• PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter

    Princeton Kareem Boswell, 30, of Trenton, arrested on a Princeton warrant for $114 after she was stopped on Mercer Street on Aug. 20 at 8:38 a.m. A man on John Street reported on Aug. 20 at 7:28 a.m. that a person had entered his 2002 Ford Taurus, which was parked in his driveway, during the…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Officials to modify bus plan for private school students

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor School district administrators were to meet yesterday, Wednesday, with their private school counterparts and a transportation contractor to try to tweak a plan that will provide busing to about 108 Hillsborough children who attend Catholic schools in the Somerville area. The Hillsborough school district has said it can provide private-school…

  • HAMILTON OBSERVER: WRITE TO US

    We want your letters. They should not exceed 500 words and need to be accompanied by the writer’s address and daytime telephone number — information used only for confirmation and not published. Letters should be emailed to: [email protected] Letters published on this page are also posted at hamiltonobserver.com under Opinions, where others are welcome to…

  • SPRINGFIELD: Pulling out all the stops

    SPRINGFIELD: Pulling out all the stops

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor    Smoke billowed out of exhaust pipes and dust flew as tractors tried to tow an increasingly weighted sled down a dirt runway at the Burlington County Fairgrounds Saturday afternoon.    Garden tractors popped wheelies as their drivers tried to eke out a few more inches in hopes of winning a…

  • College sports wrap-up

    By Josh Lashley, Special Writer    Let’s take a glance at local student-athletes who competed in collegiate sports this past spring season. This is the fourth installation in the series.    Kim Murl from Nottingham High School was a senior right-handed pitcher for the West Chester University (Pennsylvania) softball program this spring. Murl posted a record…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Mayor hears concerns

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Mayor hears concerns

    Staff photo by Charles W. Kim. Township Planner Brian Bidlack explains the possible development of the Princeton Nurseries’ property to about 20 residents in Kingston Wednesday night.

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Firefighters battle warehouse blaze

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Firefighters battle warehouse blaze

    Submitted photo. Local firefighters were on the scene of a two-alarm ware´house fire Saturday.

  • CALENDAR

    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. 609-333- 1230. Mondays    Free Memoir Writing Classes. All welcome. Every Monday 1:30 –4 p.m., Main floor…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Shop Hillsborough cards available

    "We have taken another step forward in the Shop Hillsborough Program," Mayor Doug Tomson announced at a recent Township Committee meeting. "The Shop Hillsborough cards have been received, and we are getting ready for the mid-September launch," he said. To date, 30 businesses have enrolled in the Shop Hillsborough Program as participating merchants. They are…

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