• Womanspace support

    Lisa Wolff Hopewell Township     I am honored to be a part of a community as caring as Hopewell Valley.    Not only did all three municipalities and the school district participate in the Womanspace Communities of Light (COL) campaign, but countless individual efforts brought a lovely unity to the movement.    We are fortunate to have:…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Church welcomes new clergy

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Church welcomes new clergy

    St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Monmouth Junction was overflowing with parishioners, guests and a special visit from the Diocese of New Jersey, Bishop George Councell who celebrated the beginning of a new ministry at the church Dec. 17.¶ After a two year long search for a rector, the church welcomed Rev. Valerie balling as its…

  • Man appeals conviction in Amy Giordano killing

    Citing ‘inadmissible evidence,’ Rosario DiGirolamo wants guilty plea thrown out By Doug Carman, Special Writer    A Millstone man who pleaded guilty to the 2007 slaying of a woman in her Hightstown apartment will appeal his conviction next month, his attorney said.    Attorney Jerome Ballarotto said oral arguments for Rosario DiGirolamo’s appeal is scheduled for Jan.…

  • PRINCETON: Transit task force members chosen by council

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Members of a transit task force that will study, plan and implement improvements to the transit needs of the Princeton community and members of the Mass Transit Trust Fund were appointed by the Borough Council this week.    The task force is a part of the memorandum of understanding the borough…

  • Looking for 700, but got 1,700!

    Robert Kecskes, chairman Citizens for Tax Choice Hopewell Township     As many of you know, 34 members of Citizens for Tax Choice have been as busy as Santa’s little helpers collecting signatures to ensure the recently passed ELSA bond ordinance is put to a public referendum.    The ELSA ordinance requires all Hopewell Township residents to…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Rabid raccoon found in Elm Ridge

       A rabid raccoon was found on Dec. 15 off Elm Ridge Road in the area of Tara Way, East Acres and West Shore drives.    According to the Hopewell Township Department of Health, the sick raccoon was found by a homeowner on an Elm Ridge Road property.    ”The raccoon was removed by Animal Control and taken…

  • GUEST COLUMN: Try silence: It might help keep things in perspective

    By Michael Capron    One of the spiritual giants of the Christian Faith is Teresa of Avila (1515-1582). I picked up a book of her prayers recently and was very taken by the beginning of the forward by Elaine Storkey:    ”It was said of St. Teresa of Avila that she could find God ‘so easily among…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Anti-sewer bond group successful

    Petition drive yields 1,700 signatures By John Tredrea, Special Writer    Looming on the horizon is the possibility of a referendum that could result in the scrapping of a controversial Hopewell Township sewer bond ordinance.    On Nov. 28, the Hopewell Township Committee voted 4-1 to adopt a $4.1 million bond ordinance to reserve 267,000 gallons of…

  • PENNINGTON: Police pact OK’d

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    A new contract with the Pennington Borough Police Department was approved by a vote of the full Borough Council at meeting yesterday (Wednesday) morning. No members of the public attended the session.    Under an enabling ordinance adopted by council at the brief meeting, the five-year police contract is retroactive to…

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