• Correcting the record

    Councilman Michael Powers, Pin Oak Drive, Lawrence    Having read last week’s letter to the editor from Councilmen Bob Bostock and Rick Miller, I am compelled to set the record straight. First, at no time did I promise not to move forward with approving a cell tower on Carter Road until the conclusion of the Peterson’s…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police blotter

       A 45-year-old Hillsborough resident was treated for minor injuries after being thrown from his bicycle when he was struck by another vehicle on Route 206 at 7:25 a.m. Aug. 11.    According to police, Matthew Corcoran was travelling north on his bicycle when he attempted to cross the highway and was struck by Lois Birmingham, 59,…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Local man charged with sex assault of 4-year-old

    By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    EAST WINDSOR — A township man babysitting his neighbor’s daughter has been accused of sexually assaulting the 4-year-old girl in his care.    Douglas S. Cook, 52, of Abbington Drive was charged Aug. 2 with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child.    Police said they received a call from…

  • LAWRENCE: Ben Franklin swimmers perform well at champs

    By Rudy Brandl, The Packet Group    The Ben Franklin club swimmers certainly showed all summer that they rise to the occasion of competing in big meets.    Almost every Ben Franklin swimmer who hit the water posted a new personal record at the season ending Princeton Area Swimming and Diving Association Championships in Flemington. The club…

  • MONROE: Dance group explores Spanish culture

    By Natalie Lescroart, Staff Writer    MONROE — The Monroe Township Cultural Arts Commission hopes to attract a diverse crowd when it welcomes back the Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre this September to present a rhythmic lesson in the rich, cross-cultural history of flamenco.    According to Commissioner Nancie Gunkelman, the Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre, based in Old…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: GOP picks committee candidate

    To replace Eileen McGinnis     Kimberly Johnson of Orchard Avenue has been chosen as the Republican candidate for the one open seat on the Hopewell Township Committee, according to Hopewell Township Republican Municipal Chairwoman Jean Gianacaci.     The choice was made at a special meeting of the Hopewell Township Republican Committee, after the group learned…

  • PRINCETON: Passion for bicycles survives man’s death

    By Matt Chiappardi, The Packet Group    PRINCETON — Even during his final days, antique bicycle enthusiast and Princeton Freewheeler Norman Batho was busy preserving never- recorded “bicycle sheet music” as digital audio files.    ”He ended up with close to 400 of them,” his wife, Dottie Batho, 71, said last week. Mr. Batho’s plan was to present…

  • REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: Dick Van Noy: a truly good guy

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    It was in early 1987 when I covered my first Hopewell Township Committee meeting, in a trailer off Scotch Road (the current municipal building was still in the works).    Dick Van Noy, who died Aug. 4, was a member of that committee and had been for about a decade. Though…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: School district roof project going smoothly

    But High School pool will open late By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — The East Windsor Regional District’s major roof repair project is “on schedule and under budget,” with the exception of a slight delay opening Hightstown High School’s pool, Business Administrator Kurt Stumbaugh said this week.    The district had budgeted $8,052,239 for the…

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