• Trivia Night set for Wednesday at CHS

    Trivia Night set for Wednesday at CHS

       Hopewell Valley Central High School, the Hopewell Valley Education Foundation (HVEF), and Hopewell Valley Community Bank are planning a fun activity to be shared by Central High School staff and students, Valley senior citizens, and other community members.    Trivia Night will take place on May 18 at 7 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. A…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Crossroads ensemble shows ‘Glee’

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Crossroads ensemble shows ‘Glee’

    Staff photos by Mary Brienza Select female members of the Crossroads South vocal ensemble perform “Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree” for a live segment of the Fox 5 “Good Day New York” show Tuesday morning.

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Crossroads ensemble shows ‘Glee’

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Crossroads ensemble shows ‘Glee’

    By Mary Brienza, Staff Writer br>    As part of a promotion for the Fox television show “Glee,” “Good Day New York” entertainment reporter Julie Chang visited Crossroads South to film the vocal ensemble choir performing a few numbers Tuesday morning.    The middle school students lined up to get Ms. Chang’s autograph during a break in…

  • PENNINGTON: Special Olympian has special fire truck ride

    PENNINGTON: Special Olympian has special fire truck ride

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Natalie Boyle’s trip to Disney World started in grand style.    She rode in a fire truck to the airplane that took her from Mercer County to Orlando, Fla., as part of Operation Dreamlift.    For more than 20 years, Operation Dreamlift has been run by the Mercer County chapter of the…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Origami good will

    HIGHTSTOWN: Origami good will

    Cranes are clustered on the window near the front entrance to Hightstown High School. (Staff photo by Doug Carman.)

  • REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: Working with Lola on the news

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    I couldn’t sleep.    I was thinking about my notes on Hopewell Township’s chicken law, the Jacobs Creek bridge and Pennington’s Historic District. For one thing, I needed to go over them to make sure I could read them. Those notes get written in haste. How bad has this job made…

  • WEST WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO: Schools urged to close for Hindu holiday

    By>Allison MusanteStaff Writer    WEST WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO — The president of the Universal Society of Hinduism is urging the school district to declare Diwali a holiday.    Since South Brunswick’s school board decided in January to include Diwali among its religious closing days, Rajan Zed, a Hindu statesman based in Nevada, has been asking districts across the country…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Yard sale to aid Haitian orphans, Japan

    EAST WINDSOR: Yard sale to aid Haitian orphans, Japan

    Jessica Meirs, of East Windsor, is raising money for Haitian orphans.

  • Political collectors gather in Titusville Saturday

    Political collectors gather in Titusville Saturday

    See collections of political buttons (like those pictured), badges, ribbons and related items in Titusville Saturday.

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