• FLORENCE: Quilt honors local veterans

    FLORENCE: Quilt honors local veterans

    Residents admire the red, white and blue quilt made by Joanne Trout that honors the 37 veterans in Florence. The names of the vets killed in various wars are written in the stars. The quilt is in the front display case at the municipal building.  Amy Batista photo

  • HAMILTON: Bank holds grand opening

    HAMILTON: Bank holds grand opening

    rand Bank has announced the opening of its new full-service branch in the township    HAMILTON — Grand Bank has announced the opening of its new full-service branch in the township with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Nov. 8.    The new branch is located at 2265 Highway 33 in Hamilton between George Dye Road and Nottingham…

  • Hardworking team brings home a championship

    Hardworking team brings home a championship

    Melissa Emde, Hamilton    I am writing this to congratulate the 2013 UNDEFEATED Hamilton Pop Warner Junior Pee Wee Football Team as they have just won the New Jersey State Championship, 39-12.    I wanted to shine a spotlight on this group of 21 hardworking 10- and 11-year-old boys that have gone through an amazing football season.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: ‘We’re going’ to Disney World’

    HILLSBOROUGH: ‘We’re going’ to Disney World’

    Building a pyramid, the Hillsborough Dukes Jr. Pee Wee championship team consists of, from left, Ashley Shuttner, Kiara Mundt, Isabella Coffey, Sarah Roser, Gillian Prince, Allison Compell, Juliet Benedetti, Taylor Rastelli, Sarah Weinstein, Amy Applegate, Mackenzie Brownlie and Jessica Tuck.

  • HAMILTON: Pet limits law still hot topic for council

    By James McEvoy, Managing Editor    HAMILTON — Officials continue to discuss addressing the township ordinance as it relates to pet limits for residents.    An ordinance, which would set limits on a sliding scale based upon lot size of a given property, was introduced at the Nov. 6 Township Council meeting.    A resident on a property…

  • HAMILTON: Collector displays ‘Age of Sail’ memorabilia

    HAMILTON: Collector displays ‘Age of Sail’ memorabilia

    Collector Richard Updike of Hamilton with Morven curator Elizabeth Allan, left, and Morven director Clare Smith. Courtesy photo

  • WEST AMWELL/LAMBERTVILLE: Deer graze away at the Sourland forest understory

    Forum to concentrate on deer management By Gene Robbins, Packet Media Group    Deer are killing the Sourland Mountain.    Overpopulation of white-tailed deer is “the greatest single threat to the health of the Sourland forest,” says a press release from the Sourland Conservancy, a nonprofit organization working to protect the 90-square-mile area of the mountain that…

  • ROBBINSVILLE/PLUMSTED: Fire departments team up for Toys for Tots campaign

    ROBBINSVILLE/PLUMSTED: Fire departments team up for Toys for Tots campaign

    Plumsted Township firemen and EMTs Kevin Panacek (left) and William Bowden III beside the Toys for Tots donation box at the firehouse.  Courtesy photo

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Don’t just gloss over senators’ policy remarks

    To the editor:    Now that the Booker-Lonegan contest is over, it is an opportune time to revisit the Founding Fathers’ ideas regarding the United States Senate.    It is a generally forgotten fact that U.S. Senators have not always been popularly elected. Direct election of U.S. Senators only began with the adoption of the 17th Amendment…

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