Category: archives

  • Allentown, N.J.: It’s rise and progress, Part 30

    Historically Speaking By: John Fabiano    Upper Freehold’s first town meeting at the house of Isaac Stelle is described below— from the New Jersey Historical Society’s Charles R. Hutchinson collection. Historically Speaking will be on sabbatical for the remainder of the fall season and will return after the holidays.     February 3, 1723, "Nathan Allen, of…

  • Observance to begin for Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year

    Local residents prepare for the Jewish new year, which begins on Monday at sundown. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — Turning away from the sins of the old year and asking God’s blessing on the new, marks the observance of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, which begins Monday at sundown.    The first of the 10…

  • EDITORIAL: Tax break beneficial for borough

    EDITORIAL Residents are taking better care of their homes, thanks to a tax incentive.    Some of the houses in Jamesburg look a little different than they did five years ago.    Some of them are bigger, with new rooms added. Others may have new interiors — kitchens, bathrooms and finished basements, upgrades designed to make owners…

  • Congregations to mark High Holy Days

       The following congregations are welcoming participants to the services of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Chabad of the Windsors    Chabad of the Windsors’ High Holiday Services will take place in the Conference Center at Mercer located on the grounds of Mercer County Community College, located at 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor.    Reservations are required.…

  • Adjusting to new life in the U.S. a lesson for exchange students

    Exchange students settle into student life at Monroe Township High School. By: Chinenye Okparanta    MONROE — Six students had to make a longer than normal commutes to get to class at Monroe Township High School this fall.    That’s because they don’t exactly hail from Monroe or Jamesburg.    Mariagiola Amadio and Elena Salvaterra, both 17, came…

  • LETTERS: Emergency planning a Monroe strength

    To the editor:     With all we have seen during the Hurricane Katrina disaster, the importance of dependable emergency services proves to be paramount to the well-being of a community.    As one of the many senior citizens that live in Monroe, I know first-hand, on a local and personal level, that a call for an…

  • Allentown man killed in accident

    Cars strikes tree on Route 526. By: Lauren Burgoon    UPPER FREEHOLD — A 22-year-old Allentown man died Sunday after his car struck a tree on Route 526 near its crossing with I-195.    Kenneth Keim of Lakeview Drive died at the scene of the one-car accident. He was traveling east when the car veered off the…

  • Dollhouse on display at Buckelew Mansion

    Clearbrook artist, Dorothy Maraynes, shares her art with the public. By: Chinenye Okparanta    MONROE — Her home in Clearbrook is a museum of sorts, adorned with the portraits, pictures and paintings that she has collected and created over the years.    Now, one of Dorothy Maraynes creations is being displayed on the second floor of the…

  • Concert to raise money for Holocaust center

    Area Jews prepare for High Holidays with a fundraising event. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — The Jewish High Holidays begin Monday at sundown, but before they embark on the annual 10-day period of reflection and prayer, Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky of Chabad Jewish Center wants township Jews to take a night to laugh and have a…