• LAMBERTVILLE: Transportation history session set

    LAMBERTVILLE: Transportation history session set

    A Bel Del crew takes a break to pose for a photo in 1890.

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Girl Scout cookie selling season begins

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Girl Scout cookie selling season begins

    Amy Batista photo Cookie mom Kate Pascasio of South Brunswick loads a Girl Scout cookie order at the Sunny Delight warehouse on Corn Road Friday.

  • Themed Shabbats at Har Sinai Temple

    By The Temple   Themed January-February Shabbat Services at Har Sinai HOPEWELL TWP. – In an effort to "enlarge the quality of the spiritual life" of its congregation, Har Sinai Temple is holding a series of themed Friday night Shabbats through February.           "And the congregation can participate," explains Rabbi Stuart Pollack, who will lead the…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Chief Meyer to lead Valley OEM again

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    Hopewell Township police Chief George Meyer was reappointed executive coordinator of the Hopewell Valley Office of Emergency Management (OEM) for another year at Monday night’s Hopewell Township Committee meeting.    Chief Meyer, who has been with the township police force since the mid-1970s, has held the OEM post for five years.…

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Students compete in 3rd annual Spelling Bee

    UPPER FREEHOLD: Students compete in 3rd annual Spelling Bee

    Two-time champion Julian Tsang heads to regional competition By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor Déjà vu: (noun) A feeling of having already experienced the present situation.    UPPER FREEHOLD — He stood several inches taller and spoke with a deeper voice than his last time on stage, but Julian Tsang’s keen skills as a champion speller hadn’t…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: County $5K grant nets 22 arrests

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: County $5K grant nets 22 arrests

    File photo The Vincenza motel on Route 1 is one of several in the township serviced by a county law enforcement grant.

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Community honors fallen hero

    BORDENTOWN CITY: Community honors fallen hero

    By Charley Falkenburg, Special Writer    BORDENTOWN CITY —Two years ago on Jan. 12, residents Amy and Patrick Moore faced a parent’s worst nightmare: the death of their son, Benjamin G. Moore, who was killed in action while serving in Afghanistan.    He was 23.    As emotional agony gave way to acceptance, the Moore family wanted to…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Abandoned rabbit sparks children’s book

    HILLSBOROUGH: Abandoned rabbit sparks children’s book

    By Chuck O’Donnell, Special Writer    The newest star of the literary world doesn’t seem fazed about having the most intimate details of his life in Hillsborough divulged in a tell-all book.    His is a heartwarming tale. Discovered abandoned near a flower patch, he’s grown up to live a well-adjusted life. By all accounts, he’s smart,…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Thus far, schools’ absentee rates are not startling

    By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    According to Celeste Curley, director of Hopewell Valley Regional School District’s Pupil Services, there were 47 cases of reported flu in the district on Tuesday (Jan. 15).    ”Those were parent-reported cases in which parents said their child had flu-like symptoms, such as fever, when they called in,” said Alicia Brooks…

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