• HILLSBOROUGH: Raiders’ Wizna is stronger

    Sophomore aiding hockey ‘D’ By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Alex Wizna is stronger, more comfortable and more confident after playing a year of high school ice hockey.    A short-handed Hillsborough High School hockey team has needed a good start out of the sophomore defenseman as they return to full strength.    ”I feel I’ve been…

  • Pedestrian struck on Route 206

    By: centraljersey.com A female pedestrian sustained serious injuries when she was struck by two vehicles while attempting to cross Route 206 near Farm Road on Friday evening, police said. The 46-year-old woman, whose identity was being withheld by police pending notification of family, was attempting to cross Route 206 about 6:10 p.m. when she was…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: School’s events focus on service

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — Students at the Lambertville Public School have undertaken a number of community service activities in this season of giving, and they’re having fun while helping others.    Today (Dec. 23), any child who wears pajamas to school for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Pajama Day is entitled to make…

  • PRINCETON: Township to halt tax payments by credit card

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert    Credit cards will no longer be accepted as payment for taxes beginning in January for February tax payments, said Kathryn Monzo, Princeton Township’s chief financial officer.    About 50 percent of the township’s tax levy is collected through credit card transactions, both online and in person, said Ms. Monzo. “I believe the online…

  • Watershed group lauds fertilizer bill

    By: centraljersey.com After years of work, the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association applauded the state Legislature’s passage of the Fertilizer Control Bill on Dec. 13. A measure for the protection of clean water and the environment across central New Jersey and the state, the bill will help curb a problem in the region – nutrient pollution…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Turf cause and three residents are winners!

    HOPEWELL VALLEY: Turf cause and three residents are winners!

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Three Hopewell Valley residents split $5,500 in prize money with their winning 50/50 raffle tickets in the Hopewell Valley Recreation Foundation’s Turf’s Up fundraiser.    The foundation gets to keep $5,000, which will go toward construction of a turf athletic field at Hopewell Valley Central High School.    ”This is so exciting,”…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Edison bust nabs SB burglary suspects

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Edison bust nabs SB burglary suspects

    By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor    Police have charged two of three men arrested for burglary Dec. 10 in Edison with similar crimes in the township in October.    Christian Ortega-Rey, 25, of Houston, Texas, and Juan Aponte-Ortiz, 25, of West Monroe, Louisiana, each were charged Dec. 16 with robbery, burglary and theft in relation to…

  • Meld peace, economic justice and anti-discrimination

    By: centraljersey.com Mike Prokasch, at the December meeting of the Coalition for Peace Action of Monroe Township, presented a platform of hope for the grassroots movements throughout America. His position, based on the beliefs of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is that peace activists must work with groups seeking economic justice and groups working to…

  • Checkered cabs

    By: centraljersey.com As a resident of Hightstown, I have a few comments regarding the issues of taxicab services, summonses, etc., in our Borough: Taxi services are crucial to every resident of the Borough that cannot drive. However, if the perception is that cab companies appear to be servicing only one faction of the community, this…

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