• LAWRENCE: LHS grad now serving aboard USS New Orleans

        Allen Frey, a member of the Lawrence High School Class of 2009, is serving aboard the USS New Orleans, one of the U.S. Navy’s newest and most advanced amphibious ships.     Petty Officer 2nd Class Frey is an electrician’s mate aboard the San Diego-based San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship. It is designed to…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Family will ‘give back’ to hospital

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    The Applegate family is hosting its first Easter collection give-back event to “give the children a smile on their faces.”    ”We try to do an event a couple times a year,” said mom Dawn Applegate in an email. “Our big event is the Christmas drive.    The collection began March…

  • CALENDAR: April 2, 2015

    Wednesdays    Free acoustic open mic night and poetry at Star Subs and Café in the Buckley Plaza 621 Route 130, Hamilton, will be hosted Wednesdays at 7 p.m. by American Idol contestant Bri Lobue.Audience and musicians are welcome. Call 609-333- 1230. First Sunday of the month    Sons of the American Legion Squadron 455 monthly all-you-can-eat…

  • PRINCETON: A Miss America that never gave up

    PRINCETON: A Miss America that never gave up

    Phil McAuliffe Miss America 2014 Nina Davuluri urged students to never give up the pursuit of their goals during an appearance Tuesday, March 31, at Princeton University. (Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe)

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Local man, 65, charged with DWI

    Leslie Carter, 65, of Hillsborough was arrested and charged with driving under the influence after his vehicle was stopped by police on Route 206 on March 15. Police said his blood alcohol content was found to be 0.10 percent. He was also charged with failure to stay in his lane. After processing, he was released…

  • LAWRENCE: Students excel at Rider Model Congress

        With a gavel comes responsibility, and Lawrence High School senior Mariefred Evans accepted it as Senate President at the New Jersey Model Congress at Rider University that was held March 19-20.     Ms. Evans, who was chosen for the Senate President seat by a panel of judges from among 75 competitors, was among the…

  • PRINCETON: A Miss America that never gave up

    PRINCETON: A Miss America that never gave up

    Nina Davuluri urges students to continue to pursue their goals, even if they initially fail By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Miss America 2014 Nina Davuluri on Tuesday urged Princeton University students to pursue their goals even if they fail initially to reach them. “There’s so many things that the first time you do it,…

  • CRANBURY: Committee adopts $10.7M budget

    By Nicole M. Wells, Special Writer CRANBURY — By a unanimous vote, the Township Committee adopted a $10.7 million budget for 2015 at its meeting Monday night, following a budget presentation and public comment. Of the total amount, $6,950,012 is the amount to be raised by taxation, according to the document. “As we went into…

  • REGION: Environmental groups want Tetra Tech investigated

    In a March 24 letter, a coalition of environmental organizations, including Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, New Jersey Chapter of the Sierra Club and New Jersey Conservation Foundation, asked Gregory H. Friedman — the inspector general at the Department of Energy (which includes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) — to investigate the retention of Tetra Tech…

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