• Hunterdon Hospice to offer training for volunteers

       Hunterdon Hospice has been providing care to families in the community for over 30 years. Hospice is a special kind of care designed to support and comfort people living with a terminal illness.    When a family receives hospice services, a whole team of people is assigned to see that they receive the most complete and…

  • EDITORIAL: Light needed on council’s ‘negotiations’

       The Princeton Borough Council needs to familiarize itself with the state’s Sunshine Law, as in the public’s business must be conducted in the light of openness, not in the darkness of illegal secret meetings.    The law requires that “all meetings of public bodies in New Jersey must be open to the public unless closure is…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Resident upset over township support of gas station

    By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — A resident took municipal leaders to task at the last Township Council meeting over their efforts to help a local businessman obtain the state environmental permits he needs to build a gas station on Route 130 and Church Street that residents of the historic village of Windsor oppose.…

  • Stick with site in Pennington

    Daniel Pace, Pennington     The Jan. 27 HVN article, “Mixed Use Plan Includes a Center,” which reported on the Pennytown/Marshall’s Corner area of Hopewell Township, made me think of my September 2010 letter to the editor regarding the HVYMCA. That letter identified very good reasons for the YMCA to continue planning for a new building…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Raider swimmers peaking at right time

    By Justin Feil    This is a good time of year for the Hillsborough High School swimming teams.    Regardless of how they have done in the regular season, the Raiders always seem to put it together for a fast finish to their seasons, and this year is no different.    ”This historically is when we peak for…

  • Light needed on council’s ‘negotiations’

    By: centraljersey.com The Princeton Borough Council needs to familiarize itself with the state’s Sunshine Law, as in the public’s business must be conducted in the light of openness, not in the darkness of illegal secret meetings. The law requires that "all meetings of public bodies in New Jersey must be open to the public unless…

  • David Kilby

    By: centraljersey.com A cell phone can be used for much more than making calls. It can be used as a GPS, a web browser, a calculator and a camera – and a canvas for artistic drawings. The Blue Rooster Bakery and Cafe on Main Street in Cranbury is displaying the artwork of Rich Tarpinian, of…

  • Hopewell blues band bound for Transylvania

    Hopewell blues band bound for Transylvania

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    The Little Brothers, a Hopewell Borough-based musical trio that specializes in early country blues, will play in a blues festival in Romania on Feb. 24.    ”It’s the farthest we’ve ever gone to play music, that’s for sure, and we’re pretty excited about it,” said Frank Basile, who sings and plays…

  • ALLENTOWN: Upper Freehold must close $1.7M budget deficit

    By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    ALLENTOWN — The Upper Freehold Regional School District outlined a grim preliminary $32 million budget for 2011-12 that, if enacted, would cost parents more for after-school activities, subscription busing, student parking and the full-day kindergarten program to help close a $1.7 million projected deficit.    Other steps being proposed to close…

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