• HILLSBOROUGH Lutheran church celebrates paid-up mortgage

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer HILLSBOROUGH— For one local church, there was no better way to celebrate paying off a mortgage 10 years ahead of schedule than with a little fire and a lot of s’mores.    Faith Lutheran Church, on South Branch Road, celebrated paying off the mortgage from its last building expansion with a…

  • Wednesday Matinee Club Starting

    Pennington – For the fifth year, Har Sinai Temple will be hosting a Wednesday Matinee Club for members who would like to attend Broadway shows. By Har Sinai Temple An annual membership fee of $30 to cover administrative costs will entitle members to purchase one ticket for two or three Broadway and Off-Broadway shows in…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Donations follow ‘puppy parties’

    HILLSBOROUGH: Donations follow ‘puppy parties’

    By Natalie Lescroart, Staff Writer HILLSBOROUGH— One woman’s puppy party could save your pooch’s life.    Laurie Frangione, 48, of Oxford Place, used money she raised at a “puppy play date” last April to purchase and donate 24 canine oxygen masks to the township fire, police and rescue squads.    Ms. Frangione, who manages the Franchino Insurance…

  • Environmental Commission role needs recasting

    Maurie J. Cohen of Princeton     I commend Anne Waldron Neumann for the principled stand she has taken in trying to steer the Princeton Environmental Commission in a more sophisticated and contemporary direction. Human beings do not exist apart from the environment and credible efforts to foster sustainability require an appreciation that environmental regard is…

  • HILLSBOROUGH Police have a new tool for finding missing children

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer HILLSBOROUGH— Hillsborough police will be able to notify thousands of residents quickly any time a child or elderly parent goes missing, thanks to a Florida-based program.    The department formalized an agreement in June with the A Child Is Missing Alert Program, based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., that can provide thousands…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Gracious HHS grad not tabbed by Corzine

    By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    EAST WINDSOR — The Hightstown High School graduate who was heavily rumored to be among Gov. Jon Corzine’s top picks for lieutenant governor says he will support the Democratic ticket even though he was not selected for the post.    Randal Pinkett, 38, best known for winning the fourth season of…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Police Beat

        Thomas Huston, 21, of Hampton Arms, was charged July 24 with robbery and aggravated assault.     Police said Mr. Huston approached a 24-year-old male outside the entrance of the 4500 building at the Windsor Regency Apartments from behind and pointed what appeared to be a handgun at the victim, demanding money. Police said the…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Sid Lee Viking Classic grows quickly

    Softball event increases by 16 teams in just its second year    The Second Annual Sid Lee Viking Softball Classic was held at Reichler Park over the past two weekends, and all indications are that the tournament is growing into one of Central Jersey’s most popular.    After holding a 20-team event in its inaugural year, the…

  • REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: Awaiting return of strawberry picking season

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    The soil of Hopewell Valley produced some tremendously good strawberries, thanks to all the rain plus all the sun with which we were blessed this spring and early summer. That weather was real news that you could wrap your health and palate around, even if Wolf Blitzer wasn’t on the…

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