Category: archives

  • A garden of delight

    In retirement, a Vietnam veteran and former police detective takes his hobby fulltime By: Cara Latham    CHESTERFIELD — As a Marine patrolling a North Vietnamese village in 1967, Ken Kalinowski was more than glad to offer his help to a Vietnamese native who had tomato and pepper seeds, but no idea how to start a…

  • More vigilance could help hinder increase in burglaries

    EDITORIAL By Ruth Luse    In this week’s POLICE BLOTTER, Hopewell Township police Chief George Meyer reports four cases involving attempted burglary.    When we read his report, we decided to ask him if burglary is on the rise in the Valley. It occurred to us that we’ve been reading more about it lately. And, we thought,…

  • Sending disease down the river

    Father and son team to make 150-mile canoe trip for scleroderma research By: Rebecca Weltmann    ALLENTOWN – Waterproof bags? Check. Paddles? Check. The guts to make a 150-mile trek on the Delaware River from New York to Lambertville? Check.    Lakeview Drive resident Tim Hare and his 24-year-old son, Justin, have been planning their father-son canoe…

  • Gypsy Spirit

    ‘Carmen’ and her lovers bring their passion, jealousy and rage to the stage as part of the Princeton Festival’s ‘Sounds of Spain.’ By: Anthony Stoeckert TIMEOFF/FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI Don José (Todd Geer), left, and Escamillo (Zeffin Quinn Hollis) duke it out for the love of the gypsy in the Princeton Festival’s Carmen, to be staged at…

  • Modified town center ordinance introduced

    New version reduces the potential for residential development, eliminating buildings with four or more housing units. By: Audrey Levine    Township Committeeman Carl Suraci joined his fellow committee members in voting to introduce the ordinance creating a Town Center Zone on Route 206 Tuesday, after winning changes limiting residential development.    While several other changes were made…

  • New high-voltage line might end in Deans; new regional 500-kilovolt line part of power-grid expansion

    By: Paul Koepp    A new high-voltage power line aimed at meeting growing demand for electricity in Central Jersey could run through Monmouth Junction and Deans.    The 500-kilovolt line would run 80 miles from Winslow Township in Camden County to the PSE&G switching station in Deans, according to a proposal endorsed by the power company on…

  • City, township may share court facilities

    By: Stephanie Prokop    BORDENTOWN CITY—The city is looking at utilizing interlocal services with Bordentown Township for use of its courtroom, commissioners said Monday night.    Commissioner James Lynch explained that the current Bordentown City Hall building at 324 Farnsworth Ave. lacks handicapped accessibility, and is short on both court staff and seating capacity.    An interlocal service…

  • Truck highlights changing role of fire company

    The new vehicle is a Quint, which features five different functions: a pump, water tank, fire hose, aerial device and ground ladders. By: Audrey Levine    Unveiling the newest addition to the Hillsborough Fire Company No. 1 in Flagtown led to what Chief Sean Taylor dubbed the "biggest water fight ever" when the newest firetruck joined…

  • SB-MWA presents awards and appoints trustees

    Edmund W. Stiles Award for Environmental Stewardship went to U.S. Congressman Rush Holt of Hopewell Township    The Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association (SB-MWA) held its 58th annual meeting on June 4 at the organization’s 860-acre Watershed Reserve in Hopewell Township.    The SB-MWA presented the Edmund W. Stiles Award for Environmental Stewardship to U.S. Congressman Rush Holt…