• Rename it and he might live there

    By Andy Koontz    It’s clear that if there’s one thing we New Jerseyans don’t like, it’s having our governor bomb around in a state helicopter, swooping down to watch his son’s baseball game only to swoop out again five innings and $2,000 later.    A colossal waste of taxpayer money, and we don’t like seeing tax…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Islamic school wins Globetrotter visit

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Islamic school wins Globetrotter visit

    Staff photo by Charles W. Kim Harlem Globetrotter Kevin “the blenda” Rodrieguez talks to the students of the Noor-Ul-Iman School in Monmouth Junction June 2.

  • We will never forget!

    We will never forget!

    This Memorial Day float, presented by the Hopewell Valley 9/11 and Emergency Responder Memorial Committee, carried a piece of steel that was recovered from the ruins of the World Trade Center following the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. The float appeared at both Hopewell and Pennington parades and took first place in Hopewell. See…

  • PENNINGTON: ‘Shakespeare nut’ gets his master’s from TCNJ

    PENNINGTON: ‘Shakespeare nut’ gets his master’s from TCNJ

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    On May 14, The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) awarded 19 master’s degrees in English literature.    John Silver, of Pennington, was one of the 19.    At 79 years of age, he’s the oldest person in the history of TCNJ to get a master’s in his field.    And the beat goes…

  • PRINCETON: Artist offers workshop

       American impressionist Brett Weaver will lecture at the Updike Farmstead in Princeton on Wednesday, June 15 at 2 p.m., followed by a full-day Plein Air Painting Workshop on Thursday, June 16 from 9:30 am to 4 p.m., at the Updike Farmstead.    Mr. Weaver is a nationally recognized artist who depicts impressions of rapidly diminishing natural…

  • PENNINGTON: ‘Shakespeare nut’ gets his master’s from TCNJ
  • Seventeen have applied for job of schools chief

    For LPS and West Amwell By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    Two local school boards have received a lot of interest in the job opening for a shared superintendent.    Forty-three people requested applications for the job-share at Lambertville Public School and West Amwell Elementary School.    Seventeen people returned completed applications that meet or exceed requirements, according…

  • We will never forget!

    We will never forget!

    Michael A. Chipowsky chairman Hopewell Valley 9/11 and Emergency Responder Memorial Committee     If you attended the Memorial Day parade in either Hopewell or Pennington you saw a float that was carrying a piece of twisted steel that was recovered from the ruins of the World Trade Center following the deadly attack on Sept. 11,…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Cops dodge balls for cancer patient

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Cops dodge balls for cancer patient

    Several police officers and others played dodgeball June 3 to help a second grade student battle brain cancer.

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