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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Butterflies and balloons at Stony Brook Millstone Watershed
The annual Butterfly Festival brought children and adults to the grounds of the Stony Brook Millstone Watershed Reserve in Hopewell Township on Saturday. This year the new Kate Gorrie Butterfly House was unveiled along with the Watershed Center. There were plenty of attractions to keep everyone busy all day, including tethered balloon rides, entertainment by…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Rain postpones opening of Rotary Club fair
Rainy weather has forced postponement of the opening of the Hillsborough Rotary Club’s eighth annual fair. It will now open tomorrow night, Wednesday, at 6 p.m. The fair will run through Sunday, Aug. 16, on the field adjacent to the Lowe’s store in the Hillsborough Promenade at 315 Route 206. Wednesday will be added to…
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PRINCETON: Quaker Road to close Wednesday for bridge work
Quaker Road between Province Line Road and Mercer Road will be closed on Wednesday so a contractor can make repairs to the bridge over Stony Brook. Princeton officials said the road will be closed from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. so that Marboro Construction, working for Mercer County, will be doing deck sealing work on…
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PRINCETON: Concrete work to begin on Prospect Avenue
Due to scheduling delays the concrete work that was scheduled last week will now start on Monday, weather permitting, on Prospect Avenue, Princeton officials announced. The work will be done between Harrison Street and Riverside Drive West, including at the intersection of Prospect Avenue and Riverside Drive West. While this work is proceeding, Prospect Avenue…
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PRINCETON: Water connection work continues on Mount Lucas Road this week
House water service and fire hydrant installation on Mount Lucas Road will continue this week, Princeton officials announced. Monday through Friday, weather permitting, the New Jersey American Water company’s contractor, CRJ Construction, will continue with the house water services and fire hydrant installation work within the right-of-way on Mount Lucas Road between Cherry Hill…
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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Hamilton man dies in one-car crash on Scotch Road
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP — A Hamilton man died when the car he was driving crashed on Scotch Road in the early morning Sunday, police reported. Nicojon Dacayanan, 26, of Cedar Lane, Hamilton, was driving a 2004 Nissan 350 when it crashed just north of Interstate 95, police said. Police, along with the Pennington Fire Company, Pennington…
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PRINCETON: Residential roads should have 25 mph speed limit
Carolyn Barnshaw, Princeton Princeton has a powerful lobby for bicyclists. Who is looking after pedestrians? The time is right to establish a consistent 25 mph speed limit for all residential roads. In 2012 Princeton adopted Complete Streets policy with the goal of making Princeton a more pedestrian-friendly and bike-friendly community. A Complete Street is a…
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AS I SEE IT: Rule of law in our democratic republic
John Clearwater The political language of our world is full of wordy ideology and absent concepts of governance. To understand the present chaotic political situation one must clarify the real meaning of those words in terms of underlying ethical principles and their political implications in assuring individual rights in a democratic republic. The current ethical…
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EDITORIAL: Night Out builds trust in our communities
The first Tuesday in August has become synonymous with National Nigh Out, the movement begun in 1984 to get neighbors to turn on their porch lights, get out of their houses and to help build community. There were 2.5 million who took part that first year across 400 communities in 23 states. Since then the…
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