• Princeton Borough

    Blotter By: centraljersey.com PRINCETON – Geovanni Lopez, 50, of Trenton, was charged with driving while intoxicated after he was stopped on Witherspoon Street at 1:03 a.m. Wednesday for driving an unregistered vehicle. He was released on his own recognizance. *** Michael Femia, 43, of Monroe, was arrested in front of 180 Nassau Street at 2:33…

  • CRANBURY: Cranbury man takes a lot of heat in Iraq

    CRANBURY: Cranbury man takes a lot of heat in Iraq

    By Natalia Knochowski, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — What do you do when you’re in Iraq, it’s 120 degrees outside, and you’re bored?    If you’re 22-year-old Cranbury resident Jonathan Bowker, who is deployed in Iraq for about a year, you sometimes “find something completely random and play Iraqi Scavenger Hunt on patrols just to have some…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Citizens group takes steps to fix footbridge

    By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — Darek Hahn tells the story of a bridge too far gone, and a town determined not to let a piece of history fade away.    The footbridge spanning the four small waterfalls at Peddie Lake Dam stood as an iconic Hightstown image in Memorial Park for more than 85…

  • News and notes

    By: centraljersey.com The Eastern Express swim team is holding an open house tryout on Thursday, Sept. 9 at 5 p.m. at the College of New Jersey Aquatic Center. All interested swimmers should come with a suit and goggles. For more information, visit www.expressswimming.com. GIRLS ON THE RUN The fall season of the Girls on the…

  • Judge denies reforestation injunction but transfer of promised cash delayed

    By: Joanne Degnan – Staff Writer EAST WINDSOR – A Superior Court judge has denied the township’s request for an injunction to prevent the New Jersey Turnpike Authority from transferring $4.5 million in funds earmarked for reforestation in East Windsor to a state agency that wants to use the money to keep state parks open.…

  • In the kitchen

    No ‘End of the Line’ on flavor By: Pat Tanner – Special Writer Two weeks ago in this space I reported on the documentary "The End of the Line," recently shown at the Princeton Public Library, about the dwindling stock of ocean fish worldwide, and on the dinner that followed at Mediterra restaurant, which featured…

  • Township cuts interest rate on delinquent tax payments

    An bid to ease revaluation angst By: Victoria Hurley-Schubert – Staff Writer Interest rates for delinquent taxes have been reduced by 10 percentage points to provide some relief for Princeton Township residents facing higher tax bills as a result of the recent the property revaluation. The action, taken at Monday night’s Township Committee meeting, was…

  • Township Committee OKs bridge and road projects

    By: Victoria Hurley-Schubert – Staff Writer Several roadway improvement projects were approved at the Township Committee’s Monday meeting. A bridge on Quaker Road in the Princeton Battlefield Stony Brook Village Historic District will be replaced to address safety concerns. The bridge, which crosses the Stony Brook and was installed in 1942, will be replaced with…

  • Dogs vs. ram investigated

    By: John Saccenti – Staff Writer PRINCETON – PRINCETON – Police and the Princeton Animal Control Officer are looking for two dogs that were seen attacking a Katahdin Ram at a Cherry Hill residence last week. The ram was one of about 12 sheep the Cherry Hill resident keeps as pets. At about 5:30 p.m.…

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