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‘We need both natural lands and playgrounds, sports fields’

In calling for the "preservation" of "half" of New Jersey's land (https://centraljersey.com/2024/05/06/an-urgent-call-to-preserve-half-of-new-jerseys-land/), Jay Watson and the New Jersey Conservation Foundation are misleading your readers. What they're including as "preserved land"...

Common calendar, Packet papers, May 17

Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, and Somerset counties New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center, which...

‘It is insensitive’

The Princeton Historic Preservation Commission has declined to endorse a proposal to construct a 15-unit apartment building that...

‘It brings out the little boy in me’

The Princeton Council gave final approval to a pair of ordinances to purchase the 90-acre Lanwin Development Corp....

‘This is magic’

Ground has officially broken for the Princeton Plasma Innovation Center (PPIC), a new laboratory facility at Princeton Plasma...

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‘A financially responsible budget’

A slight tax increase is expected for Montgomery Township property owners for 2024. The $32.4 million municipal budget was introduced to the Township Committee and...

Princeton officials declare town as book sanctuary

The Princeton Council and the Princeton Public Library Board of Trustees have declared the town and its public library to be book sanctuaries -...

‘It’s an absolutely gorgeous place’

The Pinelands 2024 Juried Photographic Exhibition is in its sixth year capturing the "unique, mysterious, and charming characteristics" of the Pinelands. Richard Lewis, chair...

HomeFront seeks to collect 500,000 diapers by Mother’s Day

How do you collect 500,000 diapers and baby wipes in five weeks? One box at a time. That's the goal that HomeFront has set to...

‘Small businesses represent the life-blood’

Mercer County Executive Dan Benson and the Board of County Commissioners announced they will partner for a second phase with UCEDC, a non-profit Economic Development Corporation, to establish...

Shy, elusive bobcats rebounding in New Jersey

by Alison Mitchell, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation You might think a biologist who's spent nearly two decades researching bobcats in New Jersey would...

Princeton Police blotter

A 22-year-old Princeton man was charged with driving while intoxicated after he was stopped for speeding on Mercer Street at 12:24 a.m. April 2....

Towns feel 4.7 magnitude earthquake

An earthquake that measured 4.7 magnitude was reported at 10:23 a.m. April 5, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The earthquake was centered in...

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