Author: Central Jersey

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Feel free to honk on the bridge Friday

    LAMBERTVILLE: Feel free to honk on the bridge Friday

    200th anniversary party this weekend Give the "free bridge" a honk on Friday. The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission invites motorists to join in commemoration of the New Hope-Lambertville Bridge’s 200th anniversary by giving a beep of their car horns while crossing the bridge during daytime hours. The first bridge at the location was…

  • WEST WINDSOR: New yard debris rules coming before council

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — The township is ready to move forward with new regulations for the disposal of yard debris. The Township Council has two goals in making changes to the yard waste collection ordinance — preventing people from putting yard debris out for pickup too early and preventing people from…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Firefighters remember those taken on 9/11/01

    ROBBINSVILLE: Firefighters remember those taken on 9/11/01

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer ROBBINSVILLE — The community gathered to honor township resident Pamela Gaff and the New York City firefighters, police officers and Port Authority officers who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001. "Thirteen years ago today a terrible national tragedy unfolded in front of us," said Firefighter Erik Eitel. "The worst…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Old township hall to be demolished

    HILLSBOROUGH: Old township hall to be demolished

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Township officials voted Sept. 9 to spend up to $35,000 to remediate and demolish the old municipal building on East Mountain Road. The building is in front of the current public works yard. Township Administrator Anthony Ferrera said Tuesday that building is subject to flooding and generally isn’t sound. In…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: He’s out of Africa and back home

    LAMBERTVILLE: He’s out of Africa and back home

    Geoff Hewitt, center, the principal of Lambertville Public School, takes screening information at a medical clinic during some duties in Kenya in late May educating and organizing health services.

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Police force welcomes new officers

    BORDENTOWN CITY: Police force welcomes new officers

    Amy Batista Samantha Yerdon is congratu´lated by Bordentown City offi´cials after being sworn in as a police officer on Sept. 8. Photo by Amy Batista

  • HAMILTON: Traffic notice for Sept. 21

    HAMILTON — The 2014 Ironman 70.3 Princeton triathlon will impact traffic on various roads across Hamilton (with competitors on bicycles) as well as other roads in neighboring towns on Sunday, Sept. 21. Several roads will be closed to only local traffic (only residents who live on the street in question) and include various traffic detours…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Old township hall to be demolished

    HILLSBOROUGH: Old township hall to be demolished

    The former township municipal building, one of many locales of township offices until the municipal complex was built in the late 1980s, is likely to be torn down. It features a couple of rusting pieces of road department equipment out front.

  • MANVILLE: Hurricane Floyd began run of battering storms

    MANVILLE: Hurricane Floyd began run of battering storms

    As Floyd’s flood waters rose on Main North Main Street near the Marketplace place and the WalMart store was a watery island.