• HILLSBOROUGH: Tiny firefighters

    HILLSBOROUGH: Tiny firefighters

    Firefighters extinguished a burning vehicle, during the class.

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Garden shop to blossom on TV

    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Garden shop to blossom on TV

    A.R. Willey (left), Kristen Willey and P. Allen Smith (right) have a chat about flowering plants.

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Hunt House rehabilitation included in plans for NW park

    Mercer County officials plan to renovate the historic house, located on Federal City Road By Lea Kahn, The Packet Group    Mercer County Park Northwest’s 1,600 acres span Lawrence and Hopewell townships — from Keefe and Cold Soil roads in Lawrence to Elm Ridge, Federal City and Pennington-Rocky Hill roads in Hopewell Township.    Last month, Mercer…

  • MANVILLE: Festival offers more than the food

    MANVILLE: Festival offers more than the food

    Sacred Heart Church festival volunteers (left to right) Mary Tighe, Eugenia Szeremeta, Dolores Serra and Dot Gubernotwork on making pierogies and noodles in preparation for next week’s event. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • CRANBURY PRESS THINGS TO DO

       Friday, July 24    Free concert: Bob Orlowski, a vocal entertainer, will perform from 8 to 10 p.m. at the Corner Café, located in Body and Soul, 79 E. Railroad Ave., Jamesburg. Free coffee and tea is available. Desserts may be purchased during intermission. Mr. Orlowski specializes big band, swing, easy listening and show tunes. His…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Skatepark group revises fundraising approach

    By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — The group behind an effort to create a skatepark in town is altering its fundraising activities in response to concerns that developed earlier this month over the borough’s involvement in the as-yet-to-be endorsed project.    Rick Pratt told the Borough Council this week that the future fundraising done by…

  • PRINCETON: July sales brighten retail mood for some

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer   PRINCETON — A recessionary economy continues to make life rough for downtown Princeton’s retail community, but not all is doom and gloom as some retail store owners said they were surprised by how well they were doing in July.    Veteran retail merchants and newcomers alike said they were being attentive…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Assisted living facility planned

    By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    EAST WINDSOR — Initial plans for an assisted and independent living complex for senior citizens at the corner of Route 571 and Old Trenton Road were presented to the Planning Board this week.    Preliminary concepts presented by The Seasons at East Windsor called for the creation of a multi-phased project…

  • HILSBOROUGH: A midsummer’s art festival

    HILSBOROUGH: A midsummer’s art festival

    Samantha Wyland decorates the Dance Connections booth with a bouquet of balloons. Staff photos by John Keating

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