• Rachel Katz and WWFM’s Views and Voices Awarded for Excellence

    Rachel Katz and WWFM’s Views and Voices Awarded for Excellence

    By Saveria Symons West Windsor, NJ: WWFM The Classical Network at Mercer County Community College (MCCC) recently received two awards for its “Views and Voices” public affairs show, produced and hosted by Rachel Katz of Plainsboro. Katz received the first and second place “2009 Excellence in Journalism” awards from the New Jersey chapter of the…

  • Police blotter

    By: centraljersey.com Hopewell Township police Lt. Thomas Puskas reported: – On Saturday, Joseph T. Vu, 44, of Redfern Drive, Princeton, was charged with selling alcoholic beverages to an intoxicated person. Officer Vincent Amabile continued his investigation after arresting a person last week on a charge of driving while intoxicated. During the investigation, the officer located…

  • Hvn sunshine list

    By: centraljersey.com HOPEWELL BOROUGH COUNCIL: June 3, 7 p.m., Borough Hall. HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE: June 7 agenda meeting canceled; June 14, 7 p.m., regular, Municipal Building. PENNINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL: June 7, 7 p.m., Borough Hall. HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE: June 8, 7 p.m., Municipal Building. HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP APPLICATION REVIEW COMMITTEE: June 9 meeting canceled.…

  • Electrical short may have caused rescue truck fire

    By: Lea Kahn – Staff Writer The Slackwood Fire Co. narrowly missed having to respond to its own home base Tuesday afternoon after its rescue truck caught fire, according to the Police Department. A caller reported a vehicle fire at the firehouse on Slack Avenue at 3:51 p.m., according to reports. The incident was upgraded…

  • County schools executive tells Montgomery to reduce tax levy

    By: Kristine Snodgrass – Staff Writer MONTGOMERY – The tax levy for the failed 2010-11 township school budget would be reduced by nearly $2.1 million under a report issued this week by Somerset County Executive Superintendent of Schools Trudy Doyle. It will be reviewed by the state commissioner of education and a tax levy will…

  • Council OKs police deal, moves on open space

    By: Audrey Levine – The Packet Group EAST WINDSOR – The inclusion of a third year and the rescinding of two layoffs were key to a new police contract, approved by the Township Council this week, according to a PBA spokesman. "The extra year they were offering was important," said Wayne Hummel, president of PBA…

  • Legislators proposing change in decal law

    By: Davy James – Staff Writer A flood of objections from parents and younger drivers has prompted a series of competing bills that would remove a rule requiring teen drivers to place red decals on their license plates. The red decal rule was created as part of Kyleigh’s Law, which went into effect May 1.…

  • Route 1 Burger King robbed

    By: Davy James – The Packet Group South Brunswick police are searching for two men who robbed a Burger King night manager at gunpoint early Saturday morning. Police said the two suspects made off with an undetermined amount of cash during the robbery, believed to be less than $5,000. At approximately 3 a.m. Saturday, a…

  • Salon joins effort for Gulf

    By: Sean Ruppert – Special Writer ROBBINSVILLE – It’s a familiar scene: Stylists in salons and barbershops clipping and shaving away the strands from their customers’ heads and letting them fall to the floor. From there, the hair typically is swept into the trash and likely to have a landfill as its ultimate destination. However,…

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