• HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Two-car crash on Route 31 takes one driver’s life, seriously injures the other

    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Two-car crash on Route 31 takes one driver’s life, seriously injures the other

    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP — A two-car collision on Route 31 resulted in the death of one driver and serious injuries for the other on July 16. Police responded to the crash scene at 6:05 p.m. to find that a Honda Accord, driven by 76-year-old Harry Foster of Ewing, and a Volvo S60, driven by 63-year-old Elaine…

  • Worldly Sounds: Second Sky is bringing the music to Grounds For Sculpture

    Worldly Sounds: Second Sky is bringing the music to Grounds For Sculpture

    By Keith Loria    Musicians Billy Medina, Wes Dilorio and Bill Lascek-Speakman met while students at Millersville University in Pennsylvania, drawn together by a common love of world music.    ”We were friends and played music together and just came together as a band in 2006,” Mr. Lascek-Speakman says. “We started working with Rhythm and Culture Music…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Class assignments will be available in August

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Class assignments will be available in August

    By Deb Dawson, Special Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The July 20 Board of Education meeting was a quick one. In his report to the board, Superintendent Gerard Jellig said elementary school parents will receive an email advising them of the student’s elementary placement during the week of Aug. 17. In early August a letter will…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Undercover investigation seizes 212 grams of cocaine

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Two Hillsborough Township men were among five charged in relation to an undercover investigation that resulted in a seizure of 212 grams of cocaine with a street value of $21,200, police said. Charged with four offenses, including distributing cocaine, was Jose Contreras, 19, of Route 206, Hillsborough. Charged with possession…

  • PRINCETON: School buys more land on Alexander

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Princeton University continues to amass property on Alexander Street toward eventually redeveloping the area. The Larini’s Service Center at the corner of Faculty Road is the latest acquisition. Kristin S. Appelget, the university’s director of community and regional affairs, said Monday the purchase was made Friday for an amount…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Army reservist comes home, heads straight to YMCA to see kids

    HILLSBOROUGH: Army reservist comes home, heads straight to YMCA to see kids

    By Bev McCarron, Somerset County YMCA Sgt. James Abood and his son, Josh, 5, reunite after seven months.  Sgt. James Abood and daughter Allison, 1.  Sgt. James Abood, wife Ilyssa, daughter Allison, son Josh reunite Friday at the Hillsborough YMCA Early Childhood Education Center.   Since Army Sgt. James Abood of Hillsborough…

  • PRINCETON: Nail salons, beauty parlors may face regulation

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Princeton is exploring creating new municipal regulations to protect workers and customers of nail salons, barber shops and beauty parlors in town. Municipal health officer Jeffrey Grosser said Wednesday that he is researching the issue to determine how many such businesses exist in town and how many complaints they…

  • SOMERSET COUNTY: Police looking for missing Green Brook boy

    SOMERSET COUNTY: Police looking for missing Green Brook boy

    Law enforcement is looking for 8-year-old missing Everett Streko, of Green Brook, and trying to locate his missing parents as well. The parents, Michael and Amy Streko, are in violation of a court order and are wanted for child interference, police said. The boy is described as 4 foot tall, weighing about 60 pounds, with…

  • PRINCETON: Princeton Day School updating Middle School classrooms

    PRINCETON: Princeton Day School updating Middle School classrooms

    It may be summer, but the campus of Princeton Day School is in constant motion with significant renovations and upgrades currently taking place in many of the Middle School classrooms and library. On the technology front, Jon Ostendorf, chief information officer of the K-12 independent school, reports that, “In the Middle School classrooms and in…

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