Hightstown News

Robert Silverstein knows off the top of his head how many days it's been since his daughter Emily, a Gettysburg College student, was killed.

More New Jersey school districts are meeting the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind law, but Trenton and East Windsor remain on the list of those designated as "Districts in Need of Improvement." Some 39 New Jersey districts have that designation this year, down from 53 in 2008, according to data released yesterday by the state ...

A former Bridgewater-Raritan Regional High School art teacher was charged with exhibiting obscene material to a minor and child abuse after, police said, he showed a pornographic video to two Hightstown High School students and made sexually aggressive comments to them during the past four months.

The third annual PAWS Walk, to benefit the Animal Welfare Committee of Hightstown, drew 90 dogs and more than 100 dog walkers and other human companions to Association Park last month, despite trepidation about the potentially stormy weather.

At a hearing yesterday, Superior Court Judge Darlene Pereksta granted defense attorney Jerome Ballarotto's request for copies of the state's evidence against his client.

West Windsor Plainsboroa s Greyson Van Dyke pitches against Hightstown Post 148 in the bottom of the sixth inning of an American Legion baseball game played at Mercer County Park in West Windsor.

Hightstown Seniors Amanpreet Braich, Natasha Boye and Stephanie Bonilla reflect on their High School career prior to last night's graduation at Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton.

Three recent mirrors have sized us up as a society, and the image is not flattering.

There's something mysterious about Mike Flacco. An Audubon native and the younger brother of Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco, this 22-year-old missed two full years of athletic competition while fully recovering from a stress fracture in his back.

Ewing 2nd baseman Keith Dearden fires the ball over Hightstown runner Tom Koontz to complete the double play in the 3rd inning of Legion baseball action in Ewing.

Students from Ewing, Hightstown, Hopewell Valley Central, Lawrence, Princeton, Trenton, Robbinsville, Plainsboro and West Windsor schools have been accepted.

SPECIAL TO THE TIMES At this particular gathering, the talk might turn to backyard barbecues and photos of grandchildren, or it might go more along the lines of "squashlopes" and "drunken chickens." Each generation has its own frame of reference.

Broad St.'s Nick Archer makes the play at second base as Hightstown's #4 Josh Howell is out during third inning American Legion baseball action in Trenton.

Two of four Democratic council candidates are tied in Hightstown, something many borough officials have not seen before.

Hightstown pitcher #8 Edward Ras gets pulled off the bag raching for the throw and Bordentown's #7 Peter Pulhac is safe during 4th inning Legion baseball action, Bordentown.

Hightstown High School sophomores Monali Patel and Megan Krishnamurthy have qualified to participate in the Future Business Leaders of America National Leadership Conference held from June 25-28 in Anaheim, Calif.

As enrollment in one district elementary school continues to grow beyond capacity, district officials wonder if they should pull out a quick fix for next year or endure another year of too-big classes while they work out a more permanent solution.

Each year Americans pour 67 million pounds of pesticides onto our lawns. We generate 230 million tons of waste - approximately five pounds of trash or garbage per person per day.

The Peddie Schoola s #16 Gene Buckley keeps the ball away from Hunterdon Centrala s # 6 Brian Oa Connor in the second half of a lacrosse game played at Peddie in Hightstown.

Twins Joscelin and Jadira Villalba, 14, talk to Courtney Chibbaro of Sprarkling Pool Services in Hightstown during a teen job fair at Lawrence High School in Lawrence.