• CRANBURY: Pet licensing fees likely to increase

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor Dogs and cats, even indoor felines, must be licensed with the town or pet owners will receive fines and eventually a mandatory court appearance. The township plans to increase its fine $3 for unlicensed cats and dogs as per an amended ordinance introduced in a 5-0 vote at Monday night’s…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: A new vision for the lakefront

    HIGHTSTOWN: A new vision for the lakefront

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor There’s a movement to make Hightstown a lakefront community, with the addition of buildings for residences, restaurants and retail businesses where the parking lots currently exist near Peddie Lake. The Borough Council and Planning Board held a special joint meeting Wednesday to discuss the “Vision Plan for Downtown and Lakeside…

  • PRINCETON: Dargen steps up for Raiders

    By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor Shannon Dargan is making the most of her first chance to start for the Hun School field hockey team. The senior goalie made 14 saves to help the Raiders improve to 5-1-1 with a 3-2 win over Stuart Country Day on Tuesday. “There was more pressure toward the end…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Home renovation tax exemptions mulled

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer The Planning Board has recommended the Borough Council amend its tax exemption regulations to benefit homeowners who rehabilitate their homes. The New Jersey “Five-Year Exemption and Abatement Law” permits municipalities to adopt an ordinance to grant, for periods of five years, exemptions from taxation relating to the construction and/or rehabilitation…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Food Truck Farm Fest postponed to Nov. 7

    EAST WINDSOR: Food Truck Farm Fest postponed to Nov. 7

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor The Food Truck Farm Fest at the Tri-County Cooperative Auction Market has been postponed due to local officials’ concerns with possible inclement weather. Locals won’t be able to explore culinary creativity and craft brews while supporting the Wounded Warriors Project until the rain date — Nov. 7. Pompier Catering and…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: A-frame signs will have to meet new standards

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer The Planning Board has recommended the Borough Council lift the moratorium on downtown business owners using portable A-frame signs to advertise. “We will discuss this and come up with something for the business folks tonight so we’re not shutting them out,” Planning Board Chairman Fred Montferrat said at the board’s…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Havione to expand East Windsor facility

    Hovione, a pharmaceutical company, will be undertaking a major expansion of its East Windsor facility. The company, which has its headquarters in Portugal, will add an additional 30,600 square feet to its existing 24,000-square-foot facility located at 40 Lake Drive. The expansion will provide for the addition of a new commercial spray dryer unit designed…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: High school students place sixth in the nation at FBLA event

    HIGHTSTOWN: High school students place sixth in the nation at FBLA event

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor High school seniors Jay Vaingankar and Mehdi Hussaini placed sixth in the nation in the competitive event “Entrepreneurship” at the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) National Leadership Conference held earlier this year. They participated in the FBLA regional competition last January and advanced to the FBLA state competition in…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Orientation ends with two students winning free burritos

    HIGHTSTOWN: Orientation ends with two students winning free burritos

    Two Hightstown High School freshmen won free burritos each week for a year. During the freshman orientation culminating activity on Sept. 28, there was a presentation of two “Free Burrito Each Week for a Year” certificates from Moe’s Southwest Grille. Bud Patel, owner of the Moe’s restaurants in East Windsor, Hamilton, and Somerset, presented the…

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