• How do you stop hate crimes?

    Retired professor says simplest thing to do is to stand up when intolerance occurs BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Residents in the Monmouth Heights development in Manalapan awoke to symbols and messages of hate that were scrawled throughout the neighborhood during the overnight hours of Sept. 5-6. MARK ROSMAN Shards of glass pour onto the…

  • Classroom punishment: American horror stories

    CODA GREG BEAN When I was in the third grade, we had a teacher who was mean, cruel and scared us to death. If you were just sorta bad — say, you tracked mud into the classroom after recess — she’d make you sit in the closet where they kept the hats, coats, mittens, boots…

  • Montgomery meetings now streaming live on web

    Ed Trzaska, Mayor, Montgomery Township To the editor: One of our key commitments to the residents of Montgomery has been to make local government more accessible. Last year, we started posting audio recordings of Township Committee meetings on our website and increased usage of ebulletins to disseminate information as efficiently as possible.    Now, we are…

  • LAWRENCE: Chief says priorities changing

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Just a few months ago, a resident who called the Lawrence Township Police Department to report a bat in the house or a mailbox that was knocked off its post could expect to see a police officer at the front door within a few minutes.    But faced with the loss…

  • First Responder Speaks at MCCC’s 9-11 Remembrance

    First Responder Speaks at MCCC’s 9-11 Remembrance

    By Saveria Symons Commemorating the 11th anniversary of September 11, 2001, dignitaries, guests, and Mercer County officials joined faculty, staff and students of Mercer County Community College (MCCC) on Sept. 11 to pay homage to those who perished, their families, and to the men and women who risked their lives to help those in need. “It…

  • Agricultural dinner Friday in West Amwell

       WEST AMWELL — West Amwell Township’s second annual “Celebrate West Amwell” Agricultural Dinner will be held Friday (Sept. 14) at the West Amwell Firehouse, Mt. Airy Village Road..    Appetizer-time and silent auction will begin at 6:30 p.m. Dinner will be served at 7:30 p.m.    Food prepared by some of West Amwell’s finest chefs will include…

  • LAWRENCE: Contract awarded for next phase of trail

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Township Council has awarded a contract to a Point Pleasant-based paving contractor to construct the next phase of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail, dubbed the Lewisville Road segment.    The council approved the $180,840 bid submitted by All Surface Asphalt Paving Inc. of Point Pleasant at its Sept. 4 meeting. The bid…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Constitution has endured and evolved

       One of the most overlooked and underappreciated dates in our country is the anniversary of the Constitution we all live under.    It’s 225th birthday comes next Monday, Sept. 17.    As the American Board of Trial Advocates points out, the document defines what it means to be an American.    We’ve had lots of debate — and…

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Alligators, scary noodles and happy trails

    UPPER FREEHOLD: Alligators, scary noodles and happy trails

    SARAH K. ANDREW Kris Milby rides out of the water complex with her Mustang mare, Sunny, a Helping Hearts Equine Rescue graduate, at the Horse Park of New Jersey’s judged trail ride on Sunday. Photo courtesy of Sarah Andrew

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