• HIGHTSTOWN: Rams will be dunking for donations

    Dunk a favorite football player at the Hometown Harvest Fair. The Rams are suiting up to raise funds for the Rise Food Pantry, which provides provisions to over 500 local families each week. Bring a canned good or cash to the dunk tank at the fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct.…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: High school marching band to compete

    The Hightstown High School Marching Band will compete in Hopewell Valley Central High School’s first-ever USBands competition Oct. 17. The competition, titled “Music in Motion,” will be held from 3:30 to 9 p.m. at Ackerson Field. The lineup for the competition also includes Louis E. Dieruff, South Hunterdon Regional, Bordentown, Steinert, Robbinsville, Rahway, Nottingham, Northern…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Township firefighters join Tunnel to Towers tribute

    EAST WINDSOR: Township firefighters join Tunnel to Towers tribute

    With the tunnel closed to traffic after planes hit the World Trade Center, New York City firefighter Stephen Siller strapped on all of his gear and ran through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 — only to lose his life a short time later in his effort to rescue people from…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Help prevent fires

    East Windsor Vol. Fire Co. 2 is reminding all residents that Oct. 4-10 is Fire Prevention Week. Fire company members will be visiting schools in the township to talk to kids, typically, the catalyst for getting their parents’ attention. “We observe Fire Prevention Week for a reason,“ Acting Fire Chief Steve Genthe said, “It’s a…

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Shining a light on solar power in Jamesburg

    To the editor:  Recently, a 12-paragraph rambling manifesto appeared on the Jamesburg Democratic Social Club Facebook page highlighting Mayor Marlene Lowande’s position against clean, cost-saving solar energy implementation in the borough. In actuality, her position is not even so much about refuting the idea of solar power, which could save taxpayers and the borough…

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR: All the blame lies with Councilman Gibbons

    To the editor:  I would like to respond to Mr. Newton’s Sept. 16 letter, “Jamesburg spat results of a civic duty.“ Mr. Newton, coincidentally is a past one-term Republican councilman as well as a past chairman of the Republican Party. This clearly should shed light on Mr. Newton’s true motive. I feel compelled to…

  • STATE WE’RE IN: Don’t let ‘flawed’ pipeline process allow land condemnation

    By Michele Byers Eminent domain, or condemnation, is the power of the government to take private land for public purpose, even if the property owner objects. Needless to say, it’s a highly unpopular use of government authority. Nobody likes being forced to sell against their will even if fair compensation is paid. But did you…

  • WHAT’S GOING ON: Oct. 2, 2015

    Fri., Oct. 2  Cranbury Public Library will host Peru Summer Experience at 7 p.m. Join Princeton High School student Amir Moon for a look at his summer travels to Peru. Children’s Story Time starts at 1:30 p.m. in the Plumsted branch of the Ocean County Library System. This program features stories and a craft…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: EAST WINDSOR

    An employee of the Cranbury Manor Exxon on Route 130 reported that a male patron driving a silver Toyota was possibly intoxicated. The officer arrived and located the driver lying on the floor of the bathroom with vomit on his shirt. While speaking with the driver, the officer detected the odor of alcoholic beverage on…

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