Somerset County NJ officials have lowered the speed limit on Washington Street (Route 518) to 25 mph, from Route 206 to the Rocky Hill bridges over the Millstone River and the D&R Canal.

Art has been Patrice Sprovieri’s “first love” since she can remember, and she pursued it early, attending Cooper Union for art school. Later, around 1998, while raising her children in Belle Mead, she began attending the Art Students League in New York City.

About 55 kids and their parents hopped over to Millstone Park in Rocky Hill, NJ, on Saturday, April 4, for an egg-cellent time.

A New Jersey Chancery Court Judge ruled in favor of a local community group and the Borough of Rocky Hill NJ on March 18, concluding a long-running legal battle over the fate of the shuttered Mary Jacobs Memorial Library. The court ruled that a newly formed entity, the Harold & Mary Jacobs Library Foundation, Inc. (H&MJLF), presented a viable plan to reopen and maintain a small community library in Rocky Hill — consistent with the original intent of donor Harold Jacobs.

Women’s History Month is a fitting time to honor two outstanding public servants and political path makers: Grace A. Gurisic, first woman mayor of the Borough of Rocky Hill, and Cathy Frank-White, first woman mayor of Montgomery Township.

The tiny borough of Rocky Hill, nestled along the D&R Canal State Park and within walking distance to the booming real estate markets of Princeton and Montgomery Township, may see a huge population spike. The historic village has about 280 households, but that may increase by another 91 homes in the form of condos and rowhomes on a historic farm property off Princeton Avenue. This 32% increase would include 18 affordable units.

Joan Jeffery Eckstein died on February 7 at the age of 101 at Stonebridge at Montgomery in Skillman, NJ, where she had resided for 10 years. Prior to that, she was a longtime resident of Princeton and Rocky Hill, NJ.