• Recycling Pick-up Date Adjusted for Labor Day Holiday

    Somerset County Board of Freeholders The Somerset County Recycling Center, located at 40 Polhemus Lane in Bridgewater, will be closed Monday, Sept. 7, in observance of Labor Day.    Curbside recycling collection for residents of Branchburg Township and Raritan Borough will be Tuesday, Sept. 8.  For more information, call the Recycling Center at 732-469-3363

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police Blotter

       During a routine checkpoint on Route 206 as part of the New Jersey State Division of Highway Traffic Safety’s Over the Limit Under Arrest Statewide Crackdown campaign between 10:30 p.m. Aug. 29 and 4 a.m. Aug. 30, the Police Department charged two individuals with driving while intoxicated.    Rodrigo Mejia, 48, and Sarah Pepe, 28, both…

  • CRANBURY: Teachers prep for school year

    CRANBURY: Teachers prep for school year

    Phil McAuliffe Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe. Cranbury school English teacher Kat Alfonso prepares her classroom for the upcoming school year.

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: EWRSD schools open on sour note: contract impasse

    By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    Teachers in the East Windsor Regional School District were working without a new contract when classes began Thursday.    And the East Windsor Education Association, which represents 450 teachers, filed for impasse on their contract negotiations Monday, after the Board of Education cancelled a meeting scheduled for the same day at…

  • ALLENTOWN: Football building with proven winner

    By: Kyle Moylan Sports Editor     The Allentown High School football team will have its third different head coach in as many years when it starts its season at home against Robbinsville at 7 p.m. on Friday, September 11.     While John Amabile is new to Allentown as a coach, he’s well known around the…

  • HEALTH MATTERS: September offers hope for alcoholics

    By Neal B. Schofield, M.D. Princeton HealthCare System     A recent spate of tragic wrong-way driving incidents involving alcohol has served to remind us that drinking and driving, and alcohol abuse remain deadly problems in the United States.     In fact, despite an alarming increase in addictions to prescription drugs, alcohol is still the most…

  • A big thanks for special day

    Tom Libassi, Executive Director, South Brunswick Family YMCA     The Indo-American Cultural Foundation of Central New Jersey and the South Brunswick Family YMCA partnered to celebrate India Independence Day on Saturday, Aug. 15 at the Y. On behalf of the Y staff and Board of Directors, we thank Councilman Mac Shah, Tarak Patel, Tushar Patel…

  • CRANBURY: Teachers prep for school year

    CRANBURY: Teachers prep for school year

    Phil McAuliffe Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe. Cranbury school custodian Frank Puskas prepares the school building for the up coming school year.

  • PRINCETON: Back to school for PRSD students

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    PRINCETON — More than 3,400 students in the Princeton Regional School District head back to class on Tuesday and to buildings and facilities that are whole again, following years of renovation and construction work.    Without any major construction projects this summer, district personnel concentrated on regular maintenance of facilities and…

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