• CHESTERFIELD CHATTER

    By Nancy Mrzljak    The Chesterfield Hose Company Ladies Auxiliary Hoagie Sale orders are being taken. Be sure to pre-order.    Hoagies are $6 each. Each purchase comes with a bag of chips. Pickup is after 10 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 21 at the Chesterfield Hose Firehouse at 300 Bordentown-Chesterfield Road (Route 528) in Chesterfield.    Make checks payable…

  • BORDENTOWN: Bingo is back

        The Consolidated Fire Association is proud to announce that it will be sponsoring Bingo on Wednesdays at St. Mary’s School.    The doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and the games will start at 7 p.m.    The Consolidated Fire Association held Bingo for many years at Carslake Community Center but stopped due to the…

  • BORDENTOWN: Town receives grant to fix signal

       Bordentown Township will receive a $71,500 Local Aid Infrastructure Fund grant from the state to modify a traffic signal at the intersection of Rising Sun and Hedding roads. The grant is among 32 worth a total of $23.2 million being distributed statewide, bringing the total of state funding for local projects to nearly $121…

  • COUNTY: Energy assistance funds available

    Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes has announced that assistance is available for energy costs for those who qualify. TRENTON — Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes has announced that assistance is available for energy costs for those who qualify.    The County’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program allows individuals meeting various income qualifications to…

  • ALLENTOWN: Parking expansion lauded by public

    ALLENTOWN: Parking expansion lauded by public

    The Borough Council has unanimously approved a bond ordinance to acquire property to accomplish a long-held goal to bring additional public parking to the downtown area by David Kilby, Special Writer ALLENTOWN — The Borough Council has unanimously approved a bond ordinance to acquire property to accomplish a long-held goal to bring additional public parking…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Local fire departments aided Seaside blaze battle

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    Several local fire departments sent crews last week to help as the Jersey Shore boardwalk burned.    The massive blaze on Sept. 12 destroyed several blocks of the iconic Seaside Heights and Seaside Park boardwalk in Ocean County.    Approximately 400 firefighters battled the fire. There were 35 engine companies, 15…

  • PHOTO: New officer ready to serve

    PHOTO: New officer ready to serve

    HAMILTON: Mayor Kelly A. Yaede recently swore in Shawn B. Flodmand, the latest of the 17 new officers hired this year to replace retiring officers from the division.

  • REGIONAL: Local fire departments aided Seaside fire battle

    REGIONAL: Local fire departments aided Seaside fire battle

    Scenes of the devastation caused by the raging inferno in Seaside on Sept. 12. The cause of the blaze has been attributed to wiring damaged by saltwater and sand after the destruction caused by Superstorm Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012. Photos by Amy Batista  

  • Signs in woods are there to protect nesting birds

    Fred Spar, Princeton Signs advising that “Dogs must remain on leash” were posted in the Charles Rogers Wildlife Refuge and the Institute for Advanced Study Woods to help protect ground nesting and ground feeding birds in these vital habitats.    Ovenbirds, Eastern towhees, white-throated sparrows, and other species that forage or nest in the leaf litter…

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