• HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Police Blotter

    Hopewell Township police Lt. Christopher Kascik reported: — On Dec. 12 at 10 a.m., Detective Michael Sherman charged a 17-year-old boy, from Pennington, with the theft of an iPad from the Hopewell Valley Central High School. The investigation began weeks earlier when the stolen iPad was sold on eBay to another individual. During the investigation,…

  • ALLENTOWN: Scheuerman eyes pro career after fantastic finish

    ALLENTOWN: Scheuerman eyes pro career after fantastic finish

    Allentown High School graduate Ross Scheuerman capped off his career at Lafayette College by rushing for 304 yards and three touchdowns against Lehigh at Yankee Stadium. Photo courtesy of Lafayette College

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Locals send wishes to Pakistani victims

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Locals send wishes to Pakistani victims

    By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor One township resident is trying to spread goodwill to the families and victims of the Peshwar, Pakistan terrorist attacks that left almost 150 people, mostly school children, dead last month. "It is a good way to give back to the people that are facing this hardship," Azra Baig, 42,…

  • HAMILTON: New Hilton hotel opens

    HAMILTON: New Hilton hotel opens

    The new Homewood Suites by Hilton Hamilton opened this week. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe

  • JAMESBURG: Santa makes big entrance

    JAMESBURG: Santa makes big entrance

    Amy Batista photo. Santa comes into Jamesburg via locomotive on Saturday.

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Accessible playground effort gets $5K from children’s charity

    HOPEWELL VALLEY: Accessible playground effort gets $5K from children’s charity

    Local children ’s charity, Christine’s Hope for Kids, has donated $5,000 to the Hopewell Valley Special Education PTO to assist in its efforts to make two of the district’s elementary school playgrounds universally accessible. The fund drive now underway seeks to raise $135,000 to install smooth, flexible rubberized surfaces under and around play equipment so…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: New restaurant expected to open soon

    HIGHTSTOWN: New restaurant expected to open soon

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer HIGHTSTOWN — A new restaurant is scheduled to open its doors in the downtown, historic district the beginning of the New Year. "Construction is underway and we are on target to open at the end of January or the beginning of February depending on when we get our stamps of…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: The epic journey

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: The epic journey

    Author creates fantasy Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor Retired schoolteacher and now published author Jean Dvorak feels a bit like the main character of her seven fantasy novels, Jamus, going down an unknown road, almost kicking and screaming, to find their destinies. The epic quest started in 1984 when Ms. Dvorak, 65, was teaching English…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: New restaurant expected to open soon

    HIGHTSTOWN: New restaurant expected to open soon

    Submitted photo. Work continues to open the 12 Farms Restaurant later this month or next.

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