• Regionalization study funding is ballot question

    By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    When local school board/school budget elections are held Wednesday (April 27), a referendum on ballots will ask voters to approve spending up to $50,000 for a feasibility study of regionalization of South Hunterdon Regional High School and its three sending schools into one K-12 district of approximately 870 students.    Those…

  • School boards: No races in area towns

    By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    Ten seats are available on the four local school boards, but only nine candidates are running in the April 27 election.    In three districts — Lambertville Public School, West Amwell Elementary and South Hunterdon Regional High School — there are no contests.    — At LPS, three candidates are running for…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Curriculum fair returns after seven-year hiatus

    By Doug Carman, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — A game of pool might be a way for a hustler to make an easy buck, but Hightstown High School students Michael Barton, Anisha Mallampalli and Anindita Das showed that it’s just another way to look at their geometry studies.    ”You’re showing people angles to apply to pool.…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Charter school proposal draws massive crowd

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Charter school proposal draws massive crowd

    By Mary Brienza and Charles W. Kim, Staff Writers    Controversy over a proposed charter school in the area flooded the municipal building with more than 300 people during a Zoning Board of Adjustment hearing April 14.    The Princeton International Academy Charter School (PIACS) went before the township’s zoning board to request a change in use…

  • BBQ and Baseball May 15

    By Har Sinai Temple         HAR SINAI BARBECUE & BASEBALL DAY   Hopewell Twp. – Sunny days, the end the religious school year and barbecue are entwined in a single afternoon for Har Sinai Temple members on May 15.           The temple’s Men’s Club and Religious School are combining efforts to usher in the warmer…

  • PRINCETON: Live at the library: a 5 a.m. royal wedding

       Royal Wedding fever has crossed the pond to Princeton.    The Princeton Public Library is hosting a 5 a.m. screening of the live broadcast of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s nuptials at London’s Westminster Abbey on April 29 in the Community Room.    Tea and scones will be served.    The screening party came to fruition after the…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Lacrosse team’s senior leads by ‘perfect’ example

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Lacrosse team’s senior leads by ‘perfect’ example

    Staff photo by Maria Riegel Senior Justin Berger takes the field to help his team defend against the opponents.

  • Chickens are OK

    Dr. Dee Apple Hopewell Township     I am writing to support the idea of allowing homeowners in Hopewell Township to keep a small number of chickens in a well-controlled space on their property.    This is an issue where I hope good science and common sense will prevail over irrational fears and dishonest or mean-spirited arguments.…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – New management is familiar at Bagel Basket

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – New management is familiar at Bagel Basket

    By Mary Brienza, Staff Writer    It does not happen that often where the owner of a business sells it and then buys it back within a couple of years, but that is exactly the case for the Bagel Basket.    Kendall Park resident Bobby Patel, 52, bought the Bagel Basket located in the South Brunswick Square…

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