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  • FORUM: Bus line

    Should the New York express bus to Kendall Park be reinstated? Should the New York express bus to Kendall Park be reinstated?

  • Bright lights, little village

    Residents brave cold for Main Street celebrationDespite the bitter cold, residents joined with Main Street Lawrenceville Sunday for a second brick walkway installation and also to inaugurate what it hopes will be a new village tradition: a tree lighting in Weeden Park. By: Steve Bates    Cameras flashed, followed by the muffled clapping of about 80…

  • Edition of Dec. 7

    Steve J. Stanzione    Steve J. Stanzione, 89, formerly of Pennington, died Nov. 26 at home in Chatham.    Born in Trenton, Mr. Stanzione resided in Pennington most of his life, later living in Short Hills and was a resident of Chatham for the last year. He retired in 1976 as the maintenance supervisor for the Hopewell…

  • MCCC offers courses in Valley

       Presented in cooperation with the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education, Mercer County Community College will offer a series of noncredit courses throughout the winter and spring in fitness/wellness, personal interest, recreation, finance, and home projects starting on Jan. 17.    Sites include Hopewell Valley Central High School, Timberlane Middle School, and several other locations.    New…

  • Townships to discuss Kingston plans

    Status of Village Center designation to be updated By: Matthew Armstrong    The Franklin and South Brunswick township councils will meet tonight, Thursday, to discuss the status of Kingston’s center status.    Kingston is a 325-year-old historic village that lies in several municipalities. The majority of the town is located in South Brunswick and Franklin townships. A…

  • Drawing on her art to stop hate

    Kareisha Questal wins award for anti-violence poster By: Matthew Armstrong    A classroom art assignment created last spring recently earned a high school sophomore recognition from a national magazine and praise from some of her idols.    High school sophomore Kareisha Questel was honored recently by Teen People Magazine, a spin-off of People Magazine, for her poster…

  • Hope blossoms in Lawrence

    Purple leaf plum tree planted at LHS Dec. 1Each spring, when the pink flowers bloom on the newly planted purple leaf plum tree in front of Lawrence High School, it is Karla Stein’s hope that cancer will be one step closer to being wiped out. By: Lea Kahn    The tree, which was planted in front…

  • Somerville Depot should be moved

    LETTER TO THE EDITOR To the editor: While more needs to be evaluated and understood about the extent of contamination around the GSA Depot in Hillsborough, one can only wonder why this concentration of known contaminants is stored in the center of the most densely populated state in this country. Perhaps our township was much…

  • Zoning board OKs new site for sand mine

    Township to get 54 acres for recreation uses By: Matthew Armstrong    Despite objections from residents and environmental groups, a local mining company on Deans Rhode Hall Road has received a use variance that could allow it to expand its operations to an adjacent site.    As part of the approval, granted by the Zoning Board of…