• MANVILLE: Police blotter, Dec. 30-Jan. 4

    Reports from police records    A caller at 12:16 p.m. Dec. 30 said a large hole was forming on West Camplain Road between 19th and 20th avenues. It had never been filled in after work done over the summer, he said.    A hit-and-run accident in which a gray Prius hit a black BMW was reported at…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Firefighters called out in the cold

       Firefighters turned out in temperatures dropping to single digits Saturday night to fight what turned out to be a small fires between the walls between two townhomes on Shire Court, of Homestead Road.    Less then two hours after units from stations 37 and 36 cleared a water leak and evacuation on Waterman Lane, the Hillsborough…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Take stock, reorganize, recommit

    Lambertville Mayor DelVecchio gives ‘State of the City’ address    Here is Mayor David DelVecchio’s “State of the City’ as delivered at the Jan. 1 city government meeting.    Good morning, and happy new year! On behalf of the governing body, I welcome you all.    I would like to offer my congratulations and thanks to both Council…

  • MANVILLE: Two Catholic parishes become one

    MANVILLE: Two Catholic parishes become one

    Bishop Paul Bootkoski, with the Reverend Stanislaw Slaby, right, welcomes parishioners.(Photo by Mary Ellen Day)

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Morgan aids Raiders’ perfect start in swimming

    He’s part of winning freestyle relay By Justin Feil, Packet Media Group    Ryan Morgan’s improvement in the fall helped the Hillsborough High School boys cross country team enjoy success.    Now the HHS junior is doing the same in the pool for the Raider boys swim team. Morgan’s improvements in the pool have helped push a…

  • Recent Grants Will Help PEI Kids Serve Hundreds of Mercer County At-Risk Youth in 2014 and Beyond

    Recent Grants Will Help PEI Kids Serve Hundreds of Mercer County At-Risk Youth in 2014 and Beyond

    By Jesse Elliot Lawrenceville, NJ n January 9, 2014 n Since 1984, Lawrenceville-based PEI Kids has delivered comprehensive Prevention, Education and Intervention programs aimed at keeping Mercer County children safe. Recent financial support from the County, State and two corporate foundations will further strengthen the nonprofit’s “Comprehensive Juvenile Offenders Outreach Services (CJOOS)” and “Managing Aggression…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Six Troop 89 Scouts earned rank of Eagle in 2013

    HILLSBOROUGH: Six Troop 89 Scouts earned rank of Eagle in 2013

       Hillsborough’s Boy Scout Troop 89 had a busy 2013. In addition to adding 15 Webelos to its ranks and taking 13 trips, the troop also saw six Scouts attain the Eagle rank, pushing the troop’s number of Eagles to 84 in the troop’s history.    On average only four percent of all boys that join Scouting…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Two named to open space group

    Many volunteers reappointed to township boards By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor     Two members were switched on the township Open Space Advisory Committee, but most of the list of citizens named to Hillsborough boards and commissions last Thursday night were reappointments.     Lisa MacCollum, who had been a member of the open space group for…

  • WEST AMWELL TWP.: Wooden Farm park planning now possible

    WEST AMWELL TWP.: Wooden Farm park planning now possible

    The Wooden property, outlined in yellow, is close to Howell Living History Farm in Hopewell Township. The area also contains historic farms and ties into Mercer County’s Baldpate Mountain Preserve, Howell farm and the Pleasant Valley Historic District.

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