• HILLSBOROUGH: New advisory group named to help with depot planning

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Plans for Hillsborough’s recreation activities at the former GSA Belle Mead Depot will be getting input from a group of residents that includes a former Olympian, a former mayor, a recreation director and a baseball league president.    The seven-member committee dedicated to generating plans for parks and recreation at the…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Garden shop to blossom on TV

    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Garden shop to blossom on TV

    P. Allen Smith was at Stony Brook Gardens for a filming session By Reem Nasr, Staff Writer    Pennington was the place to be Monday for fans of gardening expert P. Allen Smith and those who love home gardening.    The television host and author filmed segments for his show Monday morning at Stony Brook Gardens.    Through…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Assessments set for residents getting sewer service

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    With the completion earlier this year of both the Mountain View Road and Riverview Terrace sewer projects, the Township Committee moved forward July 14 with the approval of several resolutions that detail the special assessments to be paid by residents, at rates lower than originally anticipated.    ”The total costs are…

  • HILSBOROUGH: A midsummer’s art festival

    HILSBOROUGH: A midsummer’s art festival

    Many at the event also enjoyed samples of food prepared on site.

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Slowdown Café to take hiatus

    By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — The Slowdown Café is coming to a stop, at least for a little while.    The cozy and well-kept corner coffeehouse at Mercer Street and Rogers Avenue will shut its doors after seven years this weekend, but likely will reopen under new management by early fall, according to owner/operator…

  • SUNSHINE LIST

    Municipal, school board and other meetings    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP PLANNING BOARD: July 23 meeting canceled, Municipal Building.     PENNINGTON LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES: July 23, 7:30 p.m., Borough Hall.     HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP FIRE COMMISSIONERS: July 23 and Aug. 13, 7 p.m., Union Fire Company.     HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE: July 27 meeting canceled; Aug. 3 agenda meeting…

  • Is that enough?

    Ken Hansen, Hopewell Township     It has just come to my attention that our representative, Congressman Rush Holt, last week voted to spend as much as $700 million for the acquisition of land for the preservation of our wild, freely roaming horses and burros when he voted “yes” on H.R. 1018, the Restore Our American…

  • MCCC to Offer New Programs in Green Building and Green Management

    By Wendy Humphrey MCCC to Offer New Programs in Green Building and Green Management West Windsor, N.J. — Creating a sustainable future is fast becoming the model for development in the 21st century. Responding to the growing shift towards clean and efficient energy production in the United States and abroad, Mercer County Community College is…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police investigate reports of armed robberies

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    The township Police Department and the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office are investigating three different armed robberies by masked men in the areas of Capricorn and Bloomingdale drives between July 15 and July 18.    According to police, the first incident was reported around midnight July 15 on Capricorn Drive. The victim…

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