• REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: Good move — Using poetry to celebrate Arbor Day

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Many books take many hours to read. To read most of one issue of a newspaper or magazine can take hours, too. But many poems, including a lot of great ones, can be read in less than a minute, and it’s amazing how much you can get out of those…

  • HAR SINAI AT PENNINGTON DAY

    By HAR SINAI HAR SINAI TEMPLE JOINING PENNINGTON DAY  Hopewell Township – Har Sinai Temple of Pennington Road will join the activities at the May 16 Pennington Day between 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The reform temple’s booth at the all-day, family-oriented event will feature information focused on the congregation’s community-based programs such as the…

  • PENNINGTON: Sonny Porcella honored on Arbor Day

    PENNINGTON: Sonny Porcella honored on Arbor Day

    ”I’m the original tree-hugger,” he said By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Nattily dressed in a brown suit and cap and hip-looking dark sunglasses, Sonny Porcella was walking across South Main Street at the Curlis Avenue intersection in Pennington Borough, enjoying Friday morning’s perfect weather.    ”I’m the original tree-hugger,” he quipped.    He could be right. Now…

  • ROOSEVELT: Murder suspect waives preliminary hearing

    Man accused of killing Roosevelt woman 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.…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Inventive students seek helping hands

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    Some students at South Brunswick High School enjoyed unprecedented success last month taking top honors in a state technology competition, but are now in need of help from the community in order to take their projects to the next level.    The school’s Architectural Design Club competed for and won the…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Longtime schools employees plan to retire

    Robert Jann, Peggy Cranstson and Patricia Coats to leave July 1 By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Formally accepted by a unanimous vote of the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education Monday night were the retirements of three longtime employees: Robert Jann, Peggy Cranstson and Patricia Coats.    All three retirements are effective July 1.    A school…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Thinking Green

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Thinking Green

    Staff photo by John Keating. Sierra Wilhelm and J.R. Campbell making a hot dog and soda run.

  • PRINCETON: Retailers plan ‘shop local’ campaign

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer Greg ForesterStaff Writer    PRINCETON — The idea is fairly simple, says Nick Hilton, a Princeton merchant.    Raise awareness of Princeton’s locally owned, independent businesses. Get people to spend locally, strengthening businesses and reinvigorating the local economy. Finally, get people from outside of Princeton to think of the area as more…

  • JAMESBURG: Community helps find missing boy

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    JAMESBURG — It was a local postal worker who saved the day when a 9-year-old went missing Tuesday morning.    Police enlisted the help of the Jamesburg Post Office after receiving a call from John F. Kennedy School employees between 9:15 and 10 a.m. The call notified officers that the student…

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