• CRANBURY: Crash brings down powerline, fire

    CRANBURY: Crash brings down powerline, fire

    Photos by Nicole M. Wells and Charles W. Kim.

  • GUEST OPINION: Gather the facts and ask critical questions

    Elizabeth Ackerman and Ed Truscelli    We are writing this column as citizens and volunteers of Hopewell Township. While we do serve as the co-chairs of the Marshall’s Corner-Pennytown Task Force and have included some of the recommendations of the Task Force below, our opinions do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Task Force.    We…

  • PRINCETON: Engineers asked to analyze state’s Route 1 plans

    PRINCETON: Engineers asked to analyze state’s Route 1 plans

    By Philip Sean Curran and Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writers    Princeton will have one its municipal engineers scrutinize a proposal by the Department of Transportation to reconfigure Route 1 to improve traffic flow.    Land use Engineer Jack West will sit down in the coming weeks with engineers from West Windsor, Princeton University and Mercer County to…

  • New Hope and Lambertville Restaurant Week begins Sunday

       NEW HOPE — New Hope and Lambertville Restaurant Week will be held March 17 through 22, according to the Greater New Hope Chamber of Commerce.    This year, 22 restaurants will participate in the weeklong promotion of either a fine dining $29.95 prix-fixe dinner or $19.95 prix-fixe dinner.    The following sponsors make New Hope and Lambertville…

  • LAWRENCE: Local taxes split among three entities

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Lawrence Township taxpayers may wince when they write their quarterly check for property taxes, and some of them question how the municipality spends their hard-earned money.    But the truth is, only 21 percent of that tax bill goes into the municipal government’s coffers, Municipal Manager Richard Krawczun said last week.…

  • ’Tuna Surprise’

    Adam Finkel Hopewell Township     If you are interested in taking an easy step to minimize a serious environmental risk to the developing brains of young children you know, I urge you to look at the new report, “Tuna Surprise,” written by colleagues of mine at the Mercury Policy Project (MPP), which I have posted…

  • SPRINGFIELD/CHESTERFIELD: Historical societies highlight significance of local towns

    By David Kilby, Special Writer    Many people come to Springfield and Chesterfield to enjoy the countryside, but according to the local historic societies, there’s a lot of rich history in the area that is not as commonly known.    For example, the Helis Stock Farm, formerly known as the Rancocas Farm, is a local historic landmark…

  • BORDENTOWN: St. Mary School to close
  • Public Screening of "They Call It Myanmar: Lifting the Curtain"

    Public Screening of "They Call It Myanmar: Lifting the Curtain"

    Cetana Educational Foundation “They Call It Myanmar: Lifting the Curtain,” Robert Lieberman’s 2012 documentary on Burma, will be presented on April 2 at 7:30 p.m. in McCosh Hall 50 on the Princeton University campus. The New York Times called this 88-minute documentary “a timely exposition of a little-known country.” Novelist, filmmaker, and Cornell physics lecturer…

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