• HEALTH MATTERS: Helping teens to combat a negative body imag

    HEALTH MATTERS: Helping teens to combat a negative body imag

    By Melinda Parisi, Ph.D. Princeton HealthCare System     “Do I look fat?”     “Do you think I’m attractive?”     “Should I go on a diet?”     Unfortunately, teens seem to be asking these questions more often and are becoming increasingly susceptible to negative and critical thoughts about their body. This is cause for concern as…

  • Get your tickets now for agriculture dinner

       The “Celebrate West Amwell” agriculture dinner — prepared by some of the township’s chefs who will use local produce — will be held Sept. 9 at the West Amwell Firehouse, 24 Mt. Airy Village Road.    The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. with hors d’oeuvres and a silent auction.    Dinner will be at 7:30 p.m.,…

  • PRINCETON: Sewer bills are going up

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    Sewer rates are on the rise to offset the moving of the hospital to neighboring Plainsboro.    On Tuesday, the Princeton Borough Council passed a resolution raising the rates for owners receiving water from New Jersey American Water.    The rates will be as follows: $66 per thousand cubic feet of metered…

  • MONTGOMERY: Schools opt out of Newsweek listing

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Each year, Newsweek devises a list of the “best” high schools in the country with the criteria of how hard school staffs work to challenge students with advanced placement college-level courses and tests. Once again, Montgomery Township Schools have opted out of participating in the rankings.    The statement…

  • PRINCETON: No finding yet on beaver killings

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Two months after two beavers were shot and killed in a park by the Princeton animal control officer, the investigation is ongoing with no real results given by officials.    State officials are still examining the shooting of the beavers in Pettoranello Gardens in Community Park North in May by Princeton…

  • PARENTING PEARLS: Pivotal forces: Community support, parental education

    By Dr. Mae Sakharov    Long before the days when standardized testing was the criteria for whether a school was successful or not, I was co-founder of The Father’s Heart Urban Prep School in Trenton. Our students were the children of poverty, many coming from families broken by addiction and abandonment. Based on what we saw…

  • SUNSHINE LIST

    Meetings    HOPEWELL BOROUGH COUNCIL: July 7, 7 p.m., Borough Hall.     PENNINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL: July 11, 7 p.m., Borough Hall.     HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE: July 11 regular meeting canceled.     HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE: July 12, 7 p.m., Municipal Building.     PENNINGTON PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION: July 13, 7:30 p.m., Senior Center.     PENNINGTON…

  • EDITORIAL: Two months, no answers from state

       When people learned two months ago that the Princeton animal control officer had shot and killed two beavers in Community Park North more than a few were outraged.    Some thought the killings were cruel and unnecessary. They believed if the beavers were indeed “a nuisance,” as the officer is reported to have called them, then…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: City’s history is shown on mural

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