Frenchtown News

FRENCHTOWN -- Veterans, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, the Delaware Valley Regional High School marching band, local dignitaries and even a horse marched in the borough's 2012 Memorial Day parade.

Not many years ago, people recycled most of their possessions. Clothing, jewelry, furniture, tools and other things were passed around.

St. Anna Greek Orthodox Church will honor another Greek tradition by once again bringing a "Taste of Greece" to Hunterdon County.

The municipal prosecutor for two courts temporarily stepped aside a few weeks ago pending the outcome of an investigation into an allegation of official misconduct, but any change in her employment status is up to the discretion of each municipality, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Anthony P. Kearns III said.

A man who claims his right to a speedy trial was violated has lost an appeal to have the indictment dismissed.

Yoga Loka, 34 Bridge St., in Frenchtown will present a special hypnosis weight loss and nutrition program from 7-8:30 p.m. on Friday, June 8. The workshop includes hypnosis exercises, discussion and an optional CD for $18, which assists in reinforcing immediate results and long range success.

The Delaware & Raritan Canal Watch will hold another in its series of free walking tours of the D&R Canal on Saturday, June 9. The walk will be along the canal feeder between Bull's Island State Park and Prallsville.

This month, President Barack Obama voiced his support of same-sex marriage. Maggie Devine and Marie Zengel didn't necessarily need the validation.

The Lenape Mural Celebration on Saturday, June 2, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Frenchtown Borough Park, Kingwood Avenue, off Creek Road.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate completion of road improvement work on Bridge and South Harrison streets was held today, Thursday, May 17.

Elizabeth Gilbert is standing at her stove, stirring flour into melted butter, attempting a simple white sauce for the base of an oyster bisque.

Surveying the erosion damage along a stretch of Nishisakawick Creek in Frenchtown on May 11 are Mike Roden from the Borough's department of public works ; Mayor Warren Cooper; U.S. Department of Agriculture civil engineer Linda Peterson; DPW head Mike Reno; and Borough engineer Bill Burr.

"The Tattoo Life: The Rich Cahill Documentary" is a 24-minute documentary by Jon Reino following tattoo artist Rich Cahill of Frenchtown and his work, as well as a look into his history.

Elizabeth Gilbert, the best-selling author of "Eat, Pray, Love," and Frenchtown Borough will together be celebrating on May 19 and 20 the writer's newest release, a cookbook by her late great-grandmother titled "At Home on the Range." FRENCHTOWN - Best-selling...

More than a dozen police, fire and emergency officials were honored for valor Wednesday by the 200 Club chapters in Somerset and Hunterdon counties.

KINGWOOD TWP . - On May 5 at about 9:10 p.m., Kaitlin Loseby, 18, of Frenchtown, was southbound on Thatcher Road near Opdyke Road in a 2005 Honda Accord when she hit a deer, State Police said.

A Hunterdon County grand jury has decided that sufficient evidence exists for the prosecution to proceed with cases against the people listed below.