• SUNSHINE LIST

    Municipal, school board and other meetings    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP PLANNING BOARD: Dec. 10 meeting canceled.     HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP FIRE COMMISSIONERS: Dec. 10, 17 and 30, 7 p.m., Municipal Building.     HOPEWELL VALLEY REGIONAL BOARD OF EDUCATION: Dec. 14, 7:30 p.m., 425 S. Main St., Pennington.     HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE: Dec. 14 and 28, 7 p.m. regular,…

  • Teaching a Stone to Talk

    Teaching a Stone to Talk

    Rhoda Kassof-Isaac uses painting to enhance her photographs of Italy’s horse race.

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Health official gives flu and H1N1 update

    Two H1N1 clinics slated    — Pennington Quality Market will offer the H1N1 vaccination on Dec. 16 from 4-7 p.m. It will be administered by Passport Health of Lawrenceville. There will be 300 vaccinations available to the first 300 priority individuals who have preregistered. Registration began Dec. 4. There is a $22 administration fee per dose…

  • ALLENTOWN: Added depth, experience should aid AHS wrestling 

    By: Kyle Moylan Sports Editor     While the Allentown High School wrestling team may have finished last season with a record of 8-12, it’s a year older and better now.     “Of our fourteen starters last season, ten were sophomores,” Allentown Coach Larry Kimport said. “We’re a little bit older and wiser. That bodes well…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: State says no aid check in the mail this month

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer But officials forecast little budget impact    Local officials met the state’s announcement that a tax relief check will not be in the mail this month with resignation, noting some even expected worse news out of Trenton.    Officials learned last week that the state’s consolidated municipal property tax relief payments for…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Strip mall on planners’ agenda

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    The Planning Board is expected to review an application tonight (Thursday) for a strip mall to be located at the intersection of Deans Rhode Hall Road and Cranbury-South River Road.    The application filed by developer Crossroads of Progress LLC calls for approximately 52,000 square feet of retail space, 27,851 square…

  • MANVILLE: Veterans, Scouts honor victims of Pearl Harbor attack

    MANVILLE: Veterans, Scouts honor victims of Pearl Harbor attack

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Pearl Harbor survivor and Veterans of Foreign War Post 2290 member Nicholas Alimecco still remembers all of his friends who were killed in the attack Dec. 7, 1941.    And for the past 10 years, he’s attended Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony held at Manville’s VFW Post to honor the memories…

  • Same-sex marriage doesn’t conflict with religion

    Jennifer Bartok, Bennington Way    Today, the New Jersey State Senate will be having an historic floor vote for Marriage Equality. My family raised me Christian; I had my Communion, Bible study and confirmation at St. Joseph’s church. I support same-sex marriage and I believe that it is not in conflict with the Christian faith.    Most…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Towns ready for snow but borough has fingers crossed

    By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    It’s going to be an average winter season, according to the National Weather Service, and, if the forecast holds, Hightstown and East Windsor say they are prepared to weather the snow.    But if the forecast is wrong, and there’s more snow than expected, it could at least spell some trouble…

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