• Library Friends’ spring house tour slated Sunday

    Library Friends’ spring house tour slated Sunday

       The “Stroll Through Hopewell” house tour, featuring residences and historic buildings of Hopewell, will be held on Sunday (April 17) from 1-5 p.m.    The self-guided tour will start at the railroad station in Hopewell Borough and will feature eight houses and historic buildings of varied styles, including Arts and Crafts, Victorian and Post-Victorian houses, a…

  • IRS Offers Tips to Reduce Your Tax Time Stress

    By Gregg Semanick, IRS NJ Spokesperson Tax preparation shouldn’t be so stressful. The IRS has put together five tips to ease your tax filing experience. Visit the IRS Website In 2010, more than 304 million visits were made to http://www.irs.gov . Make 1040 Central your first stop to learn the latest news and find answers…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: School board candidates introduce themselves
  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Baseball team counting on captain Cleffi’s leadership

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Baseball team counting on captain Cleffi’s leadership

    By Maria Riegel, Special Writer    Craig Cleffi; a senior and a team captain for the South Brunswick High School Varsity Baseball Team is a tremendous asset for the 2011 season according to head Baseball Coach Timothy Sweeney.    ”He is the biggest asset to the team because he is very athletic in general,” Mr. Sweeney said.…

  • It is time to cut military spending

    The Rev. Robert Moore, Princeton To the editor: As the tax filing deadline of April 18 is almost upon us, and our political leaders have begun a major debate on deficits and federal budget priorities, I note that one major area of the federal budget appears to be largely off the table in terms of…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: East Windsor Regional school board president faces challenge for seat

    By Doug Carman, Staff Writer    The three incumbents up for re-election to the East Windsor Regional Board of Education seek to tweak the schools’ curriculums, continue with the longer class periods for Hightstown High School and contend with an ever-tightening budget that has called for teacher layoffs the past two years. A challenger to one…

  • Two wrongs, one right

    Glen Griffiths Pennington     Please let me thank Emily Schwab for her kind words last week and offer a few thoughts about Pennington’s proposed historic preservation ordinance. She was wrong to assume I represented Pennington’s council. She was wrong to assume I will vote for the ordinance. She is right that I have a duty…

  • EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: Voters should OK funding for regionalization study

    By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    I agree with the four school board members who authored this week’s GUEST OPINION about the need for a regionalization feasibility study.    Voters in Lambertville, Stockton and West Amwell should say yes to spending $50,000 in general funds (2011-12) for a formal feasibility study that would look at the possible…

  • Chickens no problem

    Michael and Louise Aucott Hopewell Township     The HVN of April 7 included a letter from residents concerned about the impact of chickens on neighboring property owners in residential areas.    It seems to me people are unnecessarily concerned. Keeping a few chickens was once very common and taken for granted, similar to having a dog…

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