• HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Butterfly Festival, Green Fair Saturday

       A special event — a Butterfly Festival and Green Fair — will be held Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association’s Reserve, located off Titus Mill Road in Hopewell Township.    Visitors will get the chance to see more than 20 species of native New Jersey butterflies and learn how to project…

  • MCCC’s Center for Continuing Studies Offers Expanded Online Career Courses

    By Wendy Humphrey West Windsor, N.J. — The Center for Continuing Studies (CCS) at Mercer County Community College is fast becoming one of the "go to" places for adults seeking online classes to enhance careers, learn new skills and pursue personal interests. In addition to its many noncredit courses offered on MCCC’s West Windsor campus,…

  • Lowly taxpayers are doing without

    Maria Giordani Lambertville     When are the American people, especially the taxpayers, going to catch on to why welfare actually exists?    As wonderful as it sounds that we’re taking care of those who can’t take care of themselves, in truth, the people on the dole are no more or less than the grass that grows…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Teachers spent July overhauling curriculum

    HOPEWELL VALLEY: Teachers spent July overhauling curriculum

       It may be summer, but more than 50 HoVal teachers worked during July to rewrite the curriculum their students will learn this coming year, according to Alicia Brooks Waltman, district communications specialist.    Teachers are revising curriculum in dozens of classes in 10 subject areas. For some subjects, revision is part of a rolling schedule that…

  • EDITORIAL: Fighting bullying in schools

       It won’t be long before the kids will be going back to school. That means in most cases new clothes, new classes, catching up with friends about summer vacation, starting new classes and, unfortunately for some, being bullied.    Bullying and cruel nicknames in school are not new. But these days, with the Internet and social…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Cleaning: A better, non-toxic method

    By Birgitta Wolfe, The Packet Group    LAMBERTVILLE — So, you say you’re into the 86th day of the heat wave and the humidity has mold sprouting from the floorboards, there’s mouse droppings in the cupboard and the cat has just uploaded a fur ball on your kitchen counter?    Is that what’s troubling you, Bunkie?    Well,…

  • West Nile: Watch out for mosquitoes

       The state’s first human case of West Nile virus (WNV) is a reminder to all residents of New Jersey that they should take precautions to prevent mosquito bites.    A 50 year-old man from Hamilton Township who developed West Nile virus was not hospitalized and is recovering at home. He developed symptoms in July including fever,…

  • PENNINGTON: New sports shop opens on North Main

    PENNINGTON: New sports shop opens on North Main

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    A place to buy all manner of sporting equipment — dance equipment, too — has just opened in downtown Pennington.    It’s CJ Sports, owned by longtime Hopewell Township resident Ron Cefalone, at 16 N. Main St.    ”This is something I’ve wanted to do for many years,” said Mr. Cefalone, a…

  • MONROE: Monroe residents launch countywide senior guide

    MONROE: Monroe residents launch countywide senior guide

    Four local residents recently started a countywide guide for seniors, Senior Moments. From left are Dennis Lupo, Loretta Lupo, Elena Spinelli, holding a guide, and Paul Spinelli. Staff photo by David Kilby

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