Category: news
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HOPEWELL VALLEY: Student art sale to benefit Hopewell-Keroka Alliance
Community members will have the opportunity to view and purchase limited-edition prints of personal artworks created by art students, alumni and associates of Hopewell Valley Central High School in Pennington during a first-ever jointly sponsored art sale through Friday, June 19. All net proceeds from this art sale — “Sharing Visions: Art Students for Kenya”…
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HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Budget calls for 3.5-cent local tax increase
By John Tredrea, Special Writer A Hopewell Borough budget for 2015 that will bring a municipal tax rate increase of 3½ cents per $100 of assessed property value was adopted by the Borough Council on June 4. The budget’s bottom line of $2,698,713 is down slightly from last year’s total of $2,699,706. It’s because the…
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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Police officers, fire chief praised for man’s rescue
By John Tredrea, Special Writer Two Hopewell Township police officers and the chief of the Hopewell Fire Company were honored at Monday night’s Hopewell Township Committee meeting for saving the life of a 29-year old man at the scene of a recent motor vehicle accident. Receiving the township Police Department’s Life Saving Award were Lt.…
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PRINCETON: University Place to be closed for crosswalk repairs
PRINCETON – University Place from the traffic circle to College Road will be closed for three to four weeks starting Saturday for crosswalk repair. The crosswalk adjacent to Berlind Theatre needs to be fixed again because the pavers are not settling evenly, according to Princeton University. There will be a temporary traffic light at Alexander…
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PRINCETON: Eight unlocked vehicles burglarized
PRINCETON – Police said Wednesday that eight unlocked eight motor vehicles were burglarized last night in the southeastern section of town. The impacted neighborhoods included Riverside Drive, Adams Drive, Vernon Circle and Prospect Avenue, said Police, who are investigating. Loose change and other personal items were taken from the cars. Police reminded residents to lock…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Marian Fenwick, first woman as mayor, dies
Marian Fenwick, the first woman mayor of Hillsborough Township, died Monday evening at the University Medical Center of Princeton. She was a few days shy of her 85th birthday of June 15, “and she was the sharpest she could be right up to the end,” said her daughter, also Marian, on Wednesday. Funeral arrangements are…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Horse-betting proposal here is back on track
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Horse racing betting is back on track here. Mayor Douglas Tomson said Tuesday night that the proposal to locate an off-track wagering site in a refurbished restaurant on Route 206 has moved forward with state officials. The mayor said the township that afternoon had received word from the N.J. Racing…
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PRINCETON: Council approves purchase of Lytle Street property
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Princeton will buy land on Lytle Street to expand Mary Moss Park and potentially provide up two units of affordable housing that Habitat for Humanity of Trenton or some other developer would build. The Council on Monday voted 6-0 to have the town attorney draft an ordinance acquiring the…
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PRINCETON: Emergency crews respond to find empty canoe in Carnegie Lake
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer A canoe that had flipped over in Carnegie Lake sent first responders scrambling Tuesday morning to find out if anyone was injured or trapped underneath. Sometime between 8 and 8:30 a.m., a caller told police that a canoe had flipped over in the lake, said Robert Gregory, director of emergency…