• WEST AMWELL: Yardley man charged with criminal mischief

    Police discovered that several businesses had been vandalized along Route 179    Hunterdon County Prosecutor Anthony P. Kearns III, Chief of Detectives John J. Kuczynski and West Amwell Township police Capt. Stephen Bartzak announced the arrest Tuesday of Brandon S. Wetzel, 20, of Yardley, Pennsylvania, on criminal mischief and theft charges.    On April 17, a West…

  • Rutgers Aresty Chemistry Scholars Program Provides Undergraduate Students Early Research Experience

    Rutgers Aresty Chemistry Scholars Program Provides Undergraduate Students Early Research Experience

    By Yankee Public Relations Alicja Cygan of Belle Mead is one of manyRutgers University Chemistry undergraduate students who are getting hands on experience with research earlier in their academic careers through a pilot program funded by the Aresty Research Center. A 21-year-old senior graduating in May, Cygan has been working in a lab that focuses…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Borough man gets 17.5 years on porn charge

    By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor TRENTON — A Hightstown man will spend the next 17 and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to producing child pornography, according to officials.    According to an U. S. Attorney’s Office press release Tuesday, Fredy Arbito, 31, of Hightstown, was sentenced to 210 months in prison after…

  • HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Residents cite library tax fears

    Meeting held to gauge public response to new building By John Tredrea, Special Writer    Concern about tax impact was the dominant theme of public comment Monday night during a Hopewell Borough meeting on a proposal to buy a building for a new library in town.    ”My property taxes have gone up 65 percent in 10…

  • MANVILLE: ‘Oz’ to make musical stop

    MANVILLE: ‘Oz’ to make musical stop

    Mary Ellen Day Members of the cast of Christ the King School’s production of the musical ‘Oz,’ include, from left, Rosie Burns, Katie Shubiak, Samantha Snell, Becky Rezac and Jackie Velona.  Photo by Mary Ellen Day

  • CRANBURY: Foundation holds event for new library funding

    CRANBURY: Foundation holds event for new library funding

    Submitted photo. Florist Patty Kraws makes a basket for the Cranbury Public Library Foundation.

  • Unity Bank Supports Opening of Flemington’s First Jersey Mike’s

    Unity Bank Supports Opening of Flemington’s First Jersey Mike’s

    Pictured (from left) at a reception launching the first Jersey Mike’s in Flemington are Unity Bank Vice President/Commercial Loan Officer Paul Kapp, Jill and Kevin Stiffler and Unity Bank Vice President/SBA Business Development Executive Debbie Godt.

  • Unity Bank Supports Opening of Flemington’s First Jersey Mike’s

    Unity Bank Supports Opening of Flemington’s First Jersey Mike’s

    By Yankee Public Relations Unity Bank has provided a Small Business Administration (SBA) loan to JM Track, LLC to fund the opening today of a Jersey Mike’s Subs restaurant at the Flemington Circle Shopping Center, 75 Reaville Ave. The business is owned and operated by Jill and Kevin Stiffler, Raritan Township residents. Pictured (from left)…

  • GUEST OPINION: What my town does best — save land

    By Grant Brazer Editor’s note: This is an essay written by Hillsborough student Grant Brazer to accompany his application for a Future Municipal Leaders Scholarship partially co-sponsored by the local government. All writers were assigned the topic, “What My Municipal Government Does Best.”    “In wilderness is the preservation of the world.”— Henry David Thoreau. After…

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