Author: Central Jersey

  • HOPEWELL: Chinese water ministry officials visit watershed HQ

    A delegation from the Chinese Ministry of Water visited the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association in November. Twenty officials and a translator toured the Watershed Center for Environmental Advocacy, Science and Education and learned about its innovative technologies. The tour included a close look at stormwater runoff, which can be an overlooked source of pollution and…

  • HOPEWELL TWP.: Recreation offers indoor field hockey and agility programs  

    The Hopewell Township Parks and Recreation Department will sponsor two winter indoor recreation opportunities. The Winter Sticks indoor field hockey program will be held for students in grades 2-7 from Hopewell Valley and neighboring municipalities. Hopewell Valley Central High School alumnus and current TCNJ player Alicia Wagner will lead the program in the Central High…

  • HOPEWELL: Toll Gate School thanks donors, helpers 

    HOPEWELL: Toll Gate School thanks donors, helpers 

    To the editor: This year marked the 29th in a row that Toll Gate Grammar School coordinated a community effort to provide the Thanksgiving meal served at the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK). Each year we give thanks for the parents who began the tradition so many years ago. They had great foresight in setting…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: State lawmaker seeks halt in IAS faculty housing project until court challenge resolved

    CENTRAL JERSEY: State lawmaker seeks halt in IAS faculty housing project until court challenge resolved

    A state lawmaker this week asked New Jersey’s top environmental regulator to stop the Institute for Advanced Study from building faculty housing on a section of the Princeton Battlefield until a court challenge to the project is resolved. Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-15) said Friday that he had written to state Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner…

  • PRINCETON: University president to meet with council, discuss strategic and campus planning processes

    PRINCETON: University president to meet with council, discuss strategic and campus planning processes

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer The future growth and direction of Princeton University will be among the discussion topics when university President Christopher L. Eisgruber meets Monday night with Mayor Liz Lempert and the council. Mr. Eisgruber will make some remarks on the strategic and campus planning processes the university is undertaking, said university…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Operation Shoebox hits No. 100,000 package for troops

    HILLSBOROUGH: Operation Shoebox hits No. 100,000 package for troops

    On Saturday, hundreds of community members came to the Hillsborough YMCA to participate in the annual holiday gift packing event organized by Operation Shoebox and the Hillsborough Rotary. As a result, about 1,640 boxes of toiletries and food items will be shipped to American troops serving abroad as a reminder that they are not forgotten…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Allison Marcsisin to wed David Shiffman in the fall 

    HILLSBOROUGH: Allison Marcsisin to wed David Shiffman in the fall 

    Mr. and Mrs. John Marcsisin of Hillsborough are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Allison Nicole Marcsisin to David Matthew Shiffman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Barry Shiffman of Buffalo Grove, Illinois. Allison graduated from Hillsborough High School in 2006 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in advertising, international studies, and Italian…

  • HOPEWELL: Many hands make Reindeer Lane a big success

    HOPEWELL: Many hands make Reindeer Lane a big success

    To the editor: The Hopewell train station was transformed into a holiday wonderland last Friday, Dec. 4, as the Reindeer Lane Gift Shop returned to town! From festive decorations to refreshments for parents, live holiday music and the special arrival of Santa on an old-fashioned fire truck, a great time was had by all. This…

  • PENNINGTON: Music from ‘Charlie Brown Christmas’ is coming to church 

    Pennington United Methodist Church will continue its concert series for the general public with a jazz concert by the Eric Mintel Quartet on Sunday, Dec. 13, at 7 p.m. The event will feature the jazz music of Vince Guaraldi in honor of the 50th anniversary of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” at the church at 60…