• CHESTERFIELD: Fatal intersection gets reconstructed

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    The intersection where an 11-year-old girl was killed on her way to school when a dump truck collided with her school bus in 2012 has been reconstructed.    County Route 660 (Old York Road) was the north/south minor intersecting street controlled by two stop signs. County Route 528 was the…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: CCI volunteers help make Johnson’s garden grow

    LAMBERTVILLE: CCI volunteers help make Johnson’s garden grow

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer Tom Johnson’s vegetable garden needed some love and attention. Coming through to provide it last week was a team of CCI Greenheart volunteers, who worked with members of a local chapter of the Knights of Columbus and associates from Forest Green, an area business, to help Mr. Johnson out. In…

  • COLUMBUS CORNER: JULY 31

       Mansfield Township will hold its next Environmental Board meeting at 7 p.m. on Aug. 11.    The next Township Committee meeting will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 13.    Mansfield Township will hold its next Recreation meeting on Aug. 19 at 8 p.m.    The Planning Board will meet at 7 p.m. on Aug. 25.    The…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Two elementary schools named to Reward list

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer Hopewell Elementary and Toll Gate Grammar, two of the four elementary schools in the Hopewell Valley Regional School District, have been named "Reward Schools" for 2013-14 by the state Department of Education (DOE). A spokesperson for the DOE said: "A Reward School is a school that has achieved high proficiency…

  • Canned Goods to be Collected at 4-H Fair

    Canned Goods to be Collected at 4-H Fair

    Look for the colorful "Please Donate" signs and bins inside the 4-H Information Tent at the Somerset County 4-H Fair, Aug. 6-8.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Former Raiders enjoy summer hoops success

    HILLSBOROUGH: Former Raiders enjoy summer hoops success

    By Bob Nuse, The Packet Group    In their first season together in the Princeton Recreation Men’s Summer Basketball League, the Hillsborough High School graduates who formed Belle Mead Physical Therapy showed they still have some game.    The group of former Raiders got together in the competitive men’s league and finished third in the regular season,…

  • Interfaith Caregivers’ “Evening of Amore” Raises Over $5,500 for Seniors and People with Disabilities

    Interfaith Caregivers’ “Evening of Amore” Raises Over $5,500 for Seniors and People with Disabilities

    By Roz Dashiell Hamilton, NJ, July 30, 2014: After being forced to relocate to a larger venue to accommodate the crowd, Interfaith Caregivers of Greater Mercer County’s recent “Evening of Amore” provided more than 250 Mercer County community members with an Italian dinner experience highlighted by a special vocal performance that featured opera, jazz, Italian…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: LHT, county to hold Super Moon Bike Ride

    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: LHT, county to hold Super Moon Bike Ride

    The Lawrence Hopewell Trail and the Mercer County Parks Commission are hosting the first-ever Super Moon Bike Ride at Mercer Meadows on Aug. 10, the night of a confluence of celestial events — a "super moon" and the Perseid meteor shower. The event starts at 8:30 p.m. at Rosedale Park, located off Federal City Road…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: School district lauds extended day program

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor    The Robbinsville Extended Day (RED) program has now been enriching children’s lives for three years.    RED offers before and after school care as well as academic, enrichment and fun experiences as part of an independent venture designed to meet the twin goals of increasing revenue for school programs and…

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