• HIGHTSTOWN: Children gather sweets for kids in Afghanistan

    By Doug Carman, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — The storage container sits half-full with butterscotch, Smarties and other hard candies weighing it down inside a collection area at the First Presbyterian Church of Hightstown.    Danielle Devlin, 11, and her friend Julia Pendino, 9, are hoping their church and perhaps the community at large can build up…

  • Help township name the park!

       The Hopewell Township Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee is seeking input from township residents to assist them in naming a parcel of land known to date as the Alliger Tract — a 167-acre tract adjacent to the Hopewell Township Public Works Facility on Route 546.    The site is suited to both active and passive recreation.…

  • SUNSHINE LIST

    Meetings    HOPEWELL VALLEY REGIONAL BOARD OF EDUCATION: May 9, 7:30 p.m., reorganization and agenda meeting, 425 S. Main St., Pennington.     HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP BOARD OF HEALTH: May 9, 6 p.m., Municipal Building.     HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE: May 9, 7 p.m., regular meeting, Municipal Building.     HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE: May 10, 7 p.m., Municipal…

  • Thanks from Desai

    Laura Desai Hopewell Township     I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the many Hopewell Township residents that voted to re-elect me for school board on April 27. I appreciate the opportunity you provided for me through your vote, to continue to serve you and the children of our district as…

  • Arts Council launching fund-raising campaign

    Eduardo Garcia, Executive director To the editor: In a very short time the West Windsor Arts Center has emerged as a thriving cultural destination.    Here’s proof: 1,000 celebrants at the art center’s opening; a standing-room audience of 200 at the premiere of the “Glen Acres” documentary, calling for a second showing; more than 250 people…

  • PENNINGTON: Poems are Arbor Day focus

    PENNINGTON: Poems are Arbor Day focus

    Dave Stout of Pennington Public Works gets ready for a ceremonial tree planting on Arbor Day (Friday) at Toll Gate Grammar School as first-graders look on.

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Election splits all-GOP council

    By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — Robbinsville voters will go to the polls Tuesday to choose three people for the Township Council in a five-way nonpartisan race that has, nevertheless, turned rancorous and split the all-Republican council.    Incumbents Christine Ciaccio, David Boyne and Rich Levesque are running for re-election under the banner “Moving Robbinsville…

  • PRINCETON: Trust begins work on children’s nature trail

       D&R Greenway Land Trust has begun work on a Children’s Discovery Trail on its Drakes Corner Road Preserve in Princeton Township.    The trail is named for late philanthropist Charles Evans, who founded the house of fashion, Evan Picone.    Linda Munson, president of the Charles Evans Foundation, arranged its sponsorship of the Children’s Discovery Trail, as…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Lindenberger honored by board

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Outgoing school board member Judy Lindenberger was honored by the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education at its April 27 meeting, held just before the polls closed on school election day.    ”Judy worked hard to improve the district’s communication,” said Superintendent Thomas Smith. “She was also willing to ask tough…

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