• PRINCETON: Injury sidelines Wells for Carpenter Cup

    Hun School grad enjoyed career with Raiders By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Steve Wells was excited about the opportunity to represent Mercer County in the Carpenter Cup baseball tournament.    But an injury suffered the weekend before the opening game of the tournament will keep Wells off the baseball field for a month and relegated the…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Student never misses a day

    ROBBINSVILLE: Student never misses a day

    Amy Batista Sean Tierney will attend West Chester University in the fall. Courtesy photo.

  • Proposed smoking age a political move

    To the editor:     Recently in New Jersey there is a proposal to increase the minimum age to purchase cigarettes from 18 to 21. The drinking age of 21 was a random age that was politically chosen. There is no scientific evidence to support 21 as the age that one can start consuming alcohol. It…

  • NEW HOPE-LAMBERTVILLE: Weekly fundraisers to support Friday fireworks

    NEW HOPE-LAMBERTVILLE: Weekly fundraisers to support Friday fireworks

    New Hope-Lambertville fireworks will be supported by weekly fundraisers, led by HunterdonBucks.com.

  • County library kicks off summer reading program

    The Mercer County Library System is a great place for families to spend time this summer, learn and be inspired, thanks to the 2013 New Jersey statewide summer reading programs “Dig Into Reading!” and “Beneath the Surface.”    Reading programs are a free, efficient, fun way to incorporate reading and related activities into summer family time.…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Cops: Men used empty home for drug use during vacation

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Cops: Men used empty home for drug use during vacation

    Three men, including a juvenile, allegedly used a vacationing family’s home on Holly Court to do drugs, according to police. By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor Three men, including a juvenile, allegedly used a vacationing family’s home on Holly Court to do drugs, according to police.    Police checking on the family’s home Sunday morning, reportedly…

  • Please save birds; keep your cats indoors

    Susan Betterly, Princeton To the editor: The threat of silent spring? From your own kitty?    I live on one of Princeton’s “tree streets” and over the past few weeks I have noticed what I am not hearing in the morning hours — the sounds of multiple birds greeting the dawn.    This is the quietest spring…

  • AvalonBay is too big for the neighborhood

    Residents of Harris Road To the editor: With the merger of the borough and township, the preservation of the Witherspoon Street district as one of Princeton’s most central and vibrant neighborhoods is more important than ever.    AvalonBay’s most recent proposal to develop the former hospital site will drastically alter the quality of this historic neighborhood…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Mayor addresses music hall issue

    Zoning Board of Adjustment is scheduled to hold a hearing on the proposal at 7:30 p.m. on June 27 By John Tredrea, Special Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — City Mayor David Del Vecchio has addressed concerns about a controversial proposal to start a music hall in the Old Baptist Church on Bridge Street.    The city’s Zoning Board…

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