• ‘Spring Fling’ raised $25,000

    JoAnn Markiewicz, chairwoman, and Nancy King and Ann Rollo, PTO co-presidents     The Hopewell Elementary School PTO extends its heartfelt thanks to the parents, HES staff and local businesses that supported our school at the 2013 “Spring Fling” on Friday, April 26.    Over 175 people attended the event at Hopewell Valley Golf Club on a…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Officials want OK for sewers for no-kill shelter

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    Hopewell Township’s government is seeking permission from the state to extend public sewers to a 170-acre tract near the junction of Scotch and Washington Crossing roads as part of an effort to build a no-kill animal shelter on the tract.    The tract, now owned by Merrill Lynch, is to be…

  • Thanks to employees who got streetlight removed

    Rusty and Becky Jones, of Titusville     We would like to commend the efforts of Hopewell Township Administrator/Engineer Paul Pogorzelski and zoning officer Robert Miller in having a streetlight removed that was both a nuisance and an unneeded cost to the township.    Recently, JCP&L installed a streetlight in the middle of our block — without…

  • Telling secrets: Film focuses on older autistic students

    Telling secrets: Film focuses on older autistic students

    By Michele Alperin, Special Writer    Danielle DiGiacomo, a film producer who grew up in West Windsor, got interested in documentaries at age 15 when she watched “The Thin Blue Line” by Errol Morris with her father. The film explores the cold case of a man who is on death row for killing a cop and…

  • IN THE KITCHEN: Special occasions call for special desserts

    IN THE KITCHEN: Special occasions call for special desserts

    By Faith Bahadurian, Special Writer    Special occasions, be it a wedding shower, Mother’s Day brunch, graduation party, or just a nice dinner with good friends, call for special desserts.    In my many years of dining out, few restaurant desserts stand out, but those that do are invariably made in-house. A kitchen that takes the trouble…

  • MANVILLE: Police blotter, week of April 22-28

       A caller at 1:35 p.m. April 22 said a suspicious tow truck entered her South 5th Avenue driveway and tried to remove her vehicle. No truck description was available. A patrol officer spoke with the caller and checked the area. * * *    A South 18th Avenue caller reported at 1:57 p.m. April 23 that…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Troop 489 welcomes three more Eagle Scouts

    HILLSBOROUGH: Troop 489 welcomes three more Eagle Scouts

       On April 27, Christian Buckley, Jesse Gonzalez, Christopher Cody Obropta and Stephen Sopko received the Eagle Scout rank, the highest rank in Boy Scouting, in an Court of Honor ceremony at St. Joseph’s R.C. Church in Millstone.    The event was attended by numerous family and friends of each Scout, along with Troop 489 leaders and…

  • Borough property is town blight

    Michael Daciek, of Pennington    Garbage trucks, warehouse, bright lights and now — weeds.    Enough is enough. Why is the borough property a town blight? Why can’t this place be taken care of correctly?    Everyone down wind, the whole town, should send a lawn service bill to the borough for killing dandelions this summer. This…

  • WEST AMWELL: Township may buy 42-acre tract for open space

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    WEST AMWELL — The Township Committee has introduced an ordinance under which the township can partner with Green Acres and the Delaware and Raritan Greenway to permanently preserve as open space a 42-acre tract in the southern part of the township.    The committee introduced the ordinance April 24. A public…

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