Category: archives

  • Princessville Cemetery to receive face-lift

    Township groups coming together to save history Having restored the Brearley House, township officials have turned their attention to the Princessville Cemetery – the small graveyard on the corner of Princeton Pike and the dirt road that leads to the township-owned farmhouse. By: Lea Kahn    The Princessville Cemetery was reclaimed from the weeds about 25…

  • Family hopes relief from tumor lies in Colorado

    Kristi Pope, 10, suffers from brain cyst By:Eric Schwarz    Kristi Pope, a 10-year-old girl suffering from a rare brain cyst, will have surgery in two weeks that could be the first step toward recovery from a disease that has confronted her for most of her life.    Kristi met with doctors at Denver Children’s Hospital during…

  • Officer files countersuit against Las

    Civil suit charges family with negligence and causing mental trauma By: Matthew Armstrong    A police sergeant being sued for civil rights abuses by the family of a 30-year-old Kendall Park man, who was shot and killed by the sergeant, has filed a counterclaim in the civil suit charging the family with negligence and causing mental…

  • McDonald’s pulls zoning request

    Variance application withdrawn By: T.J. Furman    Colonial Lakelands residents concerned about the possibility of a fast-food restaurant nearby need not worry anymore.    The McDonald’s Corp. has withdrawn its request before the Zoning Board of Adjustment for a use variance to build a restaurant at the corner of Brunswick Pike and Whitehead Road.    Bob Minutoli, Lawrence…

  • Margaret V. Mizsak, 85

       Margaret V. Mizsak, 85, died Sept. 27 at St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton.    She lived in Kingston the past 70 years. She was a member of the Altar & Rosary Society and the Third Order of St. Francis at St. Paul’s R.C. Church, Princeton.    Surviving are her sister, Kathryn Stofko of Kingston.    A Mass of…

  • Chief Chipowsky goes to jail

    For a good cause Hopewell Township Police Chief Mike Chipowsky looks quite happy, despite the fact that he is being fingerprinted by Carol Trippa of the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office. The chief was going to jail, after his arrraignment … on behalf of a March of Dimes fund-raiser. He was a "jailbird’ for the cause.…

  • POST Forum: Library budget

    Should the library board of trustees appoint appoint a finance officer to manage its budget? Should the library board of trustees appoint appoint a finance officer to manage its budget?

  • AHS football gets first victory

    By: Kyle Moylan    The outcome of its game wasn’t the only change the Allentown High School football team made last week.    Five days before Allentown defeated Princeton, 18-6, for its first win of the season, Coach Greg LaCava decided to change quarterbacks on his team.    Matt Mordas, just a sophomore, was inserted as the team’s…

  • Lady Eagles swing two victories

    By: Mandy Knechel South 6 Belvidere 1    Bridget Henn led the way for the South Hunterdon field hockey team, scoring four goals.    Jill Courter and Erin Fimbel both followed with one apiece. Assists were made by Andi Burroughs, Caitlin Buchanan, Caitlin Meehan and Kendra Benitez.    South goaltender Lindsay Wood did an excellent job in the…