• CRANBURY: Businessman accused of bilking relative out of $500K

    CRANBURY: Businessman accused of bilking relative out of $500K

    By Charles W. Kim, Packet Media Group    HIGHTSTOWN — Borough police have charged local funeral home owner Joseph Barlow, 68, of Cranbury, with theft, claiming the businessman stole some $500,000 from a 96-year-old distant relative.    Mr. Barlow, a partner in the Barlow & Zimmer Funeral Home on Stockton Street in the borough, surrendered to borough…

  • FLORENCE: Planners OK revisions to warehouse plan

    By Julie Asher, Special Writer    FLORENCE — The Planning Board has approved revisions to NFI Company’s final site plan for redevelopment of the 129-acre property on Route 130, which is expected to house three large industrial warehouses.    The largest building is earmarked for the Subaru Corporation.    During the meeting June 27, the attorney for NFI,…

  • IN THE KITCHEN: Farm market comes to Pennington
  • HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Harvest Fair needs help with planning

    Meeting July 11    Have you and your family enjoyed the Hopewell Harvest Fair over the years?    Every year, hundreds of Hopewell Valley residents look forward to attending the community event on the grounds of Hopewell Elementary School.    Did you know every activity at the fair is organized by a volunteer? This year, the 26th Hopewell…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Cooling centers open to the public

    By Staff report    With excessive heat warnings in effect, many area facilities are offering their spaces as cooling centers for those looking for relief.    The lobby of the Princeton Township Police Department, located at 1 Valley Road, has been opened to the public through the weekend. Water will be provided.    Additional Princeton cooling sites are…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Sunshine experience is rewarding

    Dawidowski leads late East scoring drive By Bob Nuse, The Packet Group    EWING — While Brett Dawidowski would have preferred to be on the winning end of last Thursday’s Sunshine Classic football game, he came away from the game having achieved the No. 1 goal.    ”It was mostly about having fun,” the Robbinsville High School…

  • ALLENTOWN: County pledges Sensi Park can reopen in 4 weeks

    ALLENTOWN: County pledges Sensi Park can reopen in 4 weeks

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ALLENTOWN — County officials promised more than 75 residents who jammed a public hearing last week that Pete Sensi Park will reopen in four weeks, however, completion of landscaping work and the installation of special ornamental railings at the park cannot be done until the fall.    The announcement was made…

  • CRANBURY: Calendar

       Jamesburg Farmers Market: 9 a.m.-2 p.m., East Railroad Avenue, Veteran’s Park, Jamesburg; every Saturday until Oct. 6; registration packet for vendors available by calling Diane Lemelman at 732-723-1863; hosted by the Jamesburg Revitalization Coalition; for information, call Elliot Stroul at 732-512-7417.    ”Guilty Pleasures” film and discussion: 1 p.m., Monroe Township Public Library, 4 Municipal Plaza;…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Special turf field event today

    HOPEWELL VALLEY: Special turf field event today

    Jimmy and Billy O’Connor touch a sample of the AstroTurf they will be playing on this fall. They hope Valley residents will join them at the “Turf’s Up!” groundbreaking celebration today (July 5) at 5 p.m.

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