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  • Fire district may be re-established

    $520,000 neeeded to build new department substation. By:Eve Collins    MANSFIELD — The Township Committee will consider re-establishing a fire district or applying for grant money from the state in order to raise the $520,000 needed to build a new Fire Department substation in the retirement community of Mapleton.    Mayor Art Puglia and Committeeman Kelly Shea…

  • Concerned residents give thumbs down to redevelopment zone

    Crowd would rather pay more taxes than destroy rural land in Springfield. By:Vanessa S. Holt    SPRINGFIELD — More than 100 residents gave a resounding "No!" to the idea of a redevelopment zone in the township at Tuesday night’s Planning Board meeting, with many stating that they would rather pay higher taxes than potentially sacrifice any…

  • Mansfield deputy clerk announces resignation

    Mayers claims being treated in an ‘unethical manner.’ By:Eve Collins    MANSFIELD — Deputy Clerk Dee Mayers has given her resignation to the Township Committee and accused the panel’s Republican majority of treating her in an "unethical manner."    "I am leaving Mansfield Township because there is no job security here and it has become a hostile…

  • HHS cagers run out of gas in CJ 4

    No. 1 seed Trenton rolls in second half By: Rudy Brandl    The Hillsborough High boys simply ran out of gas in Wednesday night’s Central Jersey Group 4 basketball game at Trenton Central.    After playing a near-perfect first half that ended with Lamar Spencer’s buzzer-beating layup for a 27-19 lead, the Raiders came out flat in…

  • ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’

    Like 40 Productions finds success with Dale Wasserman’s adaptation of Ken Kesey’s novel. By: Stuart Duncan    The 1975 film version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was so well done that it seems to have cast a shadow over subsequent stage productions. Dale Wasserman’s adaptation took many liberties with Ken Kesey’s novel, but since…

  • Storytelling

    A member of the Philly Phantoms reads to Lambertville Public School students. Nick Bolles (left) and Edgar Martinez, fifth-graders at Lambertville Public School, watch as Ben Staffford from the Philly Phantoms signs his autograph for them after reading to the class during the start of Read Across American week Monday.

  • City wants study of Connaught acreage

    Lambertville has asked the Planning Board to look at another 15 acres on the hill to determine if the land can be developed. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — Officials took the first step Monday on the path to redeveloping another 15 acres on Connaught Hill.    The City Council directed the Planning Board to authorize a…

  • West Amwell mayor to attend forum

    Peter Buchsbaum hopes the Washington, D.C., symposium will generate ideas the township can use in smart growth, preservation and affordable housing. By: Concetta Benuzzi Volpe    WEST AMWELL — Mayor Peter Buchsbaum has been invited to a symposium that will address the issues vital to West Amwell’s future development.    Mr. Buchsbaum plans to attend the conference…

  • Eagle Fire Co. honors its own

    By: Sue Kramer    NEW HOPE — The New Hope Eagle Fire Company held its annual banquet Saturday night in its newly decorated ballroom located in the firehouse on Sugan Road.    Chief Thomas Markey called the evening, which included dinner and dancing, a success.    Highlights of the evening included the presentation of service pins and special…