• HILLSBOROUGH:’Town center’ vision upheld

    ‘Downtown feel’ lacking in mixed-use plan at Route 206 and Amwell Road By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Zoners held firm to the concept of a walker-friendly, compact town center when they rejected an application Wednesday, June 15, for more stores, offices and apartments at a key intersection.    The zoning Board of Adjustment voted, 5-1, to…

  • ALLENTOWN: Grave Matters

    ALLENTOWN: Grave Matters

    Alan Stoneback reads the inscription on a gravestone being cleaned by Eugene Hough in the Allentown Presbyterian Cemetery.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Garden club to lead tour to Holland during tulip season

         Neshanic Garden Club will be part of a trip to Holland at the peak of the tulip season from Sunday, April 15, to Monday, April 23, 2012.     The land tour cost is $2,250, plus air fare of $1,140. The minimum number needed for the tour is 21 and the maximum is 45. The…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Fresh, green look for Triangle School grounds

    Trees, bushes spruce up landscaping at elementary school By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Next year, Triangle Elementary School will celebrate its 50th year. As with any aging property, the grounds were getting to look a little bit tired and spare.    Enter the Triangle School Home and School Association (HSA). It engineered a cooperative effort between…

  • MANVILLE: Farmers market makes debut Friday

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    A farmers’ market will make its debut in Manville tomorrow afternoon, bringing many fresh fruit and vegetables to town. The market will be a weekly event from June 24 to Sept. 30.    The market will be held on Fridays rain or shine from 1-6 p.m. on Main Street in…

  • FLORENCE: Field day helps celebrate 20th year of Adopt-A-Cop

    FLORENCE: Field day helps celebrate 20th year of Adopt-A-Cop

    By Amber Cox, Staff Writer    FLORENCE — Third graders from the Roebling School on Hornberger Avenue celebrated the end of their Adopt-A-Cop program with a special field day Monday morning.    For over 20 years the Florence Township Police Department has been involved with the Florence Township School District with a program that works with students.…

  • ALLENTOWN: Birds of a feather swim together

    ALLENTOWN: Birds of a feather swim together

    Robbinsville Ravens and Allentown Redbirds form joint swim team By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ALLENTOWN — The Ravens and Redbirds are joining forces poolside in an interscholastic merger made possible by the persistence of a handful of Allentown swimmers who fundraised the $5,000 in seed money needed to make it happen.    ”I’m excited that we…

  • POLICE BEAT: Week of June 23

    Bordentown City    Damon Hunt, 38, of Camden was charged with fraudulently attempting to obtain prescription drugs and with attempting to obtain prescription drugs by forgery on June 8 after police were called to Boyd’s Pharmacy on Farnsworth Avenue. Patrolman Joe Bourn arrived to find Mr. Hunt, who said he was filling a prescription for a…

  • ALLENTOWN: Grave Matters

    ALLENTOWN: Grave Matters

    Eugene Hough, of Heritage Guild Works, uses ground-penetrating radar to determine the location of unmarked graves in the Allentown Presbyterian Cemetery.

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