• HILLSBOROUGH: Author Day coming to library on Saturday 

    Hillsborough Library Author Day will be held Sat., Nov. 21, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Hillsborough Library, 379 South Branch Road. Meet local authors, buy books and get them signed. Writers of adult, young adult and children’s books will attend, including Walter Choroszewski, Linda J. Barth, Cheryl Filipak, Mary Ellen Springsteen, Chris Redding,…

  • HOPEWELL: Hear Doug Dixon’s tech reviews on holiday gadgets 

    HOPEWELL: Hear Doug Dixon’s tech reviews on holiday gadgets 

    Hopewell Borough resident Doug Dixon will give his annual review and demonstration of the latest fun (and useful) mobile tech for the holiday season at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at the Hopewell Train Station in Hopewell Borough. He will explore how Internet “crowdfunding” can expand holiday giving, by using sites like KickStarter to…

  • HOPEWELL TWP.: Bear Tavern designated as an ‘eco-school’

    Bear Tavern Elementary School is the 21st school in Mercer County to join Eco-Schools USA in New Jersey, a partnership between National Wildlife Federation and New Jersey Audubon. Principal Christopher Turnbull made the decision to join Eco-Schools USA as a way to build environmental awareness and incorporate sustainability into the curriculum. Their first eco-project will…

  • HOPEWELL TWP.: Man impersonates woman in call to police; he’s arrested 

    A Mantua man who allegedly used a voice-disguising application on his phone was charged Nov. 10 with making false reports to law enforcement. Officer Alexis Mirra arrested Carlton L. Griggs of Mantua in a case that began when Mr. Griggs allegedly called township police Oct. 17 and identified herself as a female and a victim…

  • BRANCHBURG: Power outage closes RVCC today

    The school’s office say that, due to the ongoing power outage, Raritan Valley Community College’s main campus in Branchburg will be closed for the rest of the day, Friday. All classes and activities are cancelled for the rest of the day, except for the student theatre performance of “The Spoon River Anthology” this evening. The…

  • PRINCETON: University’s Public Safety Department steps up campus patrols after emailed bomb threat

    PRINCETON: University’s Public Safety Department steps up campus patrols after emailed bomb threat

    The Princeton University Department of Public Safety put out a release late Thursday alerting members of the university community about a non-specific bomb and firearm threat that made reference to a student protest on campus. In response to the threat, which was received in an email, the Department of Public Safety enhanced campus patrols and…

  • PLAINSBORO: Medical center employee charged with sexually assaulting incapacitated female patient

    PLAINSBORO: Medical center employee charged with sexually assaulting incapacitated female patient

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer PLAINSBORO — A University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro employee is facing an assortment of charges for sexually assaulting an incapacitated female patient at the hospital, according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office and the Plainsboro Township Police Department. Richard Smith, 40, of Princeton, has been charged with sexual…

  • PRINCETON: Clothing, fly fishing retailer Orvis opens new store in Princeton Shopping Center

    PRINCETON: Clothing, fly fishing retailer Orvis opens new store in Princeton Shopping Center

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Clothing, fly fishing and other product retailer Orvis has opened a 5,000-square-foot store in the Princeton Shopping Center. Orvis spokeswoman Daryl Kenny said Thursday that the company believes the Shopping Center is an “excellent location” to open just the second Orvis store in New Jersey. The other is in…

  • HOPEWELL BOROUGH: David Ackerman wins hall’s innovator award 

    HOPEWELL BOROUGH: David Ackerman wins hall’s innovator award 

    David Ackerman, a Hopewell Borough resident, received a New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame Innovators Award at a banquet Oct. 22 at Hotel W in Hoboken. The award recognized lifetime achievement and innovations in the fields of telecommunication, optics and imaging. After moving to New Jersey, Dr. Ackerman joined Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, where…

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