Author: Central Jersey
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STATE WE’RE IN: Monarch butterflies, fall’s ultra-marathoners
By Michele Byers As they alight on seaside goldenrod flowers or roost in Eastern red cedars, monarch butterflies are unmistakable with their brilliant orange and black patterned wings. Although their flight may seem meandering and subject to the vagaries of wind, monarchs are on an instinct-driven mission right now. These “ultra-marathoners” migrate more than 2,000…
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WHAT’S GOING ON: Oct. 9, 2015
Sat., Oct. 10 Dunk a Ram at the Hightstown Harvest Fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Hightstown High School football players are suiting up to raise funds for the Rise Food Pantry, which provides provisions to over 500 local families each week. Throws cost one can of nonperishable food or $1…
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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Barn damaged in Tuesday night fire
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP — A three-story barn suffered extensive damage in a Tuesday night fire, police reported. The Police Department, along with the Pennington Fire Company, responded to a Pennington Titusville Road address on report of a barn fire at 11:09 p.m. Chief James DeForte of the Pennington Fire Company arrived on location and observed…
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HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Officials may mull ways to cut truck traffic noise
By Frank Mustac, Special Writer HOPEWELL BOROUGH — Noise from quarry dump trucks rolling down roads like Princeton Avenue and Broad Street are making at least one borough resident wake up weekday mornings much earlier than he’d like. Mark Peters, who lives on Princeton Avenue, spoke before the Hopewell Borough Council on Monday, asking whether…
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HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Officials move ahead with redevelopment process
By Frank Mustac, Special Writer HOPEWELL BOROUGH — Officials voted to continue the process of classifying some of the commercial and residential properties near the borough’s historic old railroad station as areas in need of redevelopment. The Borough Council on Monday amended a resolution originally passed in early August authorizing and directing the Planning Board…
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HOPEWELL SCHOOL DISTRICT: Spanish exchange students coming to Hopewell for Halloween and more
By Frank Mustac Special Writer A Spanish-language student exchange program at Hopewell Valley Central High School will be celebrating a 10th anniversary when 20 students and three teachers from Murcia, Spain, will arrive in the United States on Saturday, Oct. 24. This will be the sixth exchange in the last 10 years between Hopewell Valley…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Sourland preserve holdings now over 6,000 acres
A Sept. 23 closing was held on 74 acres of Hillsborough land being deeded to the Somerset County Open Space program by landowner John Higgins. The acquisition was completed through a partnership with the county, New Jersey Conservation Foundation and Hillsborough Township. The Conservation Foundation secured an option agreement to buy a total of 78…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Improving Bruno assists HHS volleyball
By Justin Feil, Packet Media Group Lianna Bruno is in her first year of playing varsity volleyball for the Hillsborough High School girls volleyball team. The junior setter has only been playing since freshman year, when she made a big switch in her athletic focus to a sport that she had never played. “Frist time…
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HOPEWELL POLICE BLOTTER: Oct. 8, 2015
Lt. Christopher H. Kascik, of the Hopewell Township Police Department, reported: Sept. 29 at 5:19 p.m., Officer Vincent Amabile went to Route 29 near Route 546 on the report of a suspicious male. Ryan K. Trimmer, 39, of Kingwood-Locktown Road, Flemington, had a warrant for his arrest from Flemington Borough. He was turned over to…
