• EDITORIAL: Farmers should stop the noise

       Residents of Montgomery and Princeton who live close to a couple of farms where “propane cannons” have been going off 24 hours a day for weeks have a right to be upset.    The farmers are using the devices to scare deer away from their crops. And the Division of Fish and Wildlife of the Department…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Honey Lake neighbors working to save dam

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    The saga of trying to save Honey Lake continued at Monday night’s Hopewell Township Committee meeting.    The 23-acre lake is in the Elm Ridge Park development in the township’s east-central section.    The state has designated the dam that created Honey Lake a high-hazard dam and ordered that the dam either…

  • WEST AMWELL: Planning under way for bulky waste day

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    WEST AMWELL — Township officials are working on arrangements for an annual Clean-Up Day, which has yet to be scheduled this year.    The Township Committee discussed the matter at length Monday night.    Clean-Up Days are held to give township residents a way to dispose of bulky waste items.    A concern…

  • NJ State Bar Association president, Catholic Charities executive director to receive awards at annual Flame of Charity Dinner

    NJ State Bar Association president, Catholic Charities executive director to receive awards at annual Flame of Charity Dinner

    By Erin Friedlander NEW BRUNSWICK – Two women who are leaders in their profession will be honored at the Diocese of Metuchen’s Annual Flame of Charity Dinner to be held Oct. 27 at 6 p.m. in the Hyatt Regency Hotel.           Susan A. Feeney, Esq., a partner with the law firm of McCarter & English,…

  • AS I SEE IT: August in Princeton

    By Anne Waldron Neumann    August in Princeton, ragweed in blossom. Nevertheless, I’ve decided not to summer in Maine this year. I’ve also decided not to summer in Vermont, New Hampshire, Tuscany, Provence, and Iceland. And where — since you’re obviously reading this in Princeton — did you decide not to summer? Hawaii, Wyoming, New Zealand?…

  • Architectural gem is sparkling again

    Architectural gem is sparkling again

    By Roy Ziegler, Special Writer    When New Hope entrepreneur, John Magill, built his solid fieldstone house on historic Old York Road in 1798 he could hardly have imagined that more than two centuries later it would continue to be a jewel in the town’s architectural crown.    The Magill house is situated in the heart of…

  • WEST AMWELL: Alexauken Creek dam work slated

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    WEST AMWELL — Work is expected to begin within a month on repairing a 12-year-old breach in a dam on Alexauken Creek now that a loan agreement between three property owners, the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and West Amwell Township has been finalized.    Built in 1928, the dam…

  • Tuesday quake in Virginia shakes Valley and region

    By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    Early Tuesday afternoon, an earthquake that registered a magnitude of 5.8 on the Richter scale was felt from Georgia to Maine.    The quake took place about 3.7 miles underground. Its epicenter was located about 8 miles south of Mineral, Louisa County, Virginia — or 84 miles south of Washington, D.C.,…

  • Where were you on Sept. 11, 2001?

       On Sept. 11, 2011, the nation will remember once again the horror of Sept. 11, 2001. In observance of the 10th anniversary of the events that took place that day, The HVN welcomes readers to share their experiences surrounding 9/11, including personal stories and photos.    We plan to publish a series of readership reflections in…

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