• PLUMSTED: Shakespeare shakes up language arts lesson
  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Pennington Fire Company requests funding for firehouse

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer The Hopewell Township Committee is considering a request from the Pennington Fire Company (PFC), made at Monday night’s meeting, that the township contribute $200,000 toward an expansion and renovation of the Pennington firehouse, located on Broemel Place in Pennington Borough. The fire company made a similar request of the committee,…

  • BORDENTOWN JOTTINGS: JUNE 12

    3rd Tues. of the Month    The Bordentown City Green Team meets the third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Carslake Community Center, 209 Crosswicks Road. Meetings are open to the public. We look forward to seeing you there. Reach the Green Team at [email protected]. Through Sun., June 25    The Dorothea Dix Unitarian…

  • PLUMSTED: Shakespeare shakes up language arts lesson
  • STATE: A banner year for the Great Swamp

    By Michelle Byers, N.J. Conservation Foundation Less than 30 miles from New York City, surrounded by suburbia, lie 12 square miles of wetlands and wildlife known as the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge’s forests, grasslands and marshes are home to an amazing diversity of wildlife, including migratory waterfowl and endangered bog turtles and…

  • LAWRENCE: Fireworks fund $6,500 shy of goal

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Lawrence Township will have its annual Fourth of July fireworks show at Rider University, but whether it will be as elaborate as the 2013 edition will depend on how much money can be raised in the next three weeks. The Lawrence Township Recreation Department, which is spearheading the fundraising effort,…

  • LAWRENCE: Students featured in documentary film series

    Students in teacher Joseph Jamison’s fifth-grade classroom at Lawrence Intermediate School had their 15 minutes of fame, as they were filmed for part of a documentary series entitled "The Work Wonders Project" for Microsoft recently. Mr. Jamison’s students were chosen to participate for the production because of his use of the Self-Organized Learning Environment (SOLE)…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP POLICE BLOTTER

    Hopewell Township police Chief Lance Maloney reported: — On May 29 at 7:40 p.m., Officer William Gaskill went to a wooded area behind the Pebble Creek Playground to check out a report of suspicious persons in the woods. Upon arrival he found Nicholas Banks, 20, of Shrewsbury Court, Hopewell Township, and a 17-year-old Pennington boy…

  • MONTGOMERY: Prevost selected by Mets

    MONTGOMERY: Prevost selected by Mets

    Hal Brown Montgomery High School graduate Josh Prevost was selected by the New York Mets in the amateur baseball draft after a stellar senior year at Seton Hall. Photo courtesy Seton Hall Athletics

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