• Resident pleads to child porn charge

    By: centraljersey.com James Artfitch, 52, of Manville, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography Wednesday, United States Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Appearing before United States District Judge Stanley Chesler, sitting in Newark, Mr. Artfitch, a Somerset County vehicle maintenance department mechanic admitted he had more than 600 criminal images on a…

  • Police charge hit-run suspect

    By: Davy James – Staff Writer A Franklin Township man was arrested Monday night on charges of drunken driving and leaving the scene of an accident after an alert member of the Kendall Park Fire Department observed the suspect’s heavily damaged vehicle and followed him home, police said. At 11:56 p.m., police responded to a…

  • Boards to discuss development transfer plan

    By: Eileen Oldfield – Staff Writer State Agricultural Development Committee officials will present a study next week determining whether a Transfer of Development Rights plan – which would allow local farmers, and owners of preserved land or historic sites sell their development rights to builders to use elsewhere in town – is a possibility for…

  • ‘Planting a Meadow’

    By: centraljersey.com The Master Gardeners of Mercer County will host a program, "Planting a Wetland Meadow." on Saturday, July 24, at 10 a.m. at the Mercer Educational Gardens, 431A Federal City Road, Pennington, adjacent to the Mercer County Equestrian Center. The wetland meadow at Mercer Educational Gardens is flourishing with native grasses and wildflowers, which…

  • Hopewell house rehab done!

    By: Brian Roach – Staff Writer Volunteers and contractors gathered July 7 to celebrate the completion of a home renovation project. The effort, dubbed Project 70 by the Hopewell Valley Ecumenical Coalition, was even more successful than originally anticipated, Hopewell Borough Councilman Sean Jackson said. "Because of the generosity of so many – with their…

  • Public works employees are ‘selfless and brave’

    By: Cynthia Williamson – Special Writer Putting out fires isn’t necessarily in the job description of Hopewell Borough’s Department of Public Works employees Richard Smith and Alan Fiel. But, on June 11, that’s exactly what they did. They were driving on Model Avenue when they detected an odor of smoke in the air. Sensing that…

  • Robbinsville

    By: centraljersey.com Township Council: 7:30 p.m. second and fourth Thursday, court building, 1117 Route 130. Planning Board: 7 p.m. third and fourth Wednesdays, Senior Center, 1117 Route 130. Zoning Board: first Thursday, Senior Center. Board of Education: Generally 7 p.m. fourth Tuesday, Robbinsville High School student activities center, 155 Robbinsville-Edinburgh Road. . Township: 609-918-0002; Schools:…

  • Year’s final ABIS honor roll set

    By: centraljersey.com The following students were named to the high honor roll and honor roll at Alexander Batcho Intermediate School for the fourth marking period: Sixth grade High honors: Aleksandra Kaczor, Brian Kuhlman, Nicolle Dzuba and Denise Perez. Honors: Jeffrey Alpizar Avila, Natalie Barnes, Paul Basta, Kate Bowden, Rachel Breese, Natalie Brito, Cheyanne Bylina, Keilor…

  • New Merwick taking shape in Plainsboro

    Skilled nursing facility offers new design By: Lauren Otis – Staff Writer When Windsor Healthcare owners Hyman and Michael Jacobs sat down with architect Scott Hoffman to design the new Merwick Care & Rehabilitation Center they made one thing perfectly clear: the new Merwick should not look like any skilled nursing facility built in the…

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