• PLUMSTED: POLICE BEAT

       Brian T. Devine, 44, of New Egypt, was charged April 11 with driving while intoxicated, leaving the scene, careless driving, and having an expired registration.    Police said he ran into a fence along Archertown Road and then tried to leave the scene. Mr. Devine’s car was located down the road, where he was taken into…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Life after the festival

    HILLSBOROUGH: Life after the festival

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    For East Mountain Road resident Jim Haba, the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival was not just about the poets who shared their work, or the hundreds of people who attended the biennial event.    It was about allowing people to immerse themselves in a form of literature with which they were…

  • Hollywood at the State

    Hollywood at the State

    By Kelly Skinner Contact:  Kelly Skinner, director of public relations 732-247-7200, ext. 542 [email protected] Renu Verma, marketing & pr coordinator 732-247-7200, ext. 517 [email protected] State Theatre presents Hollywood at the State An Original State Theatre Production State Theatre Benefit Gala 2009 Saturday, May 16, 2009, 6pm Tickets (concert only): $65, $50, $40, $25 Benefit Gala “Black-Tie”…

  • GUEST COLUMN: Earth Day 2009: Alternative energy comes of age

    By Kevin F. Toolan    Environmental consciousness has grown tremendously in the 39 years that have passed since the first Earth Day in 1970. Nowhere is the progress more apparent than in the field of alternative energy.    As much as we would all like to think that meeting our environmental obligations is a function of inherent…

  • Har Sinai in Lawrence

    By Har Sinai HAR SINAI AT LAWRENCE’S JUBILEE APRIL 26 LAWRENCE – Har Sinai Temple is coming to Lawrence Township on April 26 for the community’s annual Jubilee along Main Street. The Hopewell Township-based congregation draws a substantial amount of its membership from Lawrence Township and will have a booth among other vendors who participate…

  • Walter: Letter writer got it wrong

    Sonja Walter, councilwoman, of Robbinsville    Contrary to a statement made in a recent letter to the editor by Ed Nelson, I voted “yes” on Robbinsville’s pedophile residency restriction ordinance. Anyone can check the record by referring to the official minutes. It is unfortunate that Mr. Nelson was not willing to review the facts before putting…

  • Rotary again offers scholarships

    Orsola Andersen and Randi Quiroga, co chairs Robbinsville Hamilton Sunrise scholarship program    For the past ten years, the Rotary Club of Robbinsville Hamilton Sunrise has been offering scholarships to students who live in either Hamilton or Robbinsville and intend to further their education at a two- or four-year college, technical or vocational school. Awards range…

  • Displays, Programs to Celebrate County Government Week

    Somerset County Board of Freeholders The public is invited to learn about Somerset County through a variety of informational displays and activities at county locations during National County Government Week (May 3-9). Somerset County will join government on the national, state and local levels in celebrating National County Government Week to raise public awareness and…

  • PRINCETON: Boro Merchants mull parking strategy

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    The president of the Borough Merchants for Princeton said that despite nearly universal opposition by business owners to expanding metered parking hours downtown, continued vocal criticism of the recent decision by Princeton Borough Council was counterproductive.    ”I don’t think there are many of us, there may be a few, who…

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