Author: Central Jersey

  • MANVILLE: Three ways described to stem a flood

    Army Corps details ideas to keep back water By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    A remedy to flooding rivers in Manville could mean building earthen levees and hardened flood walls along the banks of Royce Brook and the Raritan and Millstone rivers.    It could be a deeper river, with dredging and channeling, mostly on the Raritan…

  • HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Local farmers will be going to school on Oct. 11

    Farms are neat, and farming is neat, not to mention very important. It would be hard to find many people, especially children, who don’t think so. By John Tredrea, Special Writer    Farms are neat, and farming is neat, not to mention very important. It would be hard to find many people, especially children, who don’t…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Social services to get new look

    Food pantry will be renamed after senior room celebration By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Township officials will describe a new initiative Friday morning to make its safety-net services more inviting for people who may need short-term help, but are reluctant to come to the municipal building.    The announcement of a new way of doing business…

  • MANVILLE: Seniors invited to join walking program

    Senior Corner column, issue of Oct. 3   Seniors are invited to join a walking program, sponsored by the Recreation Department, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Manville High School. You can register at the Recreation Department or the Nutrition Center.    Manville Community Day is Saturday, Oct. 5, from 1…

  • Everyone should take part in community agriculture

    Helaine Noveck, Lawrenceville To the editor: As summer comes to an end and we are enjoying the last of locally grown Jersey Fresh peaches, corn and tomatoes, the back story (from the exceptionally cool spring, to the drenching rains in June, to the unrelenting heat in July) to that delicious produce reinforces our need to…

  • MANVILLE: Community Day to be celebrated Saturday

    Food and fun in the park    Manville’s 13th annual Community Day will be held Saturday, Oct. 5, from 1 to 5 p.m. at Lincoln Park in Lost Valley.    Community Day was started in 2000 by the mayor and Borough Council as a way to bring the town together after being hit by the floods and…

  • NEW HOPE: Trade center beam will greet visitors Saturday

    NEW HOPE: Trade center beam will greet visitors Saturday

    Horse-drawn fire carts, old uniforms and other pieces of firefighting arcana are part of the Delaware Valley Fire Museum, which opens Saturday in New Hope.

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Rep. Lance urged to defend, not defund, law

    To the editor:     Congressman Lance, How clever are you!     In lock-step with the Republican House, Congressman Lance voted for the funding bill that everyone knew had no chance of passing the Senate, let alone ever reaching the White House for a veto from President Obama. It could be more appropriately called a de-funding…

  • Johnny Monsarrat Expands Operation in Boston Globe Building