• ‘Moon Over Buffalo’ comedy opens tonight (June 5)

    Somerset Valley Players will present “Moon Over Buffalo” at the theater at 689 Amwell Road (Route 514) from June 5 through 21. Shows are Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 and Sunday matinees at 2. General admission is $20, or senior citizens and students are $18. Zany shenanigans comically light up a backstage dressing room…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Community calendar, June 4

    Amsterdam HSA holds  basket auction and raffle  Fri., June 5 — Amsterdam School and Home Association’s 17th annual “Fun in the Sun” basket auction at the school on Amsterdam Road. Doors open at 6 p.m. First winning ticket will be called at 8:15. An admission booklet must be purchased to enter. Admission is…

  • Hillsborough letters 6-4-15

    Young people are encouraged  to register, vote in all elections  To the editor:   Americans agree that it is a fundamental duty as an American citi´ zen to vote in major elections. This includes the presidential elections every four years and midterm elections. People believe that by voting in these elections, they are…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Unbeaten JV volleyball team is honored

    Hillsborough’s government body on May 26 saluted the undefeated JV boys’ volleyball team, which a perfect 14-0 win-loss record to be the first Hillsborough volleyball team ever to go undefeated. The Township Committee’s proclamation commended the team members “not only for the perfect season that they achieved, but also for their unwavering teamwork, dedication, and…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Record field turns out for YMCA’s  Hop 5K

    HILLSBOROUGH: Record field turns out for YMCA’s Hop 5K

    A record number of runners rose early to beat the summer heat Saturday at the 15th annual Hillsborough YMCA Hop 5K, a benefit race for the Y. A total of 1,357 registered runners, ranging in age from 5 to 82, participated. The runners warmed up to music before Hillsborough Mayor Douglas Tomson fired the starting…

  • CRANBURY: Watercolorists unite for upcoming exhibit

    CRANBURY: Watercolorists unite for upcoming exhibit

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor CRANBURY — Each painter has his or her own technique of spreading watercolors on a page to produce an image. Some of the scenes that emerge are familiar, like those of the Parsonage Barn or Brainerd Lake in Cranbury, or the one of Stonehenge. Others are more abstract like “Canyon…

  • CRANBURY: Gymnasium turned gallery to showcase students’ talents

    CRANBURY: Gymnasium turned gallery to showcase students’ talents

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor CRANBURY — Music drifted through the aisles of art where community members gaily perused colorful paintings, sculptures, drawings and collages. The talents of every student in Cranbury School’s grades K-8 were on display during the annual Art Show on the evening of May 28. More than 1,000 pieces of artwork…

  • CRANBURY: Monroe woman dies after being struck by a car

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer CRANBURY — A 75-year-old Monroe woman who went missing earlier in the day died after being struck by a vehicle while she was trying to cross Route 130 last Friday night, according to Cranbury Township Police Department. Svetlana Yausaheva was reported missing from her residence in Rossmoor by her husband…

  • AS I SEE IT: In Princeton, think small for affordable housing

    By Anne Waldron Neumann On Sunday, May 17, Princeton’s Community Democratic Organization (PCDO) hosted a symposium on what many residents feel is Princeton’s central issue: how to keep — or, depending on your perspective, how to make — Princeton affordable. What are some of the barriers to affordability in Princeton? Our property taxes, for one…

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