Author: Central Jersey
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1890 worker’s home, old church on Oct. 19 tour
The Lambertville Historical Society will host its 32nd Autumn House Tour on Oct. 19 from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. This year’s tour includes five historic homes, as well as seven additional sites. Below is a sampling of what participants will see: HOMES: — Behind the custom-built Victorian front door lie treasures in a circa-1890 worker’s home.…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Resident doesn’t want more signs for township
To the editor: A few weeks ago I read an article in this newspaper from the Democrat candidates for Township Committee about their so-called plans to fill vacant businesses. In their article, they claim there are no plans to get stores into the Kmart shopping center, but on the front page of the same edition…
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LAWRENCE: Police blotter
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Three dirt bikes — two Hondas and a Yamaha — were reported stolen from a locked shed on Drift Avenue between 11:30 p.m. Sept. 29 and 6:30 a.m. Sept. 30. The motorcycles were valued at a combined $2,200. The thief forced open the shed door. Two Yamaha dirt bikes were…
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LAWRENCE: Candidates’ night forum is canceled
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer If voters were relying on the annual school board candidates’ forum — sponsored by the Lawrence League of Women Voters — to learn more about the would-be school board members, they are out of luck this year. That’s because the annual forum — scheduled for Oct. 15 — has been…
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Oct. 9
The complete calendar of events is online at www.messengerpress.com. Scroll down the webpage to the Lifestyles tab on the left. Wednesdays Free Acoustic Open Mic Night and Poetry at Star Subs and Café in the Buckley Plaza 621 Route 130, Hamilton, will be hosted Wednesdays at 7 p.m. by American Idol contestant Bri Lobue. Audience…
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TRENTON: Watson Coleman is opposed to PennEast pipeline proposal
Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Mercer/Hunterdon) has sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission maintaining her opposition to a pipeline project proposed by the PennEast Pipeline Company that would run through Hunterdon County to Mercer County, and has many concerned about the impact on the area’s ecosystems and natural resources. PennEast wants to build…
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MANVILLE: Library to add comfy chairs, bistro features
County library system official Brian Auger speaks with Ethel Gargiulo, Dolores O’Bara and Rosalie Puza in Manville.(Photo by Mary Ellen Day)
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FLORENCE: Man charged with shooting woman
By Amy Batista, Special Writer FLORENCE — A local man has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly shooting a woman in both arms at the Academy Woods Apartments, police said. According to police, the incident occurred just before midnight on Oct. 6 at the Academy Woods Apartments located on Cedar…
