• Baldpate closings

    By: centraljersey.com The Mercer County Park Commission will close Baldpate Mountain to all visitors on select days due to the annual deer management project. Those dates are: Dec. 23-24, 29-31; Jan. 1, 5-8, 12-15, 19-22, 26-29 and Feb. 2-5, 9-12. Exact project dates also will be posted on the various gates leading into the area.…

  • Bill promotes worst kinds of sprawl

    By: centraljersey.com Most environmental groups and advocates, including New Jersey Conservation Foundation, have supported affordable housing for low- and moderate-income residents for decades. But a bill rapidly making its way to the governor’s desk pits affordable housing against the environment in a cynical effort to maximize private profits. The truth is that intelligent planning provides…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: A visit with Santa

    ROBBINSVILLE: A visit with Santa

    By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — Three-year-old Katherine Blando fixed the red polka-dot bow in her short blond hair, climbed onto Santa’s lap, and got right to the point.    ”Please bring me a Rapunzel dress and a Rapunzel wig so that I can have hair down to my booty,” the preschooler said earnestly.    As…

  • Embrace “The Love Bug’s Hug” at MCCC’s Kelsey Theatre Jan. 22

    Embrace “The Love Bug’s Hug” at MCCC’s Kelsey Theatre Jan. 22

    By Wendy Humphrey West Windsor, N.J. – Colorful creatures and balloon artistry magically combine at Mercer County Community College’s Kelsey Theatre in January. Husband and wife duo, “Bugs and Balloons,” alias Annie “LadyBug” Hickman and Allynn “The Balloon Guy” Gooen, release their creative energy – with help from their friends in the audience – in “The…

  • MANSFIELD: Sweet treats will greet families on Christmas

    By Amber Cox, Staff Writer     MANSFIELD – At a time for giving during the holiday season, Mansfield Elementary School participated in a “Sweet Sock-A-Thon” on Dec. 17.     Students began collecting socks and candy on Dec. 6 and assembled sock gifts for the Atlantic City Rescue Mission (ACRM).     One local family has been…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY

    By: centraljersey.com Darlene Schilling, 61, of Bordentown Township, was charged with careless driving, reckless driving and driving while intoxicated on Dec. 7 around 8 p.m. Police responded to a rear-end collision at Crosswicks Street and Routes 130 and 206. No serious injuries were reported. Ms. Schilling was released to a family member pending a future…

  • John Tredrea

    By: centraljersey.com HOPEWELL – The Hopewell Township Committee voted 4-1 Dec. 13 to urge state government to preserve the D&R Canal Commission. The commission is a state agency that oversees the Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park and the natural corridor through which it passes. After much discussion, Mayor Michael Markulec cast the no vote,…

  • Joanne Degnan

    By: centraljersey.com MILLSTONE – The Township Committee has voted to spend $435,000 to purchase a 12.5-acre property on Novad Court for affordable housing. Even though the days may be numbered for the state agency that determines each town’s share of low- and moderate-income housing, Township Committee members said Millstone still needs to move forward with…

  • Amber Cox

    By: centraljersey.com MANSFIELD — Residents of Homestead at Mansfield pushing to have their sewer-water usage bill changed from a flat rate to a consumption rate have the attention of the president of the New Jersey American Water Co., John Bigelow, after a recent public meeting. Representatives from the New Jersey American Water Co. addressed the…

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