• Charges against cop being dropped

    By: Vic Monaco – Managing Editor HIGHTSTOWN – The local veteran police officer charged with handcuffing a woman without cause in a pizzeria here will have the charges against him dropped. And Patrolman Ronald Aponte has retired "in good standing." That was the word, respectively, Thursday from the Mercer County prosecutor’s office and Borough Administrator…

  • Base shut down for hour, civilian cited for firearm

    By: Geoffrey Wertime – Staff Writer JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST – Two simultaneous incidents shut down the Lakehurst portion of the base for an hour Tuesday morning after one civilian admitted to having a firearm and the sound of gunfire was reported elsewhere, officials said. At the main Lakehurst gate, a commercial delivery vehicle driver admitted…

  • Summer hours start at WaterWorks

    West Windsor By: John Saccenti – Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR – The temperatures have hit 90, and with the typical New Jersey humidity, residents may be looking for a place to kick back, relax and cool off. On Monday, West Windsor Township’s WaterWorks Family Center changed its hours from weekends only to every day in…

  • Spotlight

    Keeping the promise for a better future By: Brian Roach – Staff Writer Chef’s Night has long been the most important fundraiser for Elijah’s Promise, the New Brunswick-based soup kitchen and social services agency. This year, in the face of a struggling economy and a diminishing job market, the benefit dinner – which helps fund…

  • car fire on NJ turnpike

    car fire on NJ turnpike

    By Ed Nyul Jr. copyright 2010 I shot this  photo  of a car blazing on the southbound shoulder of the NJ tunpike, just north of the Bordentown entrance on6/28 @ approximately 11:20 A.M. I have no info regarding the incident , but State Police and a Bordentown Fire Co. were on the scene. You may…

  • Michael Domato fundraiser targets rare form of cancer

    By: Kristine Snodgrass – Staff Writer A fundraiser was held Saturday at the Somerset Patriots baseball game to raise money for the Michael Robert Domato Memorial Fund, established in honor of a Montgomery Lower Middle School student who passed away earlier this year from a rare childhood cancer. The Sayreville War Memorial High School Class…

  • Little League set to open with busy schedule

    By: Kyle Moylan – Sports Editor 8BASEBALLThe current group of Allentown 12-year-olds made it out of pool play as 10’s and 11’s the past two years. That is why Manager John Lysy is confident his boys will do it again in the District 12 Little League Tournament this year. The members of Allentown’s team are…

  • Grads celebrate triumphs

    By: Chelsea Radler – Staff Writer BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP – It can’t be said that Bordentown Regional High School lacks school spirit. On a window overlooking the school’s courtyard, seniors painted their names and future destinations, from the Air Force to universities across the country. Enthusiastic graduates and parents also painted cars that filled the parking…

  • Cool vocation for hot time

    By: Brian Roach – Staff Writer EAST WINDSOR – Hightstown High School graduates Ben Small, Hunter Ellentuck and Bryan Behrman don’t have traditional summer jobs. Rather than stocking shelves at a local supermarket or filing paperwork for an area law firm, these three friends have invested in an ice cream truck and launched their own…

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