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  • Alpaca business approved in coffee shop building

    By: Carl Reader    LAMBERTVILLE — An alpaca business is moving into a building now occupied by a coffee shop.    The Planning Board Sept. 18 approved a site plan waiver sought by Linda Walker for the Espresso coffee shop at 7 N. Main St. The approval allows Mrs. Walker, of Stockton, to downsize the coffee shop…

  • Charlie Baldwin & his tractors: going strong

    Longtime Hopewell resident is a man of many talents – farmer, soldier, salesman, entrepreneur and school bus driver By:John Tredrea    "And I’ll be working as long as these two hands are fit to use." — Merle Haggard    It’s hard to imagine a life more crammed with work than Charlie Baldwin’s. And he’s hungry for more.…

  • Police Blotter

    Lambertville    Amanda McCaffrey reported damage to her vehicle while parked at her Coryell Street residence.    Between Sept. 17 and 18, her vehicle was scratched on the driver side, front fender, continuing to the rear bumper, police said. It appeared to be done with a sharp edged item, police said.    Sept. 22, Corey Logan of Stockton…

  • Skate park could be built with help from landowner

    Teens turn to Greg Lesko for financial assistance after township says there’s no money to build facility By:Vanessa S. Holt    FLORENCE – The skate park local youths hope for could become reality with the help of a northern New Jersey resident who owns land here.    A group of more than 20 residents, including a dozen…

  • Grant gives NBC students hands-on math, science work

    District will receive $15,000 for projects By:Lauren Davis    MANSFIELD — Students in the Northern Burlington County Regional School District will continue to learn about math and science with hands-on experience and technology this year, thanks to a grant from the New Jersey Statewide Systemic Initiative (NJSSI).    Harry Dissinger, director of school improvement and professional development…

  • Plan could add 40 houses to Connaught Hill

    Proposal part of plans to improve Lambertville neighborhood. By: Carl Reader    LAMBERTVILLE — The city is trying to lure developers to its Connaught Hill section with a revitalization plan that includes zoning incentives that, if approved, could add 40 new houses to one of the city’s most neglected neighborhoods.    The Planning Board heard what’s in…

  • Political contribution restrictions proposed

    Professional services personnel contracting with the township would be barred from donating funds to political campaigns in Hopewell By: John Tredrea    Hopewell Township is considering an ordinance that would prohibit the township from entering into professional service contacts with any person or organization that has made contributions to the political campaign of anyone on the…

  • Residents say lights too bright at business

    Estates at West Amwell denizens complain about lights outside Oxford Communications, site of the former Yellow Brick Toad By: Concetta Benuzzi Volpe    WEST AMWELL — A controversy about bright parking lot lights brought the homeowners of the Estates at West Amwell and a nearby public relations firm to the Township Committee for help in resolving…

  • Editorial: Sometimes development can be a good thing

    By: Mae Rhine    In an era when municipalities are trying to stymie housing projects, Lambertville is beckoning to developers to improve a seedy neighborhood.    It is considering a plan that would add 40 new homes to the Connaught Hill section of the city.    A professional planner, Kendra Lelie of Thomas Scangarello and Associates of Medford,…