• Dog walk hours change

    By: centraljersey.com BASKING RIDGE – The Saturday dog walks at Somerset County Park Commission Lord Stirling Stable have made the annual changeover to morning hours. The Friends of Lord Stirling Stable host the weekly event on the stable grounds at 256 S. Maple Ave. Check-in time for owners and their pets will begin at 10:15…

  • SUNSHINE LIST

    Municipal, school board and other meetings    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS: Dec. 2, 7 p.m. (2011 budget introduction); Dec. 9, 7 p.m.; Dec. 16, 7 p.m., Municipal Building.     PENNINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL: Dec. 6, 7 p.m., Borough Hall.     HOPEWELL BOROUGH COUNCIL: Dec. 6, 7 p.m., Borough Hall.’     HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE: Dec. 6…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Drunken-driving crackdown set

       In an effort to crack down on drunken driving during the holiday season, the Hillsborough Township Police Department will participate in the annual Over the Limit, Under Arrest statewide campaign.    The program will run from Monday through Jan. 2, with local and state police conducting sobriety checkpoints at undisclosed locations in addition to looking for…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: ELSA sewer service proposal to get airing

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    A proposal to bring public sewer service to a substantial portion of southeastern Hopewell Township will be discussed at a special Hopewell Township Committee meeting at 7:30 p.m., Dec. 15, in the auditorium of Hopewell Valley Central High School.    A second meeting on the proposal will be held Jan. 19,…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: State asks township to wait on D&R vote

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    At the request of the state Department of Environmental Protection, the Hopewell Township Committee agreed Monday night to postpone, until its Dec. 13 meeting, a vote on a resolution urging state government to preserve the D&R Canal Commission.    The vote was postponed so DEP representatives could be present to discuss…

  • Monday, Dec. 6

    By: centraljersey.com Monroe Township Committee, 7 p.m., 1 Municipal Plaza. Cranbury Township Board of Health, 7 p.m., Gourgaud Gallery, Town Hall, 23A N. Main St. Cranbury Township Committee, 7 p.m., Town Hall, 23A N. Main St. Tuesday, Dec. 7 Cranbury Township Board of Education, large group room in the school, 23 N. Main St. Cranbury…

  • HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Fire still being investigated

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    A Hopewell Borough residence sustained heavy damage in a fire early Saturday morning, officials said.    No one was injured in the blaze, which is not considered suspicious in origin.    The case remains under investigation, Hopewell Township police Lt. Lance Maloney said Wednesday.    Kevin Zorn is the detective assigned to the…

  • SB man wins library award

    By: centraljersey.com TRENTON – At the 36th annual JASPER Awards presentation, the New Jersey State Library received two awards for excellence in communications. The statewide "Library Champions Awareness Campaign" received the gold award for a public relations campaign while the "Library Champions" posters, featuring celebrity champions like Devils’ forward Zach Parise, Giants’ defensive end Justin…

  • PRINCETON: Vigil planned to support nuclear weapons treaty

       As the U.S. Senate considers ratification of the new START Treaty, the Princeton-based Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA) will hold a candlelight vigil in support of the treaty to reduce nuclear weapons in the U.S. and Russia, on Thursday, Dec. 9 from 5 to 6 p.m. on Palmer Square in Princeton.    Those attending the vigil…

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