• EDITORIAL: Beauty lives on medians in township

       You gotta love it when a plan comes together.    Especially when it’s a plan that improves the community — while saving money.    That’s the upshot of the township’s median maintenance program, launched about three years ago, which gets local landscaping crews to “adopt” and maintain one of the township’s roadway medians. The landscapers get a…

  • HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Senior center plan gets airing

    Council asked to pass resolution to help fund the operating costs of the proposed new building, estimated at $210,000 By Aleen Crispino, Special Writer    Following presentations to Hopewell Township Committee in February and Pennington Borough Council in March, representatives of the Hopewell Valley Senior Advisory Board displayed plans for a proposed new, full-service senior center…

  • Ms. Information: Being cheap never looked so good

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    Nowadays, people are throwing around the word recessionista like its going out of style.    For those of you who’ve been shunned from the fashion-conscience community: A recessionista is the illegitimate child of a fashionista and a bargain-basement hunter — essentially, chic meets thrifty.    So if you haven’t heard, it’s no…

  • PILATES CLASSES START MAY 14

    By HAR SINAI PILATES CLASSES OFFERED AT HAR SINAI Hopewell Township – A six-session, Thursday evening series of Pilates classes will be offered at Har Sinai Temple from May 14 through June 25. Led by Mayra Rosner, the classes are designed to straighten abdominal, lower-back and pelvic muscles while improving flexibility and muscle tone. The…

  • ROOSEVELT: Murder suspect waives preliminary hearing

    Man accused of murdering HHS grad By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    The college senior accused of murdering a 19-year-old Hightstown High School graduate at Gettysburg College waived his preliminary hearing Thursday.    Kevin Schaeffer, 21, of Oley, Pa., stands accused of killing sophomore Emily Rachel Silverstein, of Roosevelt, in the early morning hours of April 9.…

  • Central Jersey Events: May 1-7

    STAGE Actors’ NET of Bucks County, The Heritage Center, 635 N. Delmorr Ave., Morrisville, Pa., Mass Appeal, through May 3, Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 6 p.m., $20, $17 seniors, $10 children; 215-295-3694; www.brownpapertickets.com. Bucks County Playhouse, 70 S. Main St., New Hope, Pa., Little Women the Musical, through May 17

  • CRANBURY: Familiar face steps down

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — School elections came and went last week with one noticeable change: School board matriarch Joan Rue wasn’t on the ballot.    Ms. Rue has been a constant figure on the board for 25 years and served as its president for 17 of those.    What started out as a personal…

  • CRANBURY: Afternoon tea

    CRANBURY: Afternoon tea

    Staff photo by John Keating. Kristin Jakober pours herself a cup of tea during the St. David’s Episcopal Church’s tea social, Saturday in Cranbury.

  • HAR SINAI RELIGIOUS CALENDAR MAY 7-14

    By HAR SINAI     HAR SINAI TEMPLE’S  RELIGIOUS  CALENDAR  MAY 7-14  Har Sinai Temple is located at 2421 Pennington Road at Denow Road West in Hopewell Township. The schedule is: May 8, Preschool, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.; 4th Grade Shabbat dinner and service, 6 p.m.; Shabbat service, 8 p.m.; May 9, Cantor’s Bar and Bat Mitzvah prep, 9:15-10 a.m.;…

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