$2.3M fed grant brings social services into Trenton school
The five-year grant will help the recipient Mercer Street Friends make Rivera Middle School a full-service community school TRENTON -- Trenton's Rivera Middle School will soon become a place that goes...
View ArticleHundreds coming to Princeton Univ's Campus for hackathon event
Princeton University is hosting another hackathon event this weekend, featuring speakers, tech-workshops and over 600 more students on campus PRINCETON - Hundreds of students will flood Princeton...
View ArticleHamilton and Robbinsville police blotter for Nov. 2-9
Hamilton and Robbinsville police blotter for Nov. 2-9 HAMILTON Nov. 2 Criminal Mischief - 2800 block Nottingham Way Graffiti - 2200 block Kuser Rd. Burglary/Auto - West Baylor Drive Robbery - 1500...
View ArticleN.J. man hits woman crossing street in Ewing
Fiore Corcione stopped to check on the woman, who refused medical treatment and police involvement EWING - An Eatontown man was charged with careless driving Tuesday night after hitting a woman who...
View ArticleMt. Holly man attacked and robbed in Trenton park
The 22-year-old man told police he was walking on the 800 block of Lyndale Avenue around 9:30 p.m. when three unknown men knocked him to the ground File photo of a Trenton Police vehicle (Michael...
View ArticleTrenton man attacked, robbed by 3 women
Kiera H. Murchison, 18, and Moshonda Williams, 22, were arrested and charged Tuesday with the robbery of a 22-year-old Trenton man on the 300 block of Montgomery Street. TRENTON - Two Trenton women...
View ArticlePolice academy graduates 18 corrections officers
17 of the officers work for the Middlesex County corrections department and one works for the Mercer County corrections department. NJ Advance Media File Photo WEST WINDSOR -- Eighteen corrections...
View ArticleNaked Pizza closes as local eateries thrive in Princeton
Naked Pizza on Nassau Street is the latest chain restaurant to close in Princeton this year. PRINCETON - The "Open" sign is dark and the chairs inside are turned upside down at the site of what once...
View ArticleRU prez decries 'childish' behavior after Princeton cannon is painted red
Though no suspect has been identified, Rutgers students have been painting the cannon red for decades as part a despite over where it belongs, according to campus legend. PRINCETON -- Rutgers...
View ArticleMarine who fell at Battle of Princeton honored on Veterans Day
William Shippen was the first U.S. Marine to die in a land battle, the Princeton Battlefield Society said. PRINCETON -- Nearly 239 years after Gen. George Washington led the Continental Army over...
View ArticleCity of Angels starts recovery program for veterans
Hamilton's City of Angels drug-recovery nonprofit brought back a program specifically for veterans. HAMILTON - City of Angels has resumed a substance-abuse and post-traumatic stress disorder recovery...
View ArticleYaede thanks voters & veterans | Letters
Today's letters: Hamilton Mayor Kelly Yaede thanks voters & veterans I would like to thank the voters in Hamilton Township for reelecting me as your Mayor. I am deeply honored and humbled to have...
View ArticleCouple sues Cheesecake Factory waiter for knocking their chair
A Bordentown couple says a waiter at the Quaker Bridge Mall Cheesecake Factory knocked one of them off their chair at the bar. LAWRENCEVILLE - Two Bordentown residents are suing The Cheesecake Factory...
View ArticleSee the photos of how Princeton's tiger, cannon were spray painted red
In a message sent to Princeton on Wednesday, Rutgers president Robert Barchi called the vandalism childish and said Rutgers would be "deeply embarrassed and diminished" if the graffiti was the work of...
View ArticleMorning 5-car pileup in Princeton caused by teen driver
The teen was driving a 2003 Honda Accord south on Bayard Lane just south of Boudinot Street around 7:30 a.m. when he crossed the center lines PRINCETON - A teen driver crossed over a two-lane road...
View ArticleMan slashes teen across face in Trenton house
Thomas J. Wooden, 52, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and weapons offenses when he slashed the teen around 5 a.m. Thursday TRENTON - A 16-year-old boy was slashed across the face with...
View ArticleTrenton woman charged with assault in bleach attack
Conisha Chambers, 41, was arguing with her boyfriend in a house on the first block of Powers Street around 11:15 a.m. Wednesday TRENTON - A Trenton woman was arrested and charged with assault and...
View ArticlePrinceton student charged with criminal sexual contact in dorm incident
A Princeton University student was charged with criminal sexual conduct and burglary. PRINCETON - A Princeton University student was charged this week with getting into a female student's bed while...
View ArticleSmall colleges must carefully change to survive | Editorial
Around New Jersey, and the nation, these colleges have dwindling income and that puts them at risk of becoming less competitive with bigger and better endowed private universities such as Princeton....
View ArticleCollege football player to donate life-saving bone marrow to 9-year-old
Matt Popek signed up in the spring when the football team hosted a bone marrow registry drive on campus EWING -- College of New Jersey running back Matt Popek is about to make his biggest play yet --...
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