Author: Central Jersey

  • HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Council looks at redevelopment of area adjacent to train station

    HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Council looks at redevelopment of area adjacent to train station

    By Frank Mustac, Special Writer  HOPEWELL BOROUGH — Borough officials are investigating whether to classify some of the properties near the borough’s historic old railroad station as “an area in need of redevelopment.” Several warehouses in the area are currently “underutilized,” Borough Administrator/Clerk Michele Hovan said at the most recent Borough Council meeting. Borough…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Pennington Players to hold auditions for fall musical, ‘Violet’

     The Pennington Players will have open auditions for a fall production of the musical, “Violet” by Brian Crawley and Jeanine Tesori. The show will be performed at Kelsey Theatre on the West Windsor campus at Mercer County Community College from Nov. 6 to 8 and 13 to 15. Friday and Saturday night performances will…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Children’s Theatre to perform ‘Shrek, Jr.’ and ‘Mary Poppins’

    HOPEWELL VALLEY: Children’s Theatre to perform ‘Shrek, Jr.’ and ‘Mary Poppins’

    Come on “Ogre“ and join Hopewell Valley Children’s Theatre as it presents “Shrek, Jr!” An evening performance will take place at 7 p.m. Friday, July 31, and a matinee will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1. “Big, Bright Beautiful World,“ “I Know It’s Today“ and “Let your Freak Flag Fly“ are a few of…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

     On July 9 at 11:20 p.m. Officer Alexis Mirra was detailed to the Denow Road Shopping Center on the report of a suspicious male. Upon arrival she located Steven L. Robbins, 26, of Conrad St, Trenton. While speaking with him a warrant for his arrest from the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department for failure to…

  • WATERSHED NOTES

    The 2015 season of the Watershed Nature Camp at the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association is underway. More than 450 children will attend nature camp programs this summer at the new Watershed Center for Environmental Advocacy, Science & Education. This is the first year programs are being held in the new facilities on the Watershed Reserve.…

  • DOWN ON THE FARM

    The Mercer County 4-H Fair will be held Aug. 1 and 2 at the Howell Living History Farm. There are many “open division” categories at the fair; one does not need to be a 4-H member to exhibit. A our special family recipe, homegrown vegetable or creative project could earn a ribbon, and the general…

  • HEALTH HAPPENINGS

    Alzheimer’s disease and dementia caregivers support group is held the second Tuesday of every month at 2 p.m. at Capital Health Medical Center-Hopewell, One Capital Way in Pennington. Register by calling 609-537-7300 or online at capitalhealth.org/events. Parkinson’s support group will be held the third Wednesday of every month from 2 to 4 p.m. at Capital…

  • Communities need to stand strong against PennEast pipeline

    Susan Meacham, Milford, N.J. PennEast’s proposed pipeline has been proven unnecessary. U.S. Energy Information Administration reports confirm national seasonal usage has been static since the 1970s. In addition, proposed legislation could allow PennEast (PE) to surcharge customers for infrastructure costs. PE wants to lower supply costs and begin exporting, which will increase their profits, at…

  • PennEast violating principles of market capitalism

    James Taylor, Hopewell Township There’s been a lot of opposition voiced to the proposed PennEast pipeline in Hopewell Township and the many other communities that would be adversely affected by it. Some of this opposition has focused on criticizing PennEast as an example of market capitalism at its worst. That type of criticism is unfair…