• ‘Shelter’ event will be a worthwhile day of fun

    Krys Pescinski, Michelle Lane    I would like to encourage everyone in Hillsborough to attend this Shelter from the Storm 5 this year on April 9th and 10th at Hillsborough High School.    In the past, Shelter has helped raise money for various projects such as Katrina Relief, helping Darfur and getting clean water in Haiti and…

  • Dogs & Cats Rule purchases Pawtisserie Princeton

    By: George Parente Dogs and Cats Rule purchases Pawtisserie Princeton   PRINCETON, NJ – George and JoAnn Parente, owners of Dogs and Cats Rule , which opened in Sept 2001 in Newtown, PA followed by the June 2005 store opening in Pennington at the Hopewell Crossing Shopping Center has agreed to purchase the assets of…

  • MANVILLE: Police blotter

       At 3:07 p.m. March 16, a caller from Brooklyn reported numerous items were stolen from a 2007 Dodge Charger after the vehicle was repossessed and stored at the Adesa Auto Auctions, including stereo equipment and headlight assemblies, valued at $1,340.    At 6:12 p.m. March 16, a North Sixth Avenue resident reported a men’s Schwinn mountain…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: District adds school days to calendar

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    In the wake of the heavy rains and high winds that devastated the township last weekend, the South Brunswick school district announced a few changes to its school calendar following school closings March 15 and 16.    To make up for the lost school days, the district was forced to announce…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Hopewell Gardens fire forces evacuation

    Hot oil being used for cooking caught on fire By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    A Saturday night apartment fire at Hopewell Gardens Apartments on Denow Road in Hopewell Township was put out by the Pennington Fire Company and other area units, township police Lt. Lance Maloney said.    No one was injured in the blaze.    At…

  • MANVILLE: MHS’s student business leaders score at state competition

    MANVILLE: MHS’s student business leaders score at state competition

    David Janovsky won the first New Jersey FBLA Has Talent competition. Photo courtesy Nancy Ostaszewski

  • CRANBURY: School taxes increasing

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — The Cranbury Township Board of Education will hold a public hearing, today, Friday to inform the public on a proposed $16.7 million budget that is $1.2 million smaller than the current-year spending plan.    Trimming the budget was necessary to offset recent cuts in state aid to the school…

  • MANVILLE: MHS’s student business leaders score at state competition

    MANVILLE: MHS’s student business leaders score at state competition

    Chapter President Scott Alpizar, picking up a second-place award for his E-Career portfolio. Photo courtesy Nancy Ostaszewski

  • PRINCETON: Storm exacts sizable toll on local trees

    By Lauren Otis and Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    One thing is certain, Princeton won’t be lacking for firewood next winter.    Princeton Township has already started offering free firewood in an attempt to find a good use for the unprecedented number of down trees it had to remove following a severe storm two weeks ago.    Logs…

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