• Weds., Aug. 18

    PACKET PICKS By: centraljersey.com Jersey songbird Princeton Public Library continues its popular Midweek Music series at 7 p.m. with a red-letter gig by New Jersey’s own Marlene Verplanck, one of the most distinguished pop and jazz singers to be heard anywhere. From Bruce Crowther of Jazz Journal International: "Marlene VerPlanck’s albums are never less than…

  • LAWRENCE: New guide to farm markets now available

    LAWRENCE: New guide to farm markets now available

    Pam Mount, right, of Terhune Orchards in Lawrence, helps a customer at the weekly Thursday Princeton Farmers Market, where copies the book ‘The Farm Markets of Central New Jersey’ are available for sale. Staff photo by Victoria Hurley-Schubert

  • Third-quarter taxes are due on Tuesday

    Taxes By: Linda Seida – Staff Writer STOCKTON – Borough residents have two additional weeks to pay their third-quarter tax bills without accruing interest. Quarterly tax bills normally would have been due Aug. 1. The grace period normally extends only to the 10th day of the month in which those quarterly bills must be paid.…

  • HomeFront mounts school supplies drive

    By: Lea Kahn – The Packet Group The first day of school means new shoes, new pants, a new shirt, a new dress and a backpack full of notebooks, pens and pencils, erasers and crayons – unless you are one of the hundreds of children whose parents are clients of HomeFront. But Connie Mercer, executive…

  • Cat charges dropped

    By: centraljersey.com BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP – The local man who was ticketed for having too many cats on his property said the citations have been dismissed. This came after it was confirmed to police that he had had the cats licensed and after he gave two cats to his mother and let a third go free.…

  • Council hopes to solve residential parking woes

    By: Linda Seida – Staff Writer LAMBERTVILLE – Exercise is good for many of us, but few want to get it by walking five blocks from a parked car to his/her residence. In other words, finding a convenient parking space in a city where many people maintain their own vehicles can be a pain. The…

  • New Jersey Walk for Farm Animals in Princeton

    New Jersey Walk for Farm Animals in Princeton

    2009 Princeton Walk for Farm Animals

  • Man charged in church theft

    By: centraljersey.com BORDENTOWN CITY – Police charged a Trenton man with stealing money from St. Mary’s Church on Crosswicks Street. A caller told police about the man and was able to follow him to the Light Rail Train station where police said they found about $39, a hypodermic needle and suspected cocaine on the suspect,…

  • Police make 60-pound pot bust

    By: centraljersey.com BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP – State police said they arrested two Florida men last week after finding they were hauling 60 pounds of marijuana along the New Jersey Turnpike. Pedro Ramos, 43, of Miami, Florida, and Armando Rivero, also 43, of Port Saint Lucie, Florida, were charged Aug. 11 with possession of a controlled dangerous…

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