• Pennington Day: It is a wonderful tradition

    GUEST COLUMN By Andy Parsons    Welcome to Pennington Day, May 17, 2014!    We are very glad you and your family and friends will be with us! Pennington Day is the type of small-town street fair that is a very familiar and comfortable piece of Americana that is so cherished in this country. The colorful exhibits,…

  • HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Library purchase would add $30 to taxes for 20 years

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    It would cost the average Hopewell Borough homeowner about $30 a year for 20 years if the borough goes through with a proposal to buy a new building for the town library, borough Councilman Schuyler Morehouse said at Monday night’s Borough Council meeting.    No action was taken by the council…

  • STOCKTON: Mill Society’s progressive dinner set May 10

    STOCKTON: Mill Society’s progressive dinner set May 10

    Some of the area’s creative and talented DRMS members open their homes to host dinner parties for community members who purchase the dinner tickets.    On Saturday (May 10), the community is coming together to “have fun” and “do good.” The event is the Delaware River Mill Society’s annual progressive dinner — a benefit like no…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Woman strangled, then fire was set (updated)
  • Volunteer’s experience supports new library

    Kate Dresdner Hopewell     I’d like to respond to the notion that home computers and the Internet will replace libraries. I started volunteering for the library during a summer home between college semesters. I’ve worked weekday shifts, busy weeknight shifts, and even Saturday shifts. I’ve helped library patrons find everything from tax forms to sources…

  • Pretty In Paint

    Pretty In Paint

    Pretty In Paint

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Students clean Sandy Hook beach

    HIGHTSTOWN: Students clean Sandy Hook beach

    HIGHTSTOWN — On Saturday, April 26, the Hightstown High School Ecology Club and ProjectGreen ventured over to the Gateway National Recreation Area, Sandy Hook, in Monmouth County to gather trash that has washed ashore during the winter, according to an organization press release.    From bottle caps to plastic bags and aluminum cans, the club members…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Students clean Sandy Hook beach

    HIGHTSTOWN: Students clean Sandy Hook beach

    Submitted photo. HHS students clean a beach in Sandy Hook, Monmouth County on April 26.

  • Several brave knights, dames are working on it

    Kim Robinson Hopewell Township     This morrow was the annual May Day celebration at Bear Tavern. Ah, the May Day celebration, always a magical time — ancient songs, children dancing around the maypole, brave families walking down the 45-mph travel lanes to get to the merrymaking, no flashing lights on the roadway distracting from the…

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