Category: archives
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Arts and Transit neighborhood would be a benefit
Rob Robertson, Princeton As a member of the Mercer Hill Historic District Association (MHHDA), I strongly urge the borough and the township to move forward with concrete plans for implementing Princeton University’s proposed Arts and Transit neighborhood. The Mercer Hill Historic District is adjacent to this proposed cultural center and we will feel the impact…
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bsolutely right!
By: centraljersey.com Stanley J. Vitello of Hopewell Borough wrote last week to state that he considers my opinions about duplicative municipal costs in Hopewell Valley "whining." If by "whine," Mr. Vitello meant complain, fuss, gripe, grouch, grumble or protest, he is absolutely right. While the outside world grapples with the prospect of a shutdown of…
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Society to fete Benjamin Parry Day
On Sunday, the New Hope Historical Society will celebrate Benjamin Parry Day in a very special way. The event will be sponsored by Historical Society board member, Roy Ziegler, who recently completed a new book about the Parry family. The work, “The Parrys of Philadelphia and New Hope,” was published by iUniverse Publishers. The work…
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Accounting students offer free tax help
By: centraljersey.com During March, Rider University accounting students will offer free tax help through the Internal Revenue Services’ Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program for low- to moderate-income individuals and senior citizens. Sessions will be held in the Bart Luedeke Center, Room 14 (located next to the Rider Bookstore on the bottom floor) on the…
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Solar use variance
Dan Goodman, West Amwell Next week the Zoning Board of Adjustment for West Amwell is prepared to make a decision on a use variance that would allow a solar generating station to be constructed in a rural residential zone. Even with a solar ordinance pending (and scheduled to be approved and adopted by the…
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GOP meets tonight
By: centraljersey.com Hopewell Valley Republicans will meet tonight (March 3) at 7 p.m. in the second floor conference room of The Straube Center, 108 W. Franklin Ave., Pennington. The public is invited. Mark Iorio, township Republican chairman and former deputy mayor, will be on hand to welcome participants. Agenda items will include the annual Spring…
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Absolutely right!
By: centraljersey.com Stanley J. Vitello of Hopewell Borough wrote last week to state that he considers my opinions about duplicative municipal costs in Hopewell Valley "whining." If by "whine," Mr. Vitello meant complain, fuss, gripe, grouch, grumble or protest, he is absolutely right. While the outside world grapples with the prospect of a shutdown of…
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Wounded Monroe Marine to benefit from St. Pat’s gala
By: centraljersey.com PRINCETON – When patrons raise a glass of Guinness at the Alchemist & Barrister’s St. Patrick’s Day celebration, they will be helping to set a local hero back on the road to recovery. Marine Lance Cpl. Colin Pascik, of Monroe, is the beneficiary of this year’s Longbeard Contest, a Princeton tradition for more…
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PARENTING PEARLS: Offering service: A constant source of happiness
By Mae Sakharov As I was growing up, for me reading was salvation and a way to learn about the world beyond my family and my little town in New Jersey. A voracious reader from as early as I could turn a page, my favored books were about those courageous individuals who triumphed over adversity…
