• These ‘relics’ reprising good times of ragtime

    These ‘relics’ reprising good times of ragtime

    The Ragtime Relics will perform at the 10th anniversary celebration of the West Windsor Farmers Market on June 1.

  • GREEN LIVING: Natural burials available in southern New Jersey

    GREEN LIVING: Natural burials available in southern New Jersey

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Special Writer    Making green choices can continue right up to your own passing. And the reasons for doing so might extend beyond respect for the environment.    Edward Bixby, the proprietor of Steelmantown Cemetery, in Cape May County, New Jersey’s only certified-green cemetery, never planned to go into the burial business. He’s a…

  • ’Flagrant violation of the OPMA?’

    Marylou Ferrara Hopewell Township     At the May 16 Planning Board meeting, the board confirmed that in the past year and a half it has neither approved nor published any minutes of their meetings.    The Planning Board operates under the NJ Open Public Meetings Act, or “Sunshine Law,” which requires that the board “keep reasonably…

  • Local African Americans are displaced, again

    Jerome McGowan, Princeton Where is the neighborhood? What happened to the African Americans of the John-Witherspoon area? What happened to John Street, Witherspoon, Leigh Avenue, Birch Avenue?    Where is the hospital I was born in? Where are the people I grew up with, went to school with?    Perhaps I should address the past municipal governing…

  • Titusville Heritage Festival slated for June 1

    A 175th anniversary event!    The first-ever Titusville Heritage Festival, which will feature booths by more than 25 local farms, artisans and organizations, will take place June 1 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of Titusville.    The festival, part of the church’s 175th Anniversary Celebrations, will give visitors the chance to celebrate the…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: The Lone Bugler pauses

    BORDENTOWN CITY: The Lone Bugler pauses

    Richard Pinter, of Bordentown Township, is The Lone Bugler. (Courtesy photo)

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Petty lauded for work at Fisherman’s Mark

    LAMBERTVILLE: Petty lauded for work at Fisherman’s Mark

    Community Wellness Day    LAMBERTVILLE — The residents and businesses of Lambertville and neighboring towns came together Saturday to celebrate Community Wellness Day at Lambertville Public School.    The highlight of the day was the presentation of the Community Champion Award to “B.J.” Petty, recently retired executive director of Fisherman’s Mark, a social service agency in Lambertville.…

  • PACKET PICKS: May 24

    Films, videos sought for festival Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton, is accepting original film submissions for the 2013 Princeton Student Film & Video Festival being held July 17-18. The student filmmakers will be invited to introduce and talk about their works during the 10th annual festival, a two-day event intended for teen and…

  • PRINCETON: AvalonBay shows new plan

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