• LAWRENCE: Gas station and store approved by board

    The vacant lot on the corner of Princeton Avenue and Spruce Street has sprouted only weeds for the past dozen years or so, but now a combined gas station and convenience store is expected to fill the spot By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The vacant lot on the corner of Princeton Avenue and Spruce Street…

  • PENNINGTON: Prep school speaker shares Iraq, Afghanistan experiences

    PENNINGTON: Prep school speaker shares Iraq, Afghanistan experiences

    Talk is part of Stephen Crane Lecture Series    The Pennington School welcomed the 2014 speaker — U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Kyle B. Ellison — in its Stephen Crane Lecture Series on Feb. 19.    Lt. Col. Ellison was invited to speak at the school by sophomore Clare Long, who met him through her longstanding volunteer…

  • MANVILLE: Scouts cross the bridge in advancement ceremony

    MANVILLE: Scouts cross the bridge in advancement ceremony

    Keilor Chaves steps up to hear Scoutmaster Jim Kelly announce his selection as ‘Scout of Year.’ (Photo by Mary Ellen Day)

  • Planet Mitsubishi Offers Two All-Star Vehicles for CIAA Fans

    By 1888pressrelease 1888PressRelease – Planet Mitsubishi Best Place On The Planet To Buy A Car! Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC – Charlotte, NC – For the ninth straight year, Charlotte is hosting the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, CIAA, Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournament, beginning today through Saturday, March 1. Fans from all 12 CIAA schools in Pennsylvania,…

  • Public Work crews are lauded for winter work

    Billie Moore, Hopewell Township I want to thank the Hopewell Township Department of Public Works crews for the terrific work they did in clearing our roads throughout this awful winter.    The road I live on and the ones I drove were always passable either during the storms or shortly after.    Our township has, for decades,…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Police Blotter

    News from Lt. Christopher Kascik    Hopewell Township police Lt. Christopher Kascik reported:    — While on patrol on Feb. 15 at approximately 3:30 p.m., Officer John Ferner saw a 1999 Pontiac being operated on Route 31 without its headlights on during a snowstorm. The vehicle also had no front license plate displayed as required in New…

  • STATE WE’RE IN: How N.J. got its first subdivision

    Had things gone differently, this state we’re in might have been called New Netherland, New Sweden, Nova Cesarea or even Albania. By Michele Byers    Had things gone differently, this state we’re in might have been called New Netherland, New Sweden, Nova Cesarea or even Albania.    But we ended up as New Jersey, a name that…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Education group’s arts programs cited

    HOPEWELL VALLEY: Education group’s arts programs cited

    Arvinder Singh, left, of the Hopewell Valley Education Foundation, accepts the Young Audiences Arts Champion Award from Christopher Parks at Monday night’s school board meeting.

  • Central New Jersey March of Dimes Kicks Off March for Babies Fundraiser

    Central New Jersey March of Dimes Kicks Off March for Babies Fundraiser

    By March of Dimes On Thursday, February 20, 2014, Rutgers Athletics joined with families and business leaders in Central New Jersey to kick off the March of Dimes annual March for Babies—the nation’s oldest walk fundraiser honoring babies born healthy and those who need help to survive and thrive.  This year’s kick off theme was…

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