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Water project halt topic for New Hope
The Borough Council will discuss Tuesday whether to continue the moratorium on the pubilc water project that was halted when an explosion and fire razed a house after a contractor hit a gas line. By: Linda Seida NEW HOPE The Borough Council next week is expected to discuss whether to continue the limited state…
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Editorial-March 3, 2005
School districts cooperating to ‘regionalize’ By: Mae Rhine While formal regionalization of the three local elementary school districts with South Hunterdon High School has been shelved, we’re happy to see the districts are doing a little informal regionalizing. The districts decided not to pursue talks about regionalization after an exploration committee reported the plan would…
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Letters-March 3, 2005
DeAnna’s moves two blocks away To the editor: Friends and neighbors: For those of you who haven’t heard, after 15 years at my location, South Main and Lily streets, I have chosen to move my restaurant, DeAnna’s, to 54 N. Franklin St. in Lambertville, just two blocks away. My desire to have my customers under…
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Fire alarm fines raised
Lambertville has passed an ordinance that raises the fines for businesses responsible for repeated false fire alarms. By: Linda Seida LAMBERTVILLE With no public comment, the City Council passed an initially controversial ordinance that will raise the fines for businesses responsible for repeated false fire alarms. Council members passed the ordinance unanimously. Councilman Steven…
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Gas-related explosion suspected in building blaze
A representative of Elizabeth Gas said it was too early to determine the cause of the fire at a building at Church and Union streets. By: Linda Seida LAMBERTVILLE Investigators this week still are trying to determine the cause of two explosions and a fire that occurred last week in a building at Church…
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March 2, 12:53 p.m.: Capital punishment on increasingly shaky ground
The Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling further narrows the application of the death penalty. It’s time to abolish it. By: Hank Kalet The U.S. Supreme Court has been chipping away at the rationale for capital punishment in recent years. Yesterday, the court pulled another brick from the wobbly edifice, ruling in a 5-4 vote that the…
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Police Blotter-March 3, 2005
Lambertville Feb. 17 at 1:35 a.m., while checking on a parked vehicle left running on Washington Street, police charged Sean K. Horan, 37, of Chalfont, Pa., with drunken driving. Feb. 17 at 9:35 a.m., police charged Brian D. Case, 18, of Lambertville with drunken driving. He was stopped for speeding on South Franklin Street, police…
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Parenting Pearls-March 3, 2005
Consider issues of international adoptions By: Dr. Mae Sakharov The tsunami that devastated South Asia Dec. 26 has mobilized millions of people eager to contribute resources and time. The horror of those moments and the devastation captured on video and seen around the world cannot be forgotten. No matter how many times those clips are…
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Esipov wins District 20 title
Ragucci, Simmons-Edler also advance By: Ken Weingartner SOUTH BRUNSWICK Misha Esipov knows what it’s like to win a championship by surprising people. After Saturday, he knows what it’s like to claim a crown when the target is on him. Esipov won the District 20 Tournament title at 152 pounds Saturday at South Brunswick…
