• Andrew Corselli

    By: centraljersey.com Louis Petzinger won election to the Borough Council, Tuesday, joining Borough Council President Sue Asher in a Republican sweep. "It’s exciting to win and it was nice that it was a great campaign," Mr. Petzinger said. "There wasn’t a lot of mud slinging. I was lucky enough to be one of two. Right…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Holt defeats Sipprelle thanks to Mercer votes

    CENTRAL JERSEY: Holt defeats Sipprelle thanks to Mercer votes

    By Lea Kahn and Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writers    U.S. Rep. Rush Holt secured his seventh consecutive term representing the 12th Congressional District on Tuesday night, defeating Republic Party rival, Princeton Borough resident Scott Sipprelle.    The incumbent Democratic congressman, who lives in Hopewell Township, received 107,147 votes to Mr. Sipprelle’s 93,311 votes for a margin of…

  • Monday, Nov. 8

    By: centraljersey.com Cranbury Township Committee, 7 p.m., municipal building, 23A North Main St. Monroe Township Historical Preservation Commission, 7 p.m., 1 Municipal Plaza. Monroe Township Cultural Arts Commission, 7 p.m., 1 Municipal Plaza. Monroe Township Human Relations Commission, 4 p.m., 1 Municipal Plaza. Monroe Township Committee, 7 p.m., 1 Municipal Plaza. Wed., Nov. 10 Jamesburg…

  • From bad to worse?

    Bill Baumbach, Hopewell Borough     Jon Corzine may have been bad, but Chris Christie’s worse. In common between them is the cowardly unwillingness to raise the New Jersey gas tax. The gas tax in New Jersey is lower than all neighboring states; the tax burden on gas is increasingly small compared to the portion enriching…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Internet safety forum slated

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    — Should our children be on Facebook?    — As parents, what concerns do we have with smart phones?    — What are our schools doing to protect students from inappropriate Internet content and behavior?    These are topics of concern for many parents and guardians of children everywhere.    On Nov. 16 at…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK; Power outage proves to be minor glitch

    By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor    More than 1,500 residents in Kendall Park and Monmouth Junction were without power for two hours Oct. 27 due to apparent equipment malfunction, according to PSE&G.    Spokeswoman Elizabeth Gill said the company could not disclose the nature of the malfunction or what may have caused it during an interview…

  • LAWRENCE: Detox center plan returns to zoners

    By lea Kahn, Staff Writer    A controversial request for permission to open a drug and alcohol detoxification center tops the Zoning Board of Adjustment’s agenda when the board meets Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Township Council chambers at the Municipal Building.    The application, which was submitted by John Simone, was slated to be heard…

  • The Landscape is Us

    The Landscape is Us

    Artists in ‘Nobody’s Property’ demonstrate how the political and poetic can be one and the same By Ilene Dube ENTERING the galleries of Princeton University Art Museum, one is greeted at first by familiar sights: Monet’s “Water Lilies and Japanese Bridge” and Toulouse Lautrec’s “The Sacred Grove” — both landscapes in the traditional sense.    Nobody’s…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Friendly gift gave SB man joy before death

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Friendly gift gave SB man joy before death

    Christopher Ward, 24, received this gift of a pumpkin Oct. 22 from Bronx resident Maiya Fitzgerald, 4, after she and her family visited the restaurant in Princeton where he worked. Mr. Ward was killed three days later in an accident in Franklin Township.

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