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Decision to approve dormitory location postponed
Board will wait until Sept. 11 meeting to decide By:Lauren Davis NORTH HANOVER The township’s Joint Land Use Board decided not to approve the location of a proposed farm workers’ dormitory until its Sept. 11 meeting. "Another month will give us time to look at other options," board Chairman Kirk Wells said. Board members…
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NEWS OF OTHER DAYS 08/22
From the Aug. 22 edition of the Register-News By: 135 years ago August evidently didn’t mean to be outdone by July in the way of rain, although there were 17 days out of that month in which it rained more or less. Should be stopped the placing of $100 bills in papers…
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Beers posts win, ties in Garden State Challenge
Mercer County team loses, 10-8 By:Sean Moylan Northern Burlington’s Matt Beers gave a strong showing despite Mercer County’s loss to Bergen County 10-8 at last Thursday’s Garden State Challenge, held at Rockleigh Golf Club. Beers went into the 18th hole with a one-shot lead over Bergen’s Thomas Crawford. Unfortunately, he hit a shot into the…
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Springfield gives developer deadline on Pine Glen plan
Work must be completed before September By:Vanessa S. Holt SPRINGFIELD The Township Council told a developer last week he has until the end of August to outline his plan to make overdue road and sidewalk improvements in an 11-house subdivision on Pine Glen Drive. Six Pine Glen Drive residents came to the Aug. 14…
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Senior Menus
All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville. The value of each meal is $3.13. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution. All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine. The sodium-controlled menu is the same unless otherwise noted. Thursday, Aug. 22 Navy bean soup, lemon…
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Editorial: Board faces tough task in coming months
By:Mae Rhine We give the West Amwell School Board of Education a lot of credit for its slow but intense search for a replacement for Superintendent Anthony DeCanzio. He’s a hard act to follow and has devoted 30 years to the elementary school district. Unfortunately, he has chosen to retire as of Dec. 31, and…
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Long-awaited soil cleanup begins on BOMARC site
Tainted ground is sent to Utah By:Scott Morgan McGUIRE AFB Forty-two years and two months after a fire destroyed an Air Force missile shelter, military and civilian crews are cleaning out the contaminated soil. On June 7, 1960, a fire demolished BOMARC Missile Shelter 204 and cracked the shell of the 46-foot nuclear warhead…
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‘Titanic’
Plays-in-the-Park strives mightily to delay the inevitable in this musical, which does not star Leonardo DiCaprio. By: Stuart Duncan The Broadway musical has had many faces over the years all sizes and shapes hues from the darkest to the brightest, comedies and tragedies. But Titanic, which recently closed in New York and is…
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City vote on drainage project postponed
Absence of council members tables vote By:Carl Reader LAMBERTVILLE The City Council held a public hearing Monday night on a bond ordinance to improve Connaught Hill, but there were too few council members present to take a final vote on the issue. "Since we don’t have four members of the council (present), which we…
