• Sustainable Hillsborough: Plan sets guides for meeting goals

       This is the second in a series of articles that the Sustainable Hillsborough Steering Committee has written to highlight its efforts to date and to focus attention in the hopes of building interest and momentum in sustainability.    The Strategic Plan for a Sustainable Hillsborough addresses five goals: 1) our local economy, 2) community, 3) environment,…

  • MANVILLE: Police blotter

       Christopher Sawyer, 34, of Manville Avenue, was charged with driving while his license was revoked at 11:45 a.m. March 10. He was released after the charge was filed, pending an appearance in Municipal Court.    A South Reading Avenue resident reported on March 11 someone fraudulently attempted to use a credit card of his. He reported…

  • PLAINSBORO: Solar panels to power library storage facility

    By lauren Otis, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — Any day now, weather permitting, the switch will be flipped and solar-generated power will flow from 5,000 new photovoltaic panels installed on the roof of the archival library jointly owned and operated by Princeton University, Columbia University and the New York Public Library on Princeton’s Forrestal campus.    The…

  • MANVILLE: Celebrating Girl Scouting’s birthday

    MANVILLE: Celebrating Girl Scouting’s birthday

    Anna Zujkowski,Julie Pankowski, Sara Freuler, Olivia Smutek and Cassie Marshall, Brownie Girl Scouts in Troop 389, play candy bingo, using Smarties candies as markers. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • WEST WINDSOR: Council seeks replacement for Anklowitz

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The resignation Monday of Will Anklowitz from the West Windsor Township Council leaves a vacancy that remaining council members must fill within 30 days or leave vacant until the November election.    Mr. Anklowitz, a Republican, was confirmed Monday by the state Senate as a Superior Court judge…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: New schools chief to begin work in June

    HOPEWELL VALLEY: New schools chief to begin work in June

    Thomas A. Smith will replace Thomas Butler By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Thomas A. Smith will become superintendent of the Hopewell Valley school district June 1.    The full school board voted unanimously Monday night in favor of Dr. Smith’s appointment. He will replace Thomas Butler, who has been at the district’s helm on an interim…

  • AROUND CRANBURY: Plenty to do in Cranbury

    By Lorraine Sedor, Columnist    Historic Society to hold Pot Luck        This evening the Cranbury Historical and Preservation Society hosts its spring Potluck Supper at 6:30 p.m. in the 1st Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall.    All are invited to bring a favorite covered dish to share and a place setting. The Society will provide beverages. The…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Local foreclosures on the rise

    Expert: Numbers consistent with national trend By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    Reflecting a national trend, foreclosure rates have been rising significantly in East Windsor and Hightstown.    Thus far this year there are eight homes that have been issued a writ of execution of foreclosure — a court order to foreclose on a property — in…

  • REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: James McPherson: Lessons on Abraham Lincoln

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    I can’t remember her name. She said she lived on Dublin Road in Hopewell Township. One Friday afternoon about 20 years ago, she walked into the newspaper office carrying a new hardcover book and asked if we could do a story on the book.    The book — I can’t recall…

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