• PRINCETON: Collaboration of merchants and town show importance of action on single-use bags

    The Bag Ordinance Group Over the past year, many residents have discussed this topic at length, especially after the bag fee referendum question on the November ballot passed overwhelmingly in Princeton. The local papers have recently been writing stories about the importance of reducing single-use bags in our community, in response to the announcement by…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Two-car crash injures drivers from Titusville and Hillsborough

    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Two-car crash injures drivers from Titusville and Hillsborough

    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP — Two people were injured in a two-car crash Thursday, Aug. 6, at 5:58 p.m. that closed Route 579 south of Route 546 for approximately two hours. Hopewell Township Police reported that a Ford Taurus driven by John Lehet, 79, of Titusville, was traveling southbound on Route 579 when for an unknown reason,…

  • PRINCETON: New Jersey’s Homeland Security director encourages public vigilance against terrorism

    PRINCETON: New Jersey’s Homeland Security director encourages public vigilance against terrorism

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer The head of New Jersey’s office of Homeland Security told area business leaders on Thursday that the state is a target for terrorism at a time when would-be terrorists are getting younger and the public increasingly is the first line of defense. In a speech to the Princeton Regional…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Purple Heart veterans honored

    HILLSBOROUGH: Purple Heart veterans honored

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Veterans tend to have selective memories when asked about their military service. Either they will be vague and elusive, or they’ll be willing to tell you every detail. So it was Thursday night (Aug. 6) at Hillsborough’s ceremony honoring the Military Order of the Purple Heart recipients on the eve…

  • SOMERSET COUNTY: 4-H Fair showcases animals, skills 

    SOMERSET COUNTY: 4-H Fair showcases animals, skills 

    The Somerset County 4-H Fair runs Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Aug. 12 to 14, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at North Branch Park, 355 Milltown Road, Bridgewater, located between routes 22 and 202. Since 1948, thousands of visitors have enjoyed the 4-H Fair. The fair has grown and changed, but there are still no…

  • Keeping Princeton’s streets safe

    Keeping Princeton’s streets safe

    By Keith Loria    Growing up in Princeton, John Bailey learned early in life the importance of community and helping others, and found a strong mentor in Pete Young Sr. And that’s what led him to starting the Joint Effort-Princeton Pete Young Sr. Memorial Safe Streets Weekend nearly 10 years ago.    ”He was a businessman, role…

  • PRINCETON: Driver injured after car strikes Bank of America building

    PRINCETON: Driver injured after car strikes Bank of America building

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer An 82-year-old Princeton woman was injured when the 2012 Honda Fit she was driving struck a concrete post and then the side of the Bank of America building at 370 Nassau Street shortly before 6 p.m. Monday. Idaherma Williams, 82, of Coppermine Road, had stopped her car at the Bank…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: School administrators given 1%-4% raises 

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor The school board rehired its business administrator and only assistant superintendent July 27. Lisa Antunes was continued as assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction for her 11th year with a 2.0 percent raise that will bring her salary to $174,420. She’ll receive a $3,000 contribution to medical and pension plans,…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Jensen’s latest step leads to pro baseball

    WEST WINDSOR: Jensen’s latest step leads to pro baseball

    By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor It took just a little longer than he expected to start, but Joe Jensen is just where he expected to be following graduation from Hamilton College. The former three-sport standout at Hamilton, and a West Windsor-Plainsboro North graduate, signed a professional baseball contract with the Southern Illinois Miners of…

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