• HOPEWELL VALLEY: Veterans observe Memorial Day

    HOPEWELL VALLEY: Veterans observe Memorial Day

    Phil McAuliffe Kyle Neiderer, 16, (right) of Pennington and Merritt McAlinden (left) of Hopewell play taps during a the veterans’ memorial ceremony at Alliger Park on Saturday.

  • AROUND CRANBURY: Trenton Choral Society to perform at St. Davids

    By Lorraine Sedor, Columnist    Mezzo-soprano Kim Elaine Neighbor will be the featured soloist at the spring program of The Greater Trenton Choral Society (GTCS) at St. David’s Episcopal Church, Cranbury, on Sunday, May 31 at 4 p.m.    An alumna of Westminster Choir College, Mrs. Neighbor sings regularly with Princeton Pro Musica, Trinity Cathedral in Trenton,…

  • Backing Jenny Crumiller for boro council

    Dan Preston of Princeton Democratic Committee     Jenny Crumiller has been my friend, neighbor and fellow activist for 18 years. We first worked together in the 1990s on neighborhood preservation issues, and later to protest the impending war in Iraq. Long before it was fashionable, Jenny exemplified a “yes we can” attitude with natural talent…

  • Township can’t hold off rising tax rate

    David W. Blair of Princeton     The Princeton Township Committee is justly pleased to report that the 3.5 percent increase in the municipal budget is less than the cap of 4 percent, but Township Administrator James Pascale says the township will eventually get to that 4 percent cap. It is likely that the Mercer County…

  • Are Dems ’throwing in the towel’ on property tax rebates?

    Peter Biondi, Hillsborough    If the Democrat-controlled Legislature passes Gov. Jon Corzine’s budget that will eliminate property tax rebates for New Jersey homeowners, except for senior citizens and the disabled, people won’t need to search their memories too far to recall when the comment was made by Assembly Budget Committee Chairman Louis Greenwald that the rebate…

  • STATE: Christie leading Lonegan as GOP primary approaches

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    Former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie appears to have a substantial lead over former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan as the Republican New Jersey gubernatorial primary election approaches, but many factors will shape the outcome of the election and the subsequent challenge to Gov. Jon Corzine in the general election, say several…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Veterans observe Memorial Day

    HOPEWELL VALLEY: Veterans observe Memorial Day

    Phil McAuliffe Veterans and their families look at a Memorial brick, in memory of John Piggott, of Hopewell Township, who was a member of Hopewell Valley American Legion Post 339. Memorial bricks were presented during the ceremony at Alliger Park.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police blotter

       Michael Lajeunesse, 19, of Bridgewater, was charged with driving while intoxicated, careless driving and failure to drive properly in marked lanes after he was pulled over for accelerating aggressively on wet roads and crossing over the center lane of Route 206at 3:07 a.m. May 17.    Mr. Lajeunesse was taken into custody after he failed several…

  • YMCA committed to helping area residents

    Paul Kieltyka, Hillsborough    At a time when many people are facing difficult financial choices, I want to reassure you of the Somerset Valley YMCA’s commitment to provide membership and services regardless of one’s ability to pay.    We believe it is vitally important for children, families and people of all ages to continue to have access…

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