• Positive experience

    Werner Graf, Hopewell Township     Thanks to all who made my run for Assembly such a joy. My results in Hopewell Township were very strong, having won it by about 54 percent and it was an extremely positive experience because of your support.    I especially want to thank all of those folks who put signs…

  • PLAINSBORO: Plasma Physics Lab gets $1.8 million grant

       PLAINSBORO — The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory will receive an additional $1.8 million in new federal stimulus funding to support fusion energy research projects, U.S. Representative Rush Holt announced this week.    This amount is on top of $13.8 million PPPL received in August as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. That amount…

  • Thanks, Pennington

    Eileen M. Heinzel, Joseph R. Lawver, Pennington     We would like to thank the voters who participated in last Tuesday’s election. We appreciate the support of the voters and will continue to work hard on the issues currently pending before council, including improvements to the borough’s water infrastructure, consideration of plans for a new Senior…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Former Mayor John Guerrera dies

    HILLSBOROUGH: Former Mayor John Guerrera dies

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    One day, when she was 22 years old, Midge Guerrera received a phone call from her father, John, asking what she would be doing the following Wednesday, and, according to Ms. Guerrera, she made the mistake of saying she was available.    ”He said to me, ‘you’re going to Washington,’” she…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Teacher charged in sex assault

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — A Bordentown Regional High School teacher has been charged with sexually assaulting a student over a seven-month period, officials said this week. Francisco Planas-Borgstrom, 32, of Willow Street in Bordentown City was charged with second-degree sexual assault, according to a joint press release Tuesday from Bordentown Township…

  • Historical society plans Apple Festival

    The Madison Township Historical Society will sponsor its annual Apple Festival noon-4 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Old Bridge Municipal Center, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. The event will feature vendors, baked goods, a snack bar and more. Proceeds will support the Thomas Warne Museum. Admission is free of charge.

  • B’nai B’rith couples will meet for dinner

    The B’nai B’rith Ketubah Married Couples Unit (age 40-plus) will meet for dinner at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 15 at Ria-Mar, 25 Whitehead Ave., South River. The cost of the dinner will be divided evenly among those attending; bar bill will be separate. Prospective members are welcome. For more information and to reserve, call Elaine at…

  • Basket Raffle on tap for Nov. 13

    The ninth annual St. Bartholomew School Basket Raffle, “Peace, Love and St. Bart’s,” is set for 6-10 p.m. Nov. 13 at the East Brunswick Chateau, Cranbury Road. Tickets cost $40 per person. Price includes salad, entree, desert, soda, coffee and tea. The event will feature many high-end prizes. For more information, call the school office…

  • Cash-for-gold event to aid OLOL School

    National Gold Buyers will be on site after the 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and noon Masses Nov. 15 at Our Lady of Lourdes (OLOL) Church, Main Street, Milltown. Cash will be paid for old, broken and unwanted gold, jewelry, silver, old coins, vintage watches and any other item of value. A percentage of the cash…

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