• HIGHTSTOWN: Students Tong, Zhang named Merit semifinalists

       A Hightstown High School senior is among the 16,000 semifinalists nationwide in the 2014 National Merit Scholarship program.    Daniel Cohen will compete for some 8,000 National Merit Scholarships worth about $35 million that will be offered next spring.    About 90 percent of semifinalists attain finalist standing, and more than half will win a National Merit…

  • REGION: Local fire departments aided Seaside blaze battle

    REGION: Local fire departments aided Seaside blaze battle

    Amy Batista photos. Left, a firefighter battles the massive blaze in Seaside Park Sept. 12. Above, the charred remains of the boardwalk and the crowd of onlookers checking out the devastation Saturday.

  • REGIONAL: CASA seeks volunteer advocates in Burlington

       Court Appointed Special Advocates is seeking volunteers in Burlington County.    CASA is a nonprofit organization committed to speaking up in court for the best interests of children who have been removed from their homes because of abuse or neglect. These children live in foster homes, group homes or residential facilities.    CASA trains community volunteers who…

  • PRINCETON: Board continues proposed project on Nassau Street

    The old Davidson’s Grocery on Nassau Street would be turned into a mixed-use building with a bank and residential units, based on a proposal that went before the Princeton Zoning Board Wednesd By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    The old Davidson’s Grocery on Nassau Street would be turned into a mixed-use building with a bank…

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  • CRANBURY: GUEST OPINION

    Vote ‘no’ on minimum wage question By Thomas A. Bracken, Montgomery Township If New Jersey is going to solve its fiscal problems, we need to expand our private business sector.    Happily, for the past three years, we have seen positive strides in our business community in the form of job growth — thanks to smart…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Prince Street will be closed for roadwork

       Roadwork has started on Prince Street.    A .4-mile portion of Prince Street (County Route 662) will be resurfaced, according to Burlington County Freeholder Director Joe Donnelly, who announced the new road-resurfacing project began on Sept. 16.    Prince Street will be closed to all traffic except school buses and emergency vehicles during the work. Motorists…

  • HAMILTON: Township mayoral candidates make their case

    HAMILTON: Township mayoral candidates make their case

    Mayoral hopefuls made their pitch to local business leaders at a meet-the-candidates event Tuesday afternoon by James McEvoy, Managing Editor HAMILTON — Mayoral hopefuls made their pitch to local business leaders at a meet-the-candidates event Tuesday afternoon.    The candidates outlined their thoughts primarily on fiscal issues while trading occasional barbs at the event, sponsored by…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Town to raze Borough Hall

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    The Borough Council moved forward Monday with an architect’s proposal to build a new Borough Hall.    Borough Hall was flooded more than two years ago during Hurricane Irene. For the past six weeks, council members were trying to decide whether to knock part or all of the current building…

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