• Winter Festival has something for everyone

    Traffic control measures listed    The Lambertville-New Hope Winter Festival, which runs until Sunday, is under way.    The annual event offers seasonal activities highlighting the beauty of the twin river town communities in the winter months.    Twin Rivertown Projects, Inc., a 501c nonprofit corporation of New Hope and Lambertville business owners, residents and others, have selected…

  • ROCKY HILL: Mary Jacob Library Friends set new fundraising goal

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    ROCKY HILL — Mary Jacobs Memorial Library supporters surpassed their goal of raising $100,000 for 2010, said Wendy Rayner, president of the Friends of the Mary Jacobs Library.    For the first time in 36 years, money for operating costs had to be sought from the Rocky Hill community, she said.…

  • Why not at ‘Y’

    Harry B. Fowler, Pennington     While reading about the search for a site for the senior (and possibly youth) center, I was puzzled as to the need for such center(s) with the YMCA planning to construct a facility sometime in the future.    Why should our municipal government be adding services when we cannot afford our…

  • Walking tour to feature playhouse history

    Walking tour to feature playhouse history

    The New Hope Mill, which was incorporated into the Bucks County Playhouse when it was built in 1939.

  • EAST WINDSOR: Walmart to upgrade

    Store renovations approved By Doug Carman, Staff Writer    EAST WINDSOR — The township’s Planning Board thought Walmart’s plans to remodel its store on Route 130 were a bit off-color Monday.    Board member and Councilman Perry Shapiro called the proposed color scheme “dreary.”    However, Walmart’s proposal was approved by a 6-0 vote under the condition they…

  • MONTGOMERY: Police see rise in calls

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Efforts to increase traffic enforcement have coincided with a drop in the number of accidents from 2009 to 2010, according to police Lt. James Curry.    The drop in accidents went from 779 in 2009 to 661 in 2010, Lt. Curry told the Montgomery Township Committee at its meeting…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – H1N1 information available

    By Mary Brienza, Staff Writer    The township has prepared a document to help residents prepare for a potential H1N1 flu epidemic and any other public health and safety emergency that the town faces, according to officials.    The township received a $127,000 federal grant to implement a H1N1 prevention program through vaccination and public education, Stephen…

  • Snow

    By: centraljersey.com I’m prone to insomnia. Sometimes getting up and reading for a while will do the trick, will enable me to fall back asleep (assuming I ever fell asleep to begin with). Sometimes trying to play the piano, which I find very difficult, will work. Sometimes it works too well. More than once I’ve…

  • Smoked, pickled or on ice?

    By: centraljersey.com Sunday, Jan. 30 – Ice house, smoke house, cellar. How was each used historically for food preservation at Walnford? Find out by joining the Monmouth County Park System for a tour and talk about season food preservation and storage from 2 to 3 p.m. at Historical Walnford, Walnford Road, Upper Freehold. For more…

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