• MONROE: Students say iPads are helping them with classes

    David Kilby, Managing Editor    MONROE — Students of Monroe Township High School want parents and school officials to know how much their new iPad 2s are helping them with their classes.    More than a dozen students came to the Monroe Board of Education meeting Nov. 16 to speak with anyone who wanted to know how…

  • Governor honors volunteers for work during Hurricane Irene

       On Oct. 26, the War Memorial Building was filled with emergency volunteers from throughout the state as Gov. Chris Christie personally honored them for their outstanding efforts during Hurricane Irene.    The governor’s office requested three representatives of each municipality to attend the Recognition of Volunteers.    Chief Erick Burd of the Union Fire Company and Rescue…

  • Help the Lions!

    Carl Swanson Hopewell Valley Lions Club     For over 60 years the Lions in the Hopewell Valley have served the people of the community in many ways. This group of local volunteer men and women goes to our neighbors each year with a few things for sale to support such programs as:    — A scholarship…

  • WEST WINDSOR: County Skating Center is open for the winter

       WEST WINDSOR — Mercer County’s Skating Center is officially open for the season.    The ice skating center offers private lessons, hosts high school hockey games and it is available for private parties.    The center is located in West Windsor at Mercer County Park and is open seven days a week until March.    ”People are being…

  • NJ Young Professionals Cocktail Party
  • AROUND CRANBURY: Christmas Season underway in Cranbury this weekend

    Lorraine Sedor    The Christmas season definitely gets under way this weekend with events all weekend long all over town!    If you need a chance to shop or a quiet night out, this evening from 5 to 10 p.m. Girl Scout Troop 71566 is having a babysitting fundraiser for kids 11-year-old and younger at the Cranbury…

  • WEST AMWELL: Township officials eye open space measure

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    WEST AMWELL — Twenty-one acres of land off Barry Road would be preserved as open space if an enabling ordinance is adopted as expected by the West Amwell Township Committee on Dec. 7.    The proposed ordinance was introduced by the Township Committee on Nov. 23, township Clerk Lora Olsen said…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Tree farms donate Christmas trees for troops

    CENTRAL JERSEY: Tree farms donate Christmas trees for troops

    By Jenna Kunze, Staff Writer    This holiday season, Keris Tree Farm in Allentown and the McLaughlin Tree Farm in Robbinsville are donating 200 Christmas Trees as part of the nationwide Trees for Troops program and they’re inviting the public to join in the effort.    Military families receive free Christmas trees under this program, which is sponsored…

  • EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: Thanks for the party and the memories

    By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    I want to thank Jean Hall Gianacaci, Heidi Kahme, Linda Maiden, Vanessa Sandom, Sheryl Stone, Sally Turner and Lisa Wolff — the “magnificent seven” — for doing all the planning and work that resulted in the surprise party they pulled off for me at the Hopewell Valley Golf Club on…

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