• Nassau prepares to party

    Nassau prepares to party

       At Nassau Swim Club, it is summer the way summer should be. On July 30, members of the public will have an opportunity to experience the old-time community swim club and celebrate its 50th anniversary when restaurateur Carlo Momo of Terra Momo and Three Tier Cake Studio owner Leslie Dowling prepare a sumptuous feast.    Dinner…

  • WEST WINDSOR: GOP elects Bator as chairwoman

       WEST WINDSOR — The West Windsor Republican Municipal Committee has unanimously elected Christine Bator as its new chair to replace retiring Chair Lois Morgan.    Ms. Bator is an attorney and a long-time West Windsor resident. She is a former commissioner of the NJ Highway Authority and a former commissioner of the NJ Board of Public…

  • MONTGOMERY: Church reaches out to Guatemala

    MONTGOMERY: Church reaches out to Guatemala

    By Maris Iati, Staff Writer Marisa IatiStaff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The Catholic Community of Saint Charles Borromeo in Skillman is joining hands in partnership with a community more than 2,000 miles away in Guatemala.    The connection is part of the broader relationship between the American Diocese of Metuchen and the Guatemalan Diocese of Santa Rosa.…

  • SPOTLIGHT: No typical tourist

    SPOTLIGHT: No typical tourist

    The Martin Luther King Center in Havana where Strong stayed during his recent trip to Cuba.

  • PENNINGTON: Officials lower cost of liquor license

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    Pennington Borough is trying to sell a liquor license again and has dropped the minimum bid it will accept by $25,000.    The Borough Council voted July 11 in favor of a resolution authorizing the town to accept bids for a liquor license. Under the measure, the minimum bid must be…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Proposed charter school gets another year to plan

    By Charles W. Kim, The Packet Group    The state Department of Education is giving the Princeton International Academy Charter School another year to plan before it opens.    The Mandarin-immersion school, initially slated to open in September for 172 K-2 children from Princeton, South Brunswick and West Windsor-Plainsboro in a building on Perrine Road in the…

  • MONTGOMERY: Church reaches out to Guatemala

    MONTGOMERY: Church reaches out to Guatemala

    Parishioners of Saint Charles Borromeo pose with members of the Guatemalan community of Santa Isabel in May. Courtesy photo

  • Area residents are graduates of colleges, universities

       Residents of the Lambertville, New Hope/Solebury, Stockton and Ringoes areas recently received various degrees from colleges and universities. They include:    — Wyatt Anderson Brady, of Lambertville, graduated summa cum laude from Rutgers University in New Brunswick in May with a 3.94 GPA. Majoring in labor and management studies, he also was a member of the…

  • Public Projects 101

    Kim Robinson Hopewell Township     Public project basics. Define the needs. Identify and evaluate the options. Make a prudent choice that meets the project needs at minimal cost to the taxpayers. At least that’s how it should work. Project needs for the Jacobs Creek bridge? A structurally safe bridge that will carry passenger vehicles, emergency…

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