• LAMBERTVILLE: Body found in canal; investigation continues

    Hunterdon County Prosecutor Anthony P. Kearns, III and Lambertville Police Director Bruce Cocuzza announced an update on the ongoing investigation in Lambertville. According to Prosecutor Kearns, “At 4:50 this afternoon, a female body was recovered in the  D & R Canal near the lock south of Bridge Street in Lambertville. Divers from the New Jersey State…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Senior corner column, week of Jan. 31

    CHAPTER A    The next Chapter A meeting is Thursday, Feb. 7, and all Hillsborough seniors are invited. Meetings start at 12:30 p.m. with doors open at 11:30 a.m., allowing time to review upcoming events. Refreshments are served after the meeting.    Members may at any time contribute kitchen supplies—coffee, decaf, napkins, plastic sandwich bags, etc. Dues…

  • ALLENTOWN: Third-grader wins national T-shirt design contest

    ALLENTOWN: Third-grader wins national T-shirt design contest

    Newell Elementary School student Ava Strovinsky, 8, shown with her art teacher, Tamara Diaczenko, on Friday is the grand-prize third-grade winner of Aeropostale’s nationwide “What Makes You Smile” art contest. Ava’s achievement means Newell Elementary School will be receiving a $5,000 grant for art supplies from Aeropostale. Staff photo by Joanne Degnan

  • LAWRENCE: Police blotter

       Jose Alfredo Merino-Aguilar, 36, of Trenton, was charged with shoplifting a pair of Wolverine work boots valued at $105 from Sears at 1:20 p.m. Jan. 27.    Boimah P. Sheriff, 31, of Trenton was charged with hindering apprehension for allegedly giving a false name to a police officer after he was stopped for a motor vehicle…

  • LAWRENCE: A spirited event at apple orchard

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The custom of wassailing the apple trees is a familiar one for Steve Jackson, who grew up in Hereford, England — a major apple-producing area in the middle of the country that is famous for its apple cider.    Mr. Jackson, whose family moved to Pennington from England three weeks ago,…

  • Youth celebrate King’s legacy

       HIGHTSTOWN — Local children from area houses of worship and the first grade classes at the Walter C. Black School helped others to honor Martin Luther King Day with Rise-a Community Service Partnership’s Sleepy-Time drive this month.    These children gathered at the First Presbyterian Church of Hightstown on this day of celebration of the life…

  • MILLSTONE: Monmouth Co. Panhandle Democrats celebrate 1 year

       MILLSTONE — The Monmouth County Panhandle Democrats, whose members hail from Allentown, Millstone, Roosevelt and Upper Freehold, will celebrate their one-year anniversary Feb. 19 at a dinner at the Clarksburg Inn.    Rep. Frank Pallone, a Democrat who represents the 6th Congressional District in Monmouth, Middlesex, Somerset and Union counties, will be the guest speaker.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Student inspires ‘thank you’ card to PSE&G

    HILLSBOROUGH: Student inspires ‘thank you’ card to PSE&G

       In the days and weeks following Superstorm Sandy, third-grader Kendall Kowitski heard the Public Service Electric & Gas utility roundly criticized for its response to the downed trees that cut electric service to thousands of homes across the state.    Kendall’s home on Walnut Grove Road was fortunate to be powered by a generator, and the…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: She’s glad Obama will improve health care

    To the editor:    One political issue I am very concerned about is the cost of health care.    To me, it does not seem fit that the very people who need health care coverage the most cannot get it simply because they cannot afford it. Therefore I believe that the price of health care should be…

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