Author: Central Jersey

  • No ‘urban center’ at Scotch Road, please

    Carol Hager, Titusville The Planning Board may vote this week to change our Master Plan to accommodate a large "urban center" on both sides of Scotch Road. The 1,500 homes they’ve been discussing are just for the first 100-acre parcel (though the planner’s report says the parcel could accommodate 2,500). There’s another 100 acres on…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Beggiato, Le will keep town as one of the ‘best’

    Letter to the editor To the editor: Hillsborough is very proud of our "One of the Best Places to Live" designation and we should be. (It’s even on the Township Committee dais). One of the major deciding factors that make this "the best" is our top-notch school system. Thuy Anh Le’s contribution to the school…

  • SENIOR MENUS

    Oct. 23-31 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…

  • SPRINGFIELD HAPPENINGS: Oct. 23

    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…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Tomson, McCauley are challenged on environment

    Letter to the editor To the editor: Like other Hillsborough residents, the Tomson-McCauley campaign newsletter arrived in my mailbox this week. I found the document a fascinating peek into their character. Tomson and McCauley revealed that they are running away from their voting record. Last year Tomson and McCauley voted in favor of the township…

  • Capable captains leading NBHS volleyball team

    By Josh Lashley, Special Writer COLUMBUS — There is a certain amount of intensity that simply goes with the territory when considering high school varsity athletics. This is definitely true about the sport of volleyball, but what also makes volleyball challenging and enjoyable to compete in as an athlete or watch as a fan is…

  • HAMILTON: Second case not enterovirus

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Packet Media Group HAMILTON — The second township child tested for Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) did not test positive for the illness, according to the New Jersey State Department of Health. The child attended the same elementary school (Yardville Elementary School) in town as 4-year-old Eli Waller, who succumbed to EV-D68 and is…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Ceremony dedicates road for veterans

    HILLSBOROUGH: Ceremony dedicates road for veterans

    A street sign on the western end of the municipal complex marks the new designation of the interior road as ‘Veterans Way.’ Congressman Leonard Lance and Mayor Doug Tomson are in front row, center, among other officials. (Staff photo by Gene Robbins)

  • NEW HOPE: Horrors play coming to school stage

    NEW HOPE: Horrors play coming to school stage

    New Hope-Solebury High School’s theater club, Mask & Zany, will present "Little Shop of Horrors" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1 in the school’s theater. Down on urban Skid Row, Seymour Krelborn, a poor orphan working in Mushnik’s Skid Row Florists, develops a soft spot for…