Category: news
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MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP: Dale Huff chosen to fill vacant seat on school board
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Dale Huff, who has lived in Montgomery Township for four years, was chosen to fill a vacant seat on the Montgomery Township Board of Education at a special school board meeting Tuesday night. Mr. Huff was sworn into office immediately by Business Administrator Thomas Venanzi, and took his seat at…
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PRINCETON: Teachers, school board inching closer to contract agreement
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer The Princeton school board and the teachers union are “very close” to reaching a new contract, this after both sides met at the bargaining table for 12 hours Wednesday, a union leader said on Thursday. Neither side has ruled out the possibility of getting a deal done before schools…
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LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP: Four men each facing multiple charges following fight
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer A dispute that started in a Trenton bar and spilled over into Lawrence Township resulted in four men each facing multiple charges, following a fight on Lanning Avenue at 3:50 a.m. June 8, according to the Lawrence Township Police Department. Lukasz Piasecki, 21, of Brunswick Avenue, and Daniel Szyszko, 20…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Lucky the Rescued Rooster right at home on Zion Road
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Lucky the Rooster is living the high life. The chick rescued in May from a wastebasket in the Board of Education office is enjoying comfort and perks in a sylvan setting on Zion Road. It lives most of the time in a cage in a picture window of the living…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Assisted living facility OK’d for Route 206
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Planners have approved an assisted living center on Route 206 near the intersection with Old Somerville Road, despite concerns about future traffic problems. Senior Housing Development LLC, of Jericho, N.Y., now has permission to build a 112-bed extended care facility on 8.69 acres at 351 Route 206 and…
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SOURLAND CONSERVANCY NOTES: June 11
The Sourland Conservancy will sponsor: June 11 to 13 will be Hopewell Valley Come Outside and Play, a Sourland scavenger hunt at Sourland Mountain Preserve, 235 Rileyville Road, Hopewell, 2.5 miles north of Railroad Place. Follow the wide, flat trail as it winds through a deciduous forest strewn with large boulders to find the items…
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HOPEWELL VALLEY: Open Air Theatre to stage ‘Dogfight’
Next up at the Washington Crossing Open Air Theatre, “Dogfight” will be presented by the Once Upon A Time Players. Set for one weekend of performances, “Dogfight” will be performed Friday, June 12, Saturday, June 13, and Sunday, June 14, at 7:30 p.m. Based on the 1991 film of the same name, “Dogfight” is set…
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PENNINGTON: 125th anniversary celebration continues
Pennington Borough’s 125th anniversary celebration continues with a number of borough-wide events taking place throughout the summer. “Pennington Comes of Age” photographs by George H. Frisbie from the collection of the Hopewell Valley Historical Society are on exhibit on a rotating basis at the Pennington Borough Library. Pennington Borough Library has summer programming for children…
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PRINCETON: Housing board recommends phasing out middle-income program
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer A 22-year-old program that provides housing opportunities in Princeton to middle-income earners should be phased out, the Princeton Affordable Housing Board recommended Tuesday. Started in the former borough, the program involves 17 condominiums that are owned and occupied by people who meet income guidelines. “We’re trying to make sure…