• Jazz benefit raised $4,000

    Claudia A. Monte of Chesterfield To the editor:    Thank you to all those who helped with, donated to, and attended the Jazz on the River Benefit which was held June 6 to help Habitat for Humanity rebuild homes and hope in New Orleans. The event raised $4,000, which was delivered last month when CAM’s Crew…

  • WEST AMWELL: Farm-fresh

    WEST AMWELL: Farm-fresh

    Phil McAuliffe Bumblebee and sunflowers in the foreground at the West Amwell Farm market on Saturday morning.

  • LAWRENCE: Blight threatens summer’s bounty

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer When one of Matt Conver’s employees approached him last week and told him some of the tomato plants were black and had an unusual odor, he was fairly certain he knew what was wrong.     The tomato plants at the Cherry Grove Organic Farm, off Carter Road, had contracted late…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: New police car, ‘gas guzzler’ or hybrid?

    Local environmentalists and police disagree on the answer By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — Can a police car be both environmentally friendly and capable of performing a fast pursuit and other police functions?    That’s the question facing the city as it prepares to buy a new car for the Police Department to replace one…

  • Hillsborough Hurricanes “Black” Swim Team

    Hillsborough Hurricanes “Black” Swim Team

    Somerset Valley YMCA Hillsborough Hurricane "Black Team"

  • LAWRENCE: Residents’ suit aims to block cell tower

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     The Carter Road Homeowners Association has filed a lawsuit that seeks to block Lawrence Township from leasing a 2-acre parcel of township-owned land on Carter Road — adjacent to the Bristol- Myers Squibb Co. — and allowing the lessee to construct two cell towers on the property.     The…

  • BEING GREEN: Building a better bat house

    By Vanessa Holt, Managing Editor     These winged creatures of the night may be commonly associated with Halloween, but you won’t actually see a bat in late October.     The world’s only true flying mammal, of which nine species reside in New Jersey, are all in hibernation by October, but their hibernation spots are threatened…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: A home ‘base’ for summer fun

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: A home ‘base’ for summer fun

    Riley Elin shoots some hoops. Staff photo by John Keating

  • LAWRENCE: Swift progress

    LAWRENCE: Swift progress

    Chimney-like towers provide housing for these resourceful, fast-flying birds By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer What bird is among the fastest flyers and, when it is time to sleep, dives into a hollowed out tree or a chimney? The chimney swift, of course.     That’s what the audience of nearly a dozen children and their parents…

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