• PLAINSBORO: Suspect arrested in alleged armed robbery of liquor store

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Staff Writer     PLAINSBORO — Police have arrested a suspect in the alleged armed robbery of The Wine Valley Liquor Store in the Princeton Meadows Shopping Center on Dec. 24.     With the help of the Maryland State Police, Clifton J. Register, 30, of Hunters Glen Drive in Plainsboro, was apprehended on…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Parker, Boyle lead BOE

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Parker, Boyle lead BOE

    Business Administrator Anthony Tonzini, left, administers the Oath of Office to the three returning board members, Patrick DelPiano, Arthur Robinson and Deven Patel.

  • COLUMBUS CORNER: Jan. 8, 2015

       The Mansfield Township Committee meetings are held the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month in the municipal building at 7:30 p.m.    The Mansfield Township Economic Development Committee meets the third Wednesday of the month in the municipal building at 7:30 p.m.    The Mansfield Township Planning Board meets the first Monday of the month in…

  • SPORTS: UF-Allentown U18 crowned champions

    SPORTS: UF-Allentown U18 crowned champions

    Members of the Upper Freehold-Allentown Strikers U-18 championship travel soccer team. 

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Teen donates hair for children’s wigs

    HIGHTSTOWN: Teen donates hair for children’s wigs

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer HIGHTSTOWN — A local teen is letting them take a bit more than “a little off the top” in order to donate hair for Wigs for Kids. “About six months ago, I was at the hair salon and told my stylist of my intention (to donate hair),” said Elizabeth Lanphear,…

  • CRANBURY: Taylor named new mayor

    CRANBURY: Taylor named new mayor

    Committee re-organizes for new year By Nicole M. Wells, Special Writer CRANBURY — Following on the heels of previous Mayor Susan Goetz won’t be easy, but newly selected Mayor Jay Taylor wants you to know that he’s going to try. “I guess the number one thing is just not to screw up too badly,” Mayor…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Blaze displaces a dozen

    HIGHTSTOWN: Blaze displaces a dozen

    Man locked in basement rescued By Amy Batista, Special Writer HIGHTSTOWN — Firefighters battled a two-alarm blaze in a single-family home leaving a dozen residents displaced and one victim being treated at a hospital for burns, according to officials. “We got toned out for a working structure fire,” said Hightstown Engine Co. No. 1 Chief…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: SBPA hosting new workshop

        The South Brunswick Parent Academy begins 2015 with two new workshops: Persistence, Perseverance and Grit: Learning to Tolerate Discomfort presented by Mr. George Scott was scheduled for last night and Marriage & Family Therapist and Self Regulated Learners: Developing Lifelong Learning Skills for Success, scheduled for Jan. 22.     During the Self Regulated Learners:…

  • Loose Ends: Consolidation is Working

    Those who predicted doom and gloom two years ago were wrong By Pam Hersh    Jan. 1, 2015 marked a big anniversary of the apocalypse — not.    It was the 15th anniversary of Y2K, the predicted computer-generated end of the world that never happened. At the stroke of midnight on Jan. 1, 2000, analysts speculated that…

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