• GUEST COLUMN: Where is the pride?

    Young folks’ patriotism gone by the wayside By Sally Friedman, Special Writer    I’m not often in public schools these days. Long gone are the years when I was in and out of those buildings as a grade school room mother bearing cupcakes; a library aide during the chaotic middle school years; and a “chaperone” —…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: School buildings projects funding approved

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    Work on two of the school district’s elementary schools and the high school will be funded with $91,340 the school board voted unanimously May 14 to withdraw from a capital reserve account, according to Clara Kuppe, administrative assistant to Business Administrator Robert Colavita.    Roof shingle repairs to Stony Brook Elementary…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY MEMORIAL DAY HIGHLIGHTS

    HOPEWELL VALLEY MEMORIAL DAY HIGHLIGHTS

       Memorial Day weekend events include:    — Stoutsburg Service — Stoutsburg Cemetery Association will host its annual Memorial Day Service at the cemetery, 579 Province Line Road, Hopewell Township, on May 27 at 3 p.m. In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, speakers will be Civil War Vet re-enactors Thom Wooten and Thomas…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: SBHS losing principal, head football coach

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: SBHS losing principal, head football coach

    By Ed Birch, Special Writer    The high school is losing its principal and head football coach.    Timothy Matheney, who has served the district for the past eight years as the principal of South Brunswick High School has accepted the position of Director of Evaluation with the State of New Jersey Department of Education, according to…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter

    Princeton Township    Maria Lopez, 61, of Princeton, and Wei Yang, 42, of Belle Mead, were in an accident on Terhune Road on May 21 at 8:52 a.m. Ms. Lopez was taken to the University Medical Center of Princeton and Ms. Yang received a summons for failure to stop or yield.    Princeton residents Guillermo Aparicio-Paz, 37,…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Girl Scout hits cookie pinnacle

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Girl Scout hits cookie pinnacle

    Submitted photo Mahiyah Sampson, 9, of Dayton shows off her ticket to attend a national Girl Scout conference after selling more than 3,000 boxes of cookies in this year’s sales drive. The township Girl Scout sold the most in the Southern and Central Council region.

  • Blood drive a success

    Johanna Cushing, chairwoman Kalmia Club’s American Red Cross Blood Drive     The Kalmia Club sponsored a successful blood drive on Saturday, May 19 in honor of Owen Nathaniel Estes.    I would first like to thank everyone who came to donate, whether or not they were able to contribute. We collected 34 pints of blood, which…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

       Lt. Stephen J. Bartzak, commanding officer, West Amwell Township Police Department, reported:    — On May 9 at approximately 12:37 a.m., police checked on a disabled vehicle on Route 518 near Corsalo Road. The vehicle was stopped in the eastbound lane. Patrolman Jeffrey Jones saw a bag on suspected marijuana on the seat between the driver…

  • IN THE KITCHEN: A literary and literal gastronomic feast

    IN THE KITCHEN: A literary and literal gastronomic feast

    By Pat Tanner, Special Writer    It could be expected that a conversation with Julia Child would be the inspiration for a course at a culinary school, but for an Italian class at Princeton University? That is exactly what happened, according to Pietro Frassica, Ph.D., professor in the French and Italian department at Princeton for more…

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