• Titusville Methodists welcome new pastor

    Titusville Methodists welcome new pastor

       The congregation of the historic Titusville United Methodist Church officially welcomed new pastor, the Rev. John Wesley Morrison, during the church’s July 11 worship service. As part of a special litany, the pastor accepted symbolic elements reflecting his new pastoral appointment — including the pulpit Bible, pew hymnal and clergy stole — from members of…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Guidelines eyed for replacing Town Center fences

    By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — Town Center residents who want to replace their aging fences with a wood or vinyl one in the same style as the original would be able to do so without paying $20 for a zoning permit, a proposed ordinance states.    The proposal, which is aimed at reducing red…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Trimmed budget receives final OK

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    A directive from the state’s Local Government Division changing the revenue that can be anticipated from back taxes forced the Township Committee to amend its 2010 budget by $135,000 and find $89,000 in additional cuts, before it was approved Tuesday night.    ”The state’s Division of Local Government has approved Hillsborough’s…

  • PRINCETON: Spring St. apartment switch irks Borough Council

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    Borough Council balked at a request this week by the developer of its downtown redevelopment project on Spring Street to permit a change in its contract that would reduce the number of apartments in its newly finished apartment building by one.    25 Spring Street, is “substantially complete,” with people moving…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Crossing-area water utility expansion eyed

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    The public water system in the Washington Crossing Park Estates development in western Hopewell Township could be extended to three more houses in that development under a $72,000 bond ordinance introduced by the Hopewell Township Committee Monday.    The project would be funded out of the township’s water utility budget, Administrator/Engineer…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Titusville sidewalks project in the works

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    An ordinance appropriating $331,222 for sidewalk improvements in the Village of Titusville was introduced Monday by the Hopewell Township Committee.    If the measure is OK’d, the township would be reimbursed in full by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, which announced the grant for the project in May.    The…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Police Beat

       Daniel Foster, 23, of New Egypt, was charged Friday with possession of heroin with intent to distribute, possession of heroin and failure to surrender a controlled dangerous substance.    At the same time, John Greeley, 19, also of New Egypt, was charged with possession of heroin, possession of a hypodermic needle and possession of drug paraphernalia.…

  • MANSFIELD: NB 13s open with pair of wins

    By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    WEST WINDSOR — The Northern Burlington 13-year-old all-star baseball won a pair of one-run games to open play in the Babe Ruth Southern New Jersey state tournament.    They couldn’t have been more different.    On Thursday, Northern Burlington rallied from a 12-3 fifth-inning deficit for a 13-12 win over Washington…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Arts Council reaches lease agreement

    By John Saccenti, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The West Windsor Arts Council and the township have come to a lease agreement.    Under the new agreement, the arts council will pay West Windsor $250 a month to use the 3,200-square-foot Princeton Junction Firehouse as an arts center 2011 and 2012.    Following that, the arts council…

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