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  • City amends salary ordinance

    By: Melanie Tirpak    LAMBERTVILLE — The City Council Monday needed to amend its salary and wage ordinance because of changes in personnel.    Parking enforcement officer Anthony Memolo resigned, so his salary of $13 an hour had to be adjusted.    "Anthony worked at $13 an hour in June when we made the ordinance," said City Clerk…

  • Haunted History

    Author Charles J. Adams III examines Ghosts of Bucks County. By: Amy Brummer Charles Adams will bring his haunted history to Washington Crossing State Park, where he will read from his book, Bucks County Ghost Stories, Oct. 27.    Have you ever had the feeling you’re not alone? Did you feel a chill pass through the…

  • Study OK’d to prove quarry drying up wells

    Solebury to pay $7,460 to get proof for state By: Carl Reader    SOLEBURY — The Board of Supervisors has agreed to spend $7,460 on an additional study by hydrologist Vincent Uhl to convince the state Department of Environmental Protection that New Hope Crushed Stone is drying up homeowners’ wells on Ely Road.    An earlier study…

  • City woman not horsing around!

    Wendy Paton went from harness racing to acting to photography By: Sue Kramer    LAMBERTVILLE — Like many little girls growing up in the ’50s, Wendy Paton spent hours by the television watching Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.    But it wasn’t the actors she was watching, it was the horses.    By her own admission, she spent…

  • Kids think Native American assembly is ‘Yah-oh-way’

    Dancing troop has been around since 1963 By:L:auren Davis    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — An assembly at the Peter Muschal Elementary School gave students the opportunity to learn about the culture and history of a variety of American Indian tribes through legends, dance and song.    Members of the Thunderbird Indian Dancers took the stage last week in…

  • Supervisors claim quarry sound tests had erratic results

    Solebury wonders if New Hope Crushed Stone was operating at full capacity when some tests were done. By: Carl Reader    SOLEBURY — Sound monitoring near New Hope Crushed Stone has produced some erratic results, and the Board of Supervisors is suspicious about whether the testing is being done when the quarry is operating at full…

  • South plans to stress students’ inner values

    By: Carl Reader    WEST AMWELL — The South Hunterdon Regional Board of Education spent time on Oct. 17 talking about the goals for student test scores and the improvement of the mind, but Principal Harry Bell also had some things to say about goals for the education of the heart.    One of the goals the…

  • West Amwell’s choice for superintendent to meet public

       WEST AMWELL — The Board of Education is inviting the public to meet its choice for elementary school superintendent.    Dr. Todd Fay is the board’s choice, according to board President Cindy Magill.    A public meeting is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. in the school’s all-purpose room.    Dr. Fay "has a strong background…

  • Water usage remains limited

    Drought continues despite a rainy October By:Vanessa S. Holt    The season for swimming pools, lawn sprinklers and outdoor car washes is over, but residents must continue to limit water usage because of the ongoing drought, said state Department of Environmental Protection officials this week.    Despite a rainy October, most of the state still needs between…