• Filling a home with furniture and feeling

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Shirley Binion sits on her new couch after being presented with furnishings in her apartment in Hudson Manor. Right: Binion embraces Michael Massood, CEO of Thomasville Home Furnishings of New Jersey. Sometimes, a day really can make a difference. Just ask Shirley Binion, who resides at Hudson Manor in…

  • Millstone will seek park funds

    By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent With their eyes set on developing a park on Red Valley Road, Millstone Township officials are vying to be selected for a Monmouth County Municipal Open Space Grant for maximum funding of $250,000. Millstone Mayor Bob Kinsey said representatives of the township were expected to make a presentation to the Monmouth…

  • Bon Jovi Soul Kitchen celebrates three years

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Volunteer Stephen Fusco, left, and General Manager Lou Morreale work in the kitchen of the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Kitchen, which will celebrate its third anniversary in Red Bank next month. Lou Morreale, the general manager of the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Kitchen, worried that the restaurant might not be…

  • ARE WE THERE YET

    I know I put it here, someplace … I think Lori Clinch I like organization. I like things in alphabetical order, items in systematic locations, and I feel that categories are the bomb diggity. I am not categorized, mind you, but I still like the thought of it. While I would love to open a…

  • WEST AMWELL: Food wall is focus Friday

    WEST AMWELL: Food wall is focus Friday

    SHRHS agricultural science teacher Tiffany Morey and her plant science class are working with the wall By John Tredrea, Special Writer It’s not the title of another campy flick on the Sci-Fi television network. It’s the name of a portable, environmentally friendly device used to grow green vegetables and herbs. It’s a Mobile Edible Wall…

  • HAMILTON: County to introduce new nature center

    HAMILTON — The new Tulpehaking Nature Center will open to the public on Oct. 11. Owned by Mercer County and operated by the Mercer County Park Commission, the Tulpehaking Nature Center will be the educational gateway to the Abbott Marshlands. Formerly the Hamilton-Trenton-Bordentown Marsh, the name Abbott Marshlands pays tribute to Charles Conrad Abbott, a…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    Anthony Miller, 56, of Trenton, was charged with trespassing and hindering apprehension at 8:11 p.m. Sept. 16 after he was observed in the parking lot of the Trenton Farmers Market after he had been banned from the property for panhandling. Jessica Thomas, 21 and Monica Thomas, 43, both of Trenton, were each charged with shoplifting…

  • HAMILTON: Bullets hit car on Roberts Avenue

    HAMILTON — Police found six bullet holes in a car parked on Roberts Avenue early Saturday morning. Officers Justin McWilliam and Michael Kenna were dispatched to the 1700 block on a report of gunshots at 3:27 a.m. The victim’s son told police he was at a party in Trenton earlier in the evening and broke…

  • MANVILLE: Rescue squad clears the bar on standards

    By Mary Ellen Day, Special Writer Manville First and Rescue Squad reached an important milestone on Sept. 12. Its members received the provider’s license for which they have been working months to obtain. "To achieve the state licensure means a great deal to myself, as well as the squad’s membership," said Chief David Kohler. "Any…

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