• ALLENTOWN: Mill plans remain stagnant, businesses grow impatient

    Official say owners’ original 2004 application deemed dormant, returned to mill owners by David Kilby, Special Writer ALLENTOWN — Summer is here, families and couples are making weekend getaways to beaches and quaint towns, and downtown Allentown would like to be considered among those destinations; but with Main Street’s main attraction still closed, businesses are…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: CALENDAR

    Fri., July 12    Movie and Games Night at free Beechwoods Park. At 7:30 p.m. it’s Music and games; 8:30 p.m. it’s the movie, “Dr. Seuss, The Lorax.”Rain location: Community Center, 124 New Road, Monmouth Junction.Call 732 329 4000 x 7686 after 5 p.m. on the evening of the program. Sun., July 21    The South Brunswick…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: From the farm to the city: Bordentown Farmers Market still accepting vendors

    BORDENTOWN CITY: From the farm to the city: Bordentown Farmers Market still accepting vendors

    The clouds looming overhead and rain did not stop people from coming out to support those vending locally grown, baked and handmade products at the farmers marke By Amy Batista, Special Writer    BORDENTOWN CITY — The clouds looming overhead and rain did not stop people from coming out to support those vending locally grown,…

  • PLUMSTED: Youth makes park bird-friendly

    PLUMSTED: Youth makes park bird-friendly

    Organizer hopes to impart environmental stewardship onto youth by James McEvoy, Managing Editor PLUMSTED — If you build it, they will perch.    That was the idea when a group of youth volunteers got together and revitalized the township’s Paradise Park.    Located on Lakeview Drive near Main Street, the park now is home to benches, tables,…

  • PLUMSTED: Patriotic Display

    PLUMSTED: Patriotic Display

    Picasa Amber Moniz, 4, of New Egypt, strikes a pose while dancing. 

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Temporary trailer to house municipal offices

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    The Borough Council plans to fund improvements to municipal facilities and the purchase of office furniture and equipment.    The council unanimously voted to introduce an ordinance on July 1 that would appropriate $10,000 from the borough’s general capital fund for all the work and materials necessary for the improvements,…

  • FLORENCE TOWNSHIP: Christmas in July for the Roebling community

    FLORENCE TOWNSHIP: Christmas in July for the Roebling community

    Photo by Amy Batista Santa Claus, portrayed by Joe Sabol, of Roebling, talks to Lorenzo Jacoby, 11 months, of Florence, and travels through town on a firetruck driven by Albert J. Jacoby, former chief of the Florence Fire Department, to the Christmas in July Friday Shrimp Night at the American Legion Post 39 in Roebling…

  • HAMILTON: Board approves day care center

    Nearly 10,000 square-foot facility to be built on Quakerbridge Road by Megan Morreale, Special Writer HAMILTON — The township Zoning Board of Adjustment approved plans to open a Kiddie Academy day care center on Quakerbridge Road in Van Nest Office Park.    The board approved the application for the 9,700-square-foot day care facility at the July…

  • NEW HOPE: Henry Ford is focus of auto show

    NEW HOPE: Henry Ford is focus of auto show

    The New Hope Automobile Show — which will celebrate its 56th anniversary this year — also will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Henry Ford, who was born July 30, 1863, in Wayne County, Michigan By John Tredrea, Special Writer    NEW HOPE — Who is the central figure in the American history —…

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