Hurricane Ida trampled through—the winds and the flooding doing extensive damage. While most of us were sheltering in place, our firefighters, emergency medical technicians, police officers, and public works employees were out in the thick of it doing what was necessary to protect life and property.
The city, again, is buzzing with people, but we wonder: How do we properly greet each other?
Bordentown's place in the history of the Delaware and Raritan Canal.
Seven years ago, I revealed in this column the startling presence of mysterious, ghostly visitors in my home. The behavior of those spirits has changed slowly but steadily since that time, and during the recent summer months, their activity rose to unprecedented levels. Sightings are rare, a…
We caught up with Mayor Julie Blake of Hopewell Township to understand the potential impact of allowing cannabis cultivation in the Valley
On Monday, Oct. 4, West Windsor Volunteer Fire Company #1, Station 43, is commemorating its 100 years of service to the West Windsor community with a charity golf outing at Mercer Oaks Golf Course.
The Township of West Windsor Shade Tree Commission will hold a delayed Arbor Day celebration due to the pandemic and the school calendar.
“In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes,” said Benjamin Franklin in 1789. And he was right.
The Delaware and Raritan Canal has always been a popular subject to write about. Its history is richly saturated within the rip-rap stone crevasses of its towpath and waterway.
Spoiler Alert: The ending of The Wizard of Oz revealed. Glinda The Good Witch floats in from her beautiful pink cocoon and emerges to tell Dorothy, “You’ve always had the power” (to get home). Glinda confesses that she hadn’t shared that message sooner because Dorothy “wouldn’t have believed…
The world may cry, even fall apart, but through it all, dogs keep doing their happy dances.
David Orban just won Best in Show at the Mercer County Artists juried exhibition. No small feat with the numerous talented artists submitting to this exclusive juried exhibition.
Last week the senate of New Jersey decided that it did not want the goldfinch as the state’s official bird.
Vaccines are still the only way out of this mess, and booster shots are here for the immunocompromised and soon to be available for anyone eight months removed from their second shot of Moderna or Pfizer.
This column is about quotes. Not famous or memorable quotes, but the quotation marks themselves, the ones used indiscriminately every day on badly-written signs for businesses, churches, and government.
The Council must keep politics out of legal ads and reinstate the ads in The Trentonian so that its readers can continue to monitor the actions of their local government.
In this month's column, municipal manager Kevin Nerwinski’s gives a retrospective on efforts to clean up the Pit Stop property.
Hopewell Valley's new superintendent of schools has been vital to the Outdoor Equity Initiative
Recent Lawrence High graduate Hunter Rivera was always small as a child, and he seemed even smaller by playing travel ball with kids older than him. That, however, just gave him a bigger will to succeed.
Born in Philadelphia in 1770, Joseph Hopkinson shared his childhood years between the city and Bordentown where his parents bought a home in 1773
We just celebrated Independence Day last month—the 245th anniversary of our declaration of independence from Britain. But how many of you know that 227 years ago, “Independence” was considered as the name for our town of Ewing? I explored the naming and boundaries of our township many years…
So, it’s the Thursday before the 4th of July. I’m psyched because I have 4 days off from work.
Martinez works from the NJ Forensic Technology Center at the Horizon Center in Hamilton
Needless to say, we live in difficult times. But imagine needing help and calling the police, only no one answers.
"Thankfully, he never took his shirt off, as many older guys did on hot days; apparently, even a guy nicknamed 'Smelly' can retain a modicum of decency."
Summertime: Just say that one rather common word a bit more languidly than usual, drawn out with the slightest hint of melody, followed by a small pause, and people smile and light up.
April Zay, owner of Hummingbird Arts, is an artist, teacher, designer and mentor.
The first step to growing old gracefully is to readily admit that you’re getting old.
A year apart means we are meeting our close friends again for the first time.
The newly formed Outdoor Equity Alliance, fiscally sponsored by FoHVOS, was invited to join in the planning of what became a Mercer County-wide weekend festival that took place on June 18-20
This month we reflect upon and express gratitude for people like Patricia Whitehead, who share their experiences to bring the past alive to us all these years later.
It's been quite a journey.
Dog park in Hamnett Park to be named in honor of World War II hero canine.
Lifestyle Creep is a concept, not a person—it refers to the idea of becoming accustomed, over time, to more expensive living
“That was the strangest thing,” my son said. “As if a vein was opened, and the words just kept coming out of her.”
After the collapse of the Napoleonic Empire in 1815, political unrest forced Napoleon Bonaparte’s brother, Joseph, into self-imposed exile
There simply would not be enough space in this publication to accurately portray what Vince Calcagno has meant to the Township of Robbinsville
“I don’t believe that there is any grass that is greener anywhere else. Vast plains of it as well.”
Hopewell Township is an official Tree City USA, having just earned this distinction again for 2020
Throughout the month of May, poet Colby Cedar Smith has worked with every Hopewell Elementary fourth-grader as part of the Artists in Residency Grant Program, a co-sponsored project of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and Young Audiences for Learning. In June, the students will parti…
Thomas Kelly: photographer Jack Kosowsky is drawn to light and color
So….masks. There are those who don’t wear them. There are those who wear them. There are those who forget them in the car and have to run back and get them. There are those who have to wear them while they work. There are TV and movie superheroes who wear them because their costume requires it.
On Feb. 22, Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law P.L. 2021, C 16, known as the “New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act.”
“Hershey mascots seem like the tossed-off products of a marketing department’s lunchtime brainstorm session.”
This month we reminisce one last time with Patricia Whitehead Stoner and her reflections on Ewing’s past, as recorded by her in 1940.
From time to time Ewing Mayor Bert Steinmann answers questions posed by readers or members of the Ewing Observer’s staff.
I’m asking nicely here. I’m not begging. But I am strongly requesting that people stop changing the English language on us senior citizens.
Since April is Distracted Driver Awareness Month, I decided to write a topical article in combination with a community issue.
Who or what is Xerces, and why are we dedicating a full column to them?
“Looking at soothing images of nature evokes serenity, relieves stress, and stimulates positive feelings.”
New outreach coordinator Horacio Hernandez has been working with the Hopewell Township Health Department for two months now
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