Author: Central Jersey

  • MANVILLE: Library to add comfy chairs, bistro features

    MANVILLE: Library to add comfy chairs, bistro features

    County officials describe floor plan for renovations By Mary Ellen Day, Special Writer Manville Public Library joined the Somerset County Library system about two years ago and last week an open house at the library shared exciting news with the community. Keith McCoy and Brian Auger, the top administrators in the county library system, spoke…

  • FLORENCE: Town to preserve Potts Mill property
  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Oct. 9

    The complete calendar of events is online at www.messengerpress.com. Scroll down the webpage to the Lifestyles tab on the left. Wednesdays Free Acoustic Open Mic Night and Poetry at Star Subs and Café in the Buckley Plaza 621 Route 130, Hamilton, will be hosted Wednesdays at 7 p.m. by American Idol contestant Bri Lobue. Audience…

  • TRENTON: Watson Coleman is opposed to PennEast pipeline proposal

    Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Mercer/Hunterdon) has sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission maintaining her opposition to a pipeline project proposed by the PennEast Pipeline Company that would run through Hunterdon County to Mercer County, and has many concerned about the impact on the area’s ecosystems and natural resources. PennEast wants to build…

  • MANVILLE: Library to add comfy chairs, bistro features

    MANVILLE: Library to add comfy chairs, bistro features

    County library system official Brian Auger speaks with Ethel Gargiulo, Dolores O’Bara and Rosalie Puza in Manville.(Photo by Mary Ellen Day)

  • FLORENCE: Man charged with shooting woman

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer FLORENCE — A local man has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly shooting a woman in both arms at the Academy Woods Apartments, police said. According to police, the incident occurred just before midnight on Oct. 6 at the Academy Woods Apartments located on Cedar…

  • Ox artist is honored at event in Lambertville

    Ox artist is honored at event in Lambertville

    Brainy “Oxford” hangs out at Mercer Meadows Dog Park, next to the Lawrence Hopewell Trail.

  • Rago features talk on woodworker

    The Rago Arts and Auction Center will host an open house on Oct. 16. The event will features the sculptor and furniture designer, Mark Sfirri, speaking on "Wharton Esherick: The Reluctant Woodworker" at 6 p.m. The talk takes place during the preview week for Rago’s 20th C. Decorative Arts and Design Auctions. The auction house…

  • HAMILTON: Nature center offers variety of wonders

    HAMILTON: Nature center offers variety of wonders

    By Anthony Stoeckert, Packet Media Group Last week, as I headed toward the new Tulpehaking Nature Center in Hamilton, I drove a route that took me past a section of Broad Street that I drive on regularly. It’s a busy road, packed with chain businesses — fast food places, a Dunkin’ Donuts, a Quick Check…