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  • ALLENTOWN: Allentown explores parking expansion

    ALLENTOWN: Allentown explores parking expansion

    Borough officials are hoping to encourage growth in the downtown area through increased public parking. by David Kilby, Special Writer ALLENTOWN — Borough officials are hoping to encourage growth in the downtown area through increased public parking.    A bond ordinance that would permit the borough to acquire land behind four properties on South Main Street…

  • ALLENTOWN: UFRSD officials concerned about bus safety

    With the new school year underway, school officials voiced their concern for public school bus safety, emphasizing that there’s hardly a standard way for bus riding habits to be monitored on a regula by David Kilby, Special Writer ALLENTOWN — With the new school year underway, school officials voiced their concern for public school bus…

  • HILSBOROUGH: Primer on Obamacare is scheduled for library

    Library is looking for teen volunteers, too    Katherine Woodfield Hermes, a health insurance consumer advocate, will present a program for those interested in or confused by health care reform, insurance exchanges or the Patient Protection and the Affordable Care Act on Monday, Sept. 9 at 7 p.m. in the Hillsborough Library on South Branch Road.…

  • ALLENTOWN: Borough hosting October festival

    Fall festival set for Oct. 12-13 ALLENTOWN — For nearly 30 years, the Fall Festival has been a staple of the borough and the 28th rendition of the event will be no different.    There is something for everyone at the free event, which will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: September 6

    Mon., Sept. 9    Baby Rock n’ Rhyme, an event for babies between 12 and 24 months, will be held at the Hamilton Township Library. Two sessions will be held at 9:30 a.m. and 10:15 a.m., respectively. Additional sessions will be held Sept. 16 and 23 as well as Oct. 7. Registration is required and begins…

  • ALLENTOWN: Church to focus on Biblical literacy

    The Allentown Presbyterian Church plans to begin the experience Sept. 8 and continue through June, 2014. ALLENTOWN — The Bible is the best-selling book in history, but how many people actually read it? A Gallup survey reports the average American household has four Bibles. However, research by Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life (2008)…

  • STATE WE’RE IN:Veto would damage N.J. forest lands

    by Michele Byers Colonists arriving in the New World found vast primeval forests filled with centuries-old trees.    By the end of the Civil War, nearly all virgin forests in New Jersey had been cleared for timber, charcoal, mining, glassmaking or agriculture.    Photos and surveys of New Jersey landscapes from the late 1800s reveal young hillside…

  • REGIONAL: Seniors police academy starts Sept. 12

       The Burlington County Sheriff’s Department will hold its annual Senior Citizen’s Police Academy on six consecutive Thursdays beginning Sept. 12 and running through Oct. 17.    The program, which focuses on safety issues important to seniors, is free of charge. Those interested in attending should call the Sheriff’s Community Services Unit at 609-265-3788.    ”Senior citizens will…

  • SCHOOLS: What’s new at Lambertville and West Amwell?

    Superintendent, principals discuss their schools By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    Michael Kozak, superintendent of the Lambertville Public School and West Amwell School districts, recently provided an overview of what will be going on after the Sept. 9 opening of classes.    Dr. Kozak came on board in August 2011. He previously was superintendent of the Franklin…