• PRINCETON: Traffic, parking plans set for Communiversity

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    The 2009 edition of Communiversity is expecting a crowd equal in size to last year’s estimated 35,000 attendees, according to members of the Arts Council of Princeton, one of the organizers of the event.    ”It’s the largest cultural event of the year in Princeton,” said Jeff Nathanson, the executive director…

  • MONROE: Never forget

    MONROE: Never forget

    Staff photo by John Keating. Dominique Sapia (right) escorts Moshe Gimlan and his daughter, Ada Gimlan, during the opening ceremony of the Henry Ricklis Holocaust Yom HaShoah Memorial at the Monroe Township High School, Sunday.

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Boil-water advisory in effect in Brandon area

    A boil-water advisory means water being used for drinking, food preparation or cooking should first be boiled for 10 minutes. By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    A temporary failure of pumps in a Trenton Water Department tower in southern Hopewell Township Tuesday night has led the department to issue a boil-water advisory for the affected areas…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police blotter

       Patrick Ojwang, 24, of Ewing, was charged with hindering and driving on a suspended driver’s license after police found, in a random check, that he was driving while his license was suspended on Route 206 at 4:25 p.m. April 9.    Mr. Ojwang was taken into custody after he provided a false name and information, police…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Baseball team closing in on .500 mark

    By: Kyle Moylan Sports Editor     The Robbinsville High School baseball team jumped out to a big early lead and held on for a 5-4 win over New Egypt on Saturday.     “It was a real nail-biter,” Robbinsville Coach Tom Brettell said. “They scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh. Our second baseman…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Chris Christie expected at GOP event

    Spring Breakfast will be held April 25, from 8:30-11 a.m., at H. I. Rib & Co., Route 31, Hopewell Township    Chris Christie, former U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey, will be a special guest at this Saturday’s Hopewell Valley Republican Association annual Spring Breakfast.    Mr. Christie has been endorsed as a candidate for…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: FHA mortgage deal for hospital makes history

    FHA to insure a $756 million mortgage for Capital Health Systems By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    The Federal Housing Administration recently announced that it has finalized a deal to insure a $756 million mortgage for Capital Health Systems.    That mortgage provides the financing to construct a new 223-bed hospital in Hopewell Township, to replace the…

  • MONROE: Residents charged up about electric rates

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    MONROE — Around 100 seniors crowded into the Rossmoor community ballroom Wednesday, all looking for explanations of a recent spike in their electricity bills from their local legislator, state Sen. Bill Baroni.    The majority of the senior community’s residents reside in electrically heated and cooled homes.    Ken Meyers, chairman of…

  • SCHOOL VOTES: Budgets OKd in Princeton, Montgomery, WW-Plainsboro

    By Kristine Snodgrass & Greg Forest, Staff Writers    Voters rewarded the efforts of area school boards to stabilize local tax levies by supporting school budgets in Tuesday’s election.    Voters also endorsed newcomers on the boards, and voted off one area incumbent.    An $80.8 million 2009-2010 Princeton Regional Schools budget passed muster Tuesday in both Princeton…

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