• Fallout from the lack of a teachers’ contract

    Susan Carril, James Hockenberry, Frank Wiener, Princeton  To the editor: We Princetonians are justifiably proud of our schools and students. We find the current impasse between the teachers union and the school board regrettable. This letter does not examine the reasons why there is no contract but looks at one of its consequences. If…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Montgomery woman charged in Hillsborough bank robbery

    HILLSBOROUGH: Montgomery woman charged in Hillsborough bank robbery

    A Montgomery Township woman was arrested just over 90 minutes after she allegedly robbed a bank Wednesday, Dec. 10, on Route 206 in Hillsborough. Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey Soriano said Annette Contruso, 27, of Dunn Court, Montgomery Township, had been charged with first-degree armed robbery after taking money at about 8:42 a.m. from the Hillsborough…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: 2015 calendar awaits dog lovers

    LAMBERTVILLE: 2015 calendar awaits dog lovers

       Lambertville’s dog calendar is celebrating its 10th anniversary — once again celebrating a diverse mix of local pups and the dog-friendly community they call home.    Nearly six dozen pups posed for the 2015 calendar — boasting a variety of pedigrees, breeds, backgrounds and life stories — from malnutritioned rescues that survived despite challenging odds to…

  • CRANBURY: Family providing puppy love

    CRANBURY: Family providing puppy love

    CRANBURY — Canine Companions for Independence – a national non-profit organization that provides assistance dogs for children and adults with disabilities, is proud to announce that Cranbury, New Jersey residents Jennifer Petruso and family recently began raising an assistance dog in-training for Canine Companions for Independence, according to a press release. Puppy Peony is a…

  • PRINCETON: Tiger Inn members charged with school policy violations

    PRINCETON: Tiger Inn members charged with school policy violations

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Staff Writer Princeton University has charged several members of a private student eating club with violating the school’s sex discrimination and sexual misconduct policy. In October, a photo of an alleged sex act at the Tiger Inn was disseminated in an email to club members. Princeton police, having reviewed a copy of…

  • Vote against urban center on Scotch Road

    James Stacey Taylor, Pennington  To the editor: Hopewell Township is currently considering a plan to build an urban center on Scotch Road. This could have between 1,500 and 2,500 new residential units as well as big box retail units, smaller-scale retail units, manufacturing plants, packaging plants, assembly plants and new office complexes, among other…

  • No need for urban center

    Margaret Ulizio, Pennington  To the editor: The Hopewell Township Planning Board is proposing a new Master Plan that speaks about the development of the area of Scotch Road as if it were a blighted urban neighborhood in need of regeneration. At the end of the Master Plan, the board proposes the concept of an…

  • PHS PERSPECTIVE: Looking forward to holiday breaks spells danger

    By Priya Vulchi In a way, a large portion of the happiness I get out of the holidays comes while I’m anticipating them. Since students spend the majority of their time in school, playing sports or doing homework, holidays are so rare that most of the excitement surrounding them comes from waiting. In class, I…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: Dec. 11

        Lt. Christopher Kascik reported:     Daniel L. Gernhardt, 33, of Hopewell, was charged with drunken driving Nov. 27 at 12:30 a.m. in Hopewell Township.     Officer Alexis Mirra was on patrol on Route 29 and stopped Mr. Gernhardt for a motor vehicle violation. He also had a warrant for his arrest from Trenton.   …

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