• HAMILTON: ‘Elf on the Shelf’ making the rounds

    HAMILTON: ‘Elf on the Shelf’ making the rounds

        HAMILTON — The township is welcoming a very special visitor to town this holiday season.     Her name is “Hamiltonia” and she’ll be helping Santa check to make sure that the children across town have been nice.     Taking a spin off the beloved “Elf on the Shelf” tradition, Mayor Kelly Yaede has announced…

  • HAMILTON: ‘Elf on the Shelf’ making the rounds

    HAMILTON: ‘Elf on the Shelf’ making the rounds

    Phil McAuliffe Mrs. Santa Claus gives students from the Greenwood school candy canes.

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Holiday tree, menorah take cues via Twitter

    LAMBERTVILLE: Holiday tree, menorah take cues via Twitter

    Designers see marketing promise with the idea By John Tredrea, Special Writer Lambertville’s Twitter-controlled Christmas tree and holiday display caught on fast, and all the way around the world at that. "The story of our little tree went global in two days," said Sean O’Grady in an amazed voice. Mr. O’Grady is with the Lambertville-based…

  • MONTGOMERY: 2014

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY – Here’s a look back at the most notable news in Montgomery in 2014. Montgomery made headlines this year with a very tragic story. The violent deaths of John and Joyce Sheridan continue to plague the minds of both those who knew them and those who didn’t due to…

  • JAMESBURG: Santa makes big entrance

    JAMESBURG: Santa makes big entrance

    Borough turns out for arrival By Amy Batista, Special Writer JAMESBURG — "All aboard" as Santa and a group of his helpers rode the train into town this past Saturday with an escort by the Jamesburg Fire Department. Excited children awaited his arrival in front of the fire department. "It’s a good gesture for the…

  • ALLENTOWN: Train show helps aid library fund campaign

    ALLENTOWN: Train show helps aid library fund campaign

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Packet Media Group     ALLENTOWN — Visitors will enjoy viewing up to eight trains moving through scenery that goes from city and subway to country to mountains and back again.     Kids of all ages will have fun pushing buttons to activate the many animated scenes, including kids swinging, wind turbines rotating,…

  • MANVILLE: Catalytic converters reported stolen

    Police blotter, week of Dec. 15-21 Two catalytic converters were reported stolen from vehicles in the parking lot of Derek’s Auto Service on South Main St. at 11:37 a.m. Dec. 16. They were valued at $1,400. — Police checked the area of Kennedy Boulevard when a caller reported hearing sound effect noises like a jingle…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Holiday tree, menorah take cues via Twitter

    LAMBERTVILLE: Holiday tree, menorah take cues via Twitter

    Maddie Horvath, of Oxford Communications, controls the Lambertville company’s holiday tree and menorah with commands sent via Twitter. She could change colors of the bulbs, or make them blink, or turn the electricity off.

  • MANVILLE: Club at library stitches friendships and afghans

    MANVILLE: Club at library stitches friendships and afghans

    By Mary Ellen Day, Special Writer Libraries hold books and information, but also are community centers. Winess the Crochet Club and Knitting Too, which meets on the last Wednesday of the month in the Manville Public Library’s community room. Resident Catherine Spinola took her passion for the craft she has been doing at the age…

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