• HILLSBOROUGH: Hillsborough Dukes names their Muller scholar standouts

    HILLSBOROUGH: Hillsborough Dukes names their Muller scholar standouts

    Hillsborough High School seniors Courtney Scrivanich and Scot Levonaitis were honored at the Senior Scholar Awards Program on June 4 for demonstrated leadership and volunteerism to the Pop Warner Hillsborough Dukes football and cheer community over the last four years. Each were awarded a monetary scholarship, the Nick Muller Award, for demonstrating qualities necessary to…

  • HILLSBOROUGH/MANVILLE: Library expands museum pass program

    The Somerset County Library System has expanded its Museum Pass Program to include 10 museums and one zoo. “Our Museum Pass Program has been incredibly successful,” said Samantha Gale, system programming coordinator. “Due to its popularity, we made the decision to expand the program to include 11 cultural attractions, including museums, botanical gardens, sculpture parks…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Man suffers second-degree burns trying to put out fire in his home

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR – A paper towel that came into contact with an electric hot plate used for cooking was the cause of a fire at a Washington Road home Saturday afternoon that sent a 64-year-old occupant of the house to the Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro with burns, according…

  • PRINCETON: Suveillance tapes made public lead to arrest of two charged with shoplifting

    PRINCETON: Suveillance tapes made public lead to arrest of two charged with shoplifting

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer The Princeton Police Department’s decision to release Smith’s Ace Hardware store surveillance camera tapes to the media led to the arrest of two people who stole items from the business at the Princeton Shopping Center, according to police. Anthony Greco, 27, of Hopewell, was charged with shoplifting for taking a…

  • PRINCETON: Tax Court decision could have profound impact on university property tax status

    Roger Martindell, Princeton A June 26 New Jersey Tax Court decision has profound implications in the pending legal challenge to Princeton University’s property tax status brought by four local taxpayers. The Tax Court decision held that Morristown Memorial Hospital is not qualified for blanket property tax exempt status because it treats many of its facilities…

  • ALS patients join forces to battle the disease on several fronts

    ALS patients join forces to battle the disease on several fronts

    What do these young people have in common: Jason Smith, Doylestown native; Matt Bellina, Navy pilot from Holland, Pennsylvania; Beth Hebron, paralegal from New Jersey; Peter Frates, baseball star from Boston; Pat Quinn, athlete from Yonkers; Steve Gleason, New Orleans Saints NFL star; Corey Reich, college student from San Francisco, Sarah Cognaliese, New York Times…

  • The Gambler in AC: Kenny Rogers at Caesars

    The Gambler in AC: Kenny Rogers at Caesars

    By Mike Morsch    In 1968, Kenny Rogers and the First Edition had a Top 5 single with the song “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In),” a song that captured the psychedelic era epitomized in the late 1960s.    That was 47 years ago.    If one asks Mr. Rogers today what condition…

  • Ready to Rock Mercer County Park: Tween sensation R5 promises to entertain music lovers of all ages

    Ready to Rock Mercer County Park: Tween sensation R5 promises to entertain music lovers of all ages

    By Keith Loria    The forecast for July 18 calls for plenty of screams as one of the tween-set’s hottest bands, R5, will be heading to the Mercer County Park Festival Grounds in support of its new album, Sometime Last Night.    Not that one needs to be a teenage girl to enjoy the band’s music. In…

  • PRINCETON: Waiters’ race serves up a full menu of thrills and spills (with multiple photos)

    PRINCETON: Waiters’ race serves up a full menu of thrills and spills (with multiple photos)

    By Maddy Anand, Packet Media Group Waiters and waitresses faced off Thursday, July 9, in the Princeton Merchants Association’s 5th Annual Waiters’ Race for cash and prizes. The course ran through the Princeton Shopping Center and had many surprising twists and turns. Although many thought the course was easier than the previous year’s at Palmer…

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