Author: Central Jersey

  • FLORENCE: Honor bestowed on wounded veteran

    FLORENCE: Honor bestowed on wounded veteran

    FLORENCE — A retired U.S. Army veteran and his family were surprised when they found out on Friday that they they were the recipients of a custom-built mortgage-free Centex home as part of PulteGroup’s Built to Honor program. "The Built to Honor Program is a wonderful example of a company giving back to the men…

  • SPRINGFIELD HAPPENINGS: Nov. 6

    The Township Council meets the first Thursday of the month for a work session and the second Wednesday of the month for a regular session. Both meetings start at 7:30 p.m. in the municipal building. The Planning Board meets the first Tuesday of the month for a work session and the third Tuesday of the…

  • SENIOR MENUS

    Nov. 6-13 All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville. Reservations are required. Call 609-397-2228 24 hours in advance. The value of each meal is $5.10. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution. All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine. The sodium-controlled menu is the same…

  • MILLSTONE: Students make their choice for Family Movie Day

    MILLSTONE — To build excitement and get the students involved in “Family Movie Day,” the Millstone Township Foundation for Educational Excellence (MTFEE) asked the teachers in the public schools to poll their students on several popular family-friendly movies. The winning movie, “The Lego Movie,“ will be shown during the MTFEE’s fourth annual “Family Movie Night”…

  • MERCER COUNTY: 5-cent fee on bags question is defeated

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Mercer County voters want to "bag it" for free — never mind a suggested 5-cent fee on disposable plastic shopping bags. That was the message voters delivered at the polls Tuesday, in response to a Mercer County referendum question asking whether they would support a fee on bags provided by…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Marching band has super season

    HOPEWELL VALLEY: Marching band has super season

    Gets first-place honors at Yamaha Cup Hopewell Valley Central High School’s Marching Black & Gold nabbed first-place honors at the US Bands Yamaha Cup competition at MetLife Stadium on Saturday, capping a successful season of many awards. The band took first-place awards in Best Visual Performance, Best General Effect, Best Color Guard and Best Percussion…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Six charged with summer car burglaries and thefts

    After a lengthy investigation, Hopewell Township police Detective Frank Tulko has charged six people involved with several car burglaries and three car thefts that occurred in Hopewell Borough and Hopewell Township in the early part of summer, according to Chief Lance D. Maloney. . On June 19, patrol officers responded to several calls in Hopewell…

  • PENNINGTON: Fire commissioners to seek siren replacement OK

    The Pennington Borough Board of Fire Commissioners, District No. 1, will hold a regular and a special meeting of the board, at which a special vote of the legal taxpayers of the district will be held on Nov. 18 beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Pennington Volunteer Fire Company firehouse at 120 Broemel Place in…

  • FLORENCE: Honor bestowed on wounded veteran

    FLORENCE: Honor bestowed on wounded veteran

    Staff Sgt. Mario Murray and his family salute at the ceremony on Oct. 31 at the PulteGroup’s Built to Honor program where the family was awarded a mortgage-free house. Courtesy photo