson-Fair Haven, at Holmdel Park.    ”We’re used to…

  • COLUMBUS: Greyhounds fall in football semis

    By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    For eight straight games, nobody could keep up with the Northern Burlington County High School football team.    Neptune finally ran away from the Greyhounds in the Central Jersey Group III semifinals last Friday. The fifth-seeded Scarlet Fliers used four Northern Burlington turnovers on their way to a 60-27 win…

  • SCHOOLS: Education Week feted

    SCHOOLS: Education Week feted

    Lindsay Lesser reads to students in second grade during American Education Week at the Perry L. Drew School.

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Firefighters pay tribute to Tornquist

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — Frederick R. Tornquist Jr., 88, of Hightstown, who died Friday, Nov. 4, was a lifetime resident of Hightstown and a firefighter for more than 66 years for the Hightstown Engine Company No. 1.    He still was living like he was chief until the day he died.    ”Freddie came…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHP: Principa; gets Patriotic Employer Award

    By Amber Cox, Special Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The principal of Bordentown Regional Middle School was presented with a Patriotic Employer Award at the Nov. 16 Board of Education meeting.    Robert Conlin, a physical education teacher at the school and a lieutenant in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, presented Robert Walder with the award.    Mr.…

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