• Down on the farm

    By: centraljersey.com The Hunterdon Folk Exchange will join with the Friends of Howell Living History Farm to present their 26th annual fiddle contest on Aug. 28 at the farm in Hopewell Township. The Folk Exchange Fiddle Contest is the largest and longest running traditional fiddle contest in New Jersey, and annually draws some of the…

  • CRANBURY: Historic barn being rebuilt in new park

    By Natalia Knochowski, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — After being dismantled five years ago, the Parsonage Barn, which dates back to 1741 — just 44 years after the founding of Cranbury — is finally being re-erected at its new location in Barn Park on Cranbury Neck Road.    Cranbury native Bill Bunting, president of Cranbury Landmarks, Inc.,…

  • Spotlight

    How to decode egg cartons By: Laura Sayre – Mother Earth News On a recent Saturday afternoon I bought three dozen eggs from my local Wild Oats supermarket. All were large, brown, cage-free, certified organic eggs. The least expensive, at $3.19, advertised "225 mg of Omega-3 per egg." The most expensive cost $4.29 and said…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Landlord ordinance still being reviewed

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — Residents who want to see stronger controls over apartment rentals and harsher penalties for violators will have to wait a while longer as officials debate a range of stiffer fines.    The City Council last week began a discussion of the governing ordinance to “make it a little tighter,”…

  • ‘Species on the Edge’

    By: centraljersey.com If you haven’t yet seen D&R Greenway Land Trust’s "Species on the Edge" art exhibition, which spotlights essays and artworks by fifth graders, the window of opportunity is closing. The show will be up only through Friday. Each year, through Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey, the art of winners of this contest…

  • Latin America is focus of program

    By: centraljersey.com New Hope-Solebury High School, in partnership with the NH-S Education Fund and the Free Library of New Hope & Solebury, has announced Latin America as the 2010 theme for the community "Read the World" program. Cuban American novelist and poet, Margarita Engle, will visit the school and community on Oct. 13. Her visit…

  • In the kitchen

    Simple fruit desserts By: Faith Bahadurian – Special Writer This is the perfect time of year for summer fruit desserts. Peaches, nectarines, plums, and apricots are in the markets. You might also find some local late-season berries at the farmstand, but even those from elsewhere seem to have extra flavor. Most of the summer was…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Community rallies for firefighter

    HIGHTSTOWN: Community rallies for firefighter

    John Hall, 17, of the Twin Rivers section in East Windsor was among the hundreds who turned out Monday to donate blood for injured Hightstown firefighter Mark Kramer at Hightstown Engine Co. No. 1.

  • Press retrospectives

    CRANBURY By: centraljersey.com – Main Street in Cranbury will be closed to traffic Sept 9 but town streets will be the most crowded they have been all year. That’s because the Cranbury Business and Professional Association will be hosting Cranbury Day, in its 21st year. "What’s unique about Cranbury Day is there is always nice…

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