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  • Evans, Flanagan determined to help

    To the editor    A politician should have a big heart… In this year’s race for Borough Council we have two. Both excellent choices. Both determined to get the job done.    Daniel Evans and Cynthia Flanagan have shown that they have what it takes to be leaders in our community. Their willingness to talk to the…

  • Open Space tax hike on ballot

    Voters will have their say By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    Voters will decide Tuesday whether the township should increase the tax rate used to buy and develop open space.    The ballot contains two questions: One asking whether to approve a 1.5-cent increase in the open space tax levy to be used for land acquisition; the other…

  • Washington wants to end ditch debate

    Residents, township uncertain who is responsible for maintenance. By: Cynthia Koons    WASHINGTON — A relic of the township’s rural past, drainage ditches once were used as irrigation mechanisms by farmers to siphon excess storm water off their properties.    Years later, bulldozers reconfigured the land to accommodate suburban housing, but left behind those shallow ditches.    Today,…

  • Pack of Pirates picking up pace

    South sophomores boost South girls’ cross country county hopes By: Justin Feil    The West Windsor-Plainsboro High South girls’ cross country team isn’t hiding its goal for the Mercer County Championship at Veteran’s Park today.    "Our goal is definitely to get second at counties," said Pirate head coach Todd Smith. "Will it happen? I hope so.…

  • Dining for dollars

    Borough’s first ‘Foodfest’ nets $3,500 for Rescue Squad By:Alec Moore    Local residents were treated to a bevy of culinary sensations during the borough’s first Foodfest on Sunday.    Sponsored by the Manville First Aid and Rescue Squad and the Rescue Squad Auxiliary, the inaugural event — held at the VFW Hall — raised roughly $3,500 for…

  • History project to record veterans

    To the editor:     The horrific events of Sept. 11 awakened the latent feelings of patriotism and pride and love of country that live in American hearts. As a nation, we have rediscovered our sense of purpose and our unending debt of gratitude owed those who have served on the battlefields of the past to…

  • State buys 221-acre site as part of Scenic Byway

    Nearly $2 million spent for site owned by Schuck family By: Linda Seida    DELAWARE — The first property acquired for the Route 29 Scenic Byway has been purchased for nearly $2 million — a 221-acre site owned by the Schuck family.    U.S. Rep. Rush Holt secured $1 million in federal funds for the purchase. He,…

  • Firm hired to raze part of old Acme

    City Council awards $48,800 contract to SCC Contractors LLC By: Mae Rhine    LAMBERTVILLE — Tearing down part of the old Acme building on South Union Street probably will begin within a couple weeks.    The City Council Monday awarded SCC Contractors LLC a $48,800 contract to tear down more than half of the 10,000-square-foot former supermarket…

  • Hopewell Township backs tax reform convention

    Similar resolutions have been adopted by Pennington and Hopewell boroughs and Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education By John Tredrea    The convening of a state constitutional convention for the purpose of changing that Constitution and state laws in order to reform the current system of property taxation was backed in a resolution passed unanimously by…