• Local residents become certified Master Gardeners

    Local residents become certified Master Gardeners

    Area residents recently became certified as Rutgers Master Gardeners of Mercer County at a graduation ceremony held at the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer County. The graduates are from many local communities, have diverse backgrounds and bring with them many skills and talents that benefit the Master Gardener program. They join a group of experienced…

  • NEW HOPE: Cosners to be honored at festival dinner

    NEW HOPE: Cosners to be honored at festival dinner

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer As a duo, they’ve contributed just under a century’s worth — 98 years and counting, to be exact — of time to New Hope’s Eagle Fire Company. “I joined Eagle 53 years ago,” Frank Cosner said. “My wife Patty joined 45 years ago. My dad, William Cosner, was a member…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Arts Council’s oxen gala Jan. 24

    HOPEWELL VALLEY: Arts Council’s oxen gala Jan. 24

    These oxen, which have been grazing at The Pennington School, will be on their way, shortly, to the Jan. 24 Year of the Ox Gala auction at Grounds for Sculpture.

  • SENIOR MENUS

    Jan. 15-22 All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville. Reservations are required. Call 609-397-2228 24 hours in advance. Note this change: The value of each meal is $5.25. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution. All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine. The sodium-controlled menu…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: October tour art will be focus at Jan. 17 auction

    While more than 750 residents and visitors viewed homes on the Lambertville Historical Society’s annual Autumn House Tour, 24 artists from New Jersey and Pennsylvania painted the town en plein air during the October event. More than 30 works of art produced that day will be featured during Lambertville En Plein Air, a silent auction…

  • MANVILLE: Parish to close Christ the King School in the fall (updated)

    MANVILLE: Parish to close Christ the King School in the fall (updated)

    Low enrollment, finances are cited as reasons Parents were notified Monday evening that Christ the King School will not reopen for the 2015-16 school year. Low enrollment and finances were cited as reasons. Rev. Stanislaw Slaby, pastor of Christ the Redeemer Parish, said the decision was made after consultation with the parish finance and pastoral…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Police Blotter

    Jan. 15, 2015 Hopewell Township police Lt. Christopher H. Kascik reported: — On Jan. 2 at 12:13 p.m., Officer Mandy Grey stopped the driver of a 2003 Nissan for a motor vehicle violation on Scotch Road. While speaking to the driver, identified as Summer R. Logan, 60, of Pennington Avenue, Trenton, a no-bail warrant from…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: News from the senior citizen clubs

    HILLSBOROUGH: News from the senior citizen clubs

    Hillsborough Senior Citizens Chapter A installed its 2015 officers at the January meeting. From left are Township Clerk Pamela Borek, trustee Nick Troisi, club president Dorrie Guarneiro, vice president Gene Reinhardt, treasurer Richard Candino, recording secretary Linda Peretti, corresponding secretary Peggy Van Lieu and financial secretary Inge Heitz.

  • LAWRENCE: Church’s ties to Haiti alive after five years

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     Carine Toussaint remembers vividly that when she learned of the Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake that struck Haiti, she immediately felt that she should return to her native country to help.     “I had a feeling that I needed to go back,” said Ms. Toussaint, who lives on Gordon Avenue.…

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