• BORDENTOWN JOTTINGS

       A Spirit Walk sponsored by the Downtown Bordentown Association will be held on Friday, Oct. 22, from 6 – 11 p.m. The walk starts at the Farnsworth Avenue Public Parking Lot and continues through the town with discounts being offered at most of the Bordentown City shops and dining establishments. The Spirit Walk will feature…

  • Change needed in sheriff’s office

    Thomas Nothstein, Monroe    On Feb. 10, Democrat Freeholder James Polos, when speaking about the Sheriff’s Department, stated that “numerous specialty services are not being provided to the municipalities” and “the department needs new leadership.”    Truer words were never spoken!    Since all political parties involved agree that there must be a change in the Sheriff’s Department,…

  • Greenstein and COAH

    Wayne Wittman, Cranbury    When Cranbury residents voiced their concerns over the current affordable housing policies of COAH, Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein was no where to be found.    Cranbury should have been looked upon as a poster child for all of its past work in building and integrating affordable housing within its community. Instead we were demonized…

  • LAWRENCE: Schools set budget sessions

    Meetings will help prepare for 2011-12 By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Anticipating another challenging operating budget to prepare for the 2011-12 school year, Lawrence Township school district officials are seeking input from parents as to what they would like to see in the spending plan.    That’s why school district officials are holding a series of…

  • LAWRENCE: Young marchers to haunt annual Halloween parade

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The ghouls and goblins should be out in numbers Oct. 30, as the Lawrenceville Volunteer Fire Co. holds its annual Halloween parade for children — as it has for more than 50 years — in the historic village of Lawrenceville.    The young marchers will begin gathering at the Lawrenceville Elementary…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Hall of Famer Floyd Little’s coming to town

    By Birgitta Wolfe    BORDENTOWN CITY — School days and dear old golden rule days will be on the minds of Bordentown Military Institute alumni as they return to the city for their reunion on Saturday.    But more than readin’ and ‘ritin’ and ‘rithmetic, they’re actually going to be preoccupied with football and one of their…

  • Reserve Now for Global Day of Jewish Learning

    By Har Sinai Temple GLOBAL DAY OF JEWISH LEARNING OBSERVED AT HAR SINAI TEMPLE   Hopewell Twp. – Reservations are being taken for the Nov. 7 "Global Day of Jewish Learning"  that will be observed locally at Har Sinai Temple.           A celebration of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz’s translation and commentary on the Talmud, the 9-11:30 a.m. event…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Missing college student found

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    A 17-year-old township resident who was missing for three days was found after reaching out to authorities for help.    Shahan Akhter, a commuter student at Rutgers University who lives in the Monmouth Walk development in South Brunswick, was reported missing Oct. 15 by his parents after he didn’t return home.…

  • LAWRENCE: Resident storyteller to sign children’s book at state library

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