• TRENTON: Hightstown man headed to prison for stealing Triangle Club funds

    TRENTON: Hightstown man headed to prison for stealing Triangle Club funds

    By Philip Sean Curran As the accountant of the performing arts group at Princeton University called the Triangle Club, Thomas Muza was given a position of trust. It was a trust that he broke time and time again, something that Mr. Muza said Friday that he regretted on a day when he was sentenced to…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Borough officials discuss FEMA payment

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer HIGHTSTOWN – Council discussed a recommendation from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for a $321,000 payment after Hurricane Irene struck the borough in August 2011. “We’ve been working on a lot of things with emergency management with FEMA,” said Borough Administrator Henry Underhill. He said they have been talking…

  • Getting folksy to help kids: Peter Yarrow to headline benefit concert in Lawrenceville

    Getting folksy to help kids: Peter Yarrow to headline benefit concert in Lawrenceville

    By Mike Morsch    Chris Thern grew up listening to songs like “Puff, the Magic Dragon” and other hits by Peter, Paul and Mary.    So when the legendary folk group’s Peter Yarrow performed a benefit show about five years ago at Princeton High School, Ms. Thern took her then 3-year-old son and 8-month-old daughter to the…

  • HOPEWELL: Blake-Lester race highlights Election Day 

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Most political attention on Election Day Tuesday in Hopewell Valley will focus squarely on the race for one term on the Hopewell Township Committee. That’s where Harvey Lester, a Republican who is mayor for this year, faces Julie Blake, a high school counselor, for the three-year term. She is a…

  • EAST WINDSOR-HIGHTSTOWN: Group envisions new indoor youth sports complex

    EAST WINDSOR-HIGHTSTOWN: Group envisions new indoor youth sports complex

    By Mike Morsch, Executive editor When it rains in the spring and summer, youth baseball players have to stop playing baseball. It’s a sport that’s played outside, so that’s just the way that’s kind of always been. But some of the parents of the East Windsor and Hightstown ballplayers started thinking that there may be…

  • HOPEWELL: High school welcomes exchange students 

    HOPEWELL: High school welcomes exchange students 

    By Frank Mustac, Special Writer HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP — It seems like October is foreign-exchange-student month at Hopewell Valley Central High School, with high schoolers from France just departing, ones from Germany here for about a week and a group of 20 from Spain just arriving. The Spaniards donned the role of guests of honor at…

  • Safe and sound

    Q&A with Sharon Peters Q: My sister recently went to some organization where experts advised her (for free) about whether her baby seat was properly installed and secured. I’ve got a teen, but also a little one on the way, and I’d love the same kind of advice, but I don’t know where to begin…

  • Cars that can go the distance

    By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features Here are the true road warriors — cars and trucks that can run for 600 miles or more without having to stop for a fill-up While it’s true there are any number of capable cars and SUVs on the market that can easily accommodate the family for a leisurely highway…

  • Waverly residents save valuable commuting time via nearby Parkway

    The Waverly at Neptune luxury rental community has become well known for its brand-new apartments, upscale clubhouse amenities and beautiful Jersey Shore location. But for many residents, it is the easy access to the Garden State Parkway that truly makes it an ideal place to call “home.” The proximity to Exit 100 of the Parkway,…

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