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Letters
Resident upset over abandoned house To the editor: This letter is regarding the gross negligence on the part of the City of Lambertville. I live in Lambertville, and there is an abandoned house attached to the one I live in. My family has been trying for years to get the city to do something, anything…
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Tests of mobile home water are negative for coliforms
Wagon Wheel residents told they can use water as usual By:Lauren Davis NORTH HANOVER After a recent water contamination scare in the 30-home Wagon Wheel Estates had residents boiling their drinking water, follow-up tests determined the mobile home park’s well water does not contain harmful bacteria. Five water samples taken from the Wagon Wheel…
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‘Camelot’
Bucks County Playhouse trims its production of this lengthy 1960 musical down to two hours. By: Stuart Duncan When Camelot opened in Toronto in 1960, on its way to Broadway, it ran more than an hour too long. By the time it reached New York, the show still ran three hours, despite cuts. It was…
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Lambertville OKs $55,000 for playground equipment
Recreation Commission, planners fail to show for City Council meeting By:Carl Reader LAMBERTVILLE The City Council was looking to update the public on the reconstruction of Ely Memorial Field Monday night, but it appeared some wires got crossed and some key players didn’t show up. The council was going to delve into matters concerning…
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Rep. Holt to visit troops in Afghanistan
Congressman will bring two large banners filled with signatures and brief messages for service personnel from constituents. By: Jennifer Potash Some members of Congress may use the August recess to catch up with constituents or perhaps go on a trade mission to, say, France. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12) will spend five days in war-ravaged Afghanistan.…
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Library’s construction bid decision due today
Library Board of Trustees also will discuss the possibility of a branch at the Princeton Shopping Center. By: Jennifer Potash The Princeton Public Library Board of Trustees is expected to award a bid for construction of the new downtown library and ponder the possibility of a branch at the Princeton Shopping Center today. The trustees…
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Letters to the Editor, Aug. 20
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Aug. 20 By: Downtown plan corrects four flaws To the editor: For all of its many virtues, downtown Princeton has four conspicuous flaws. It has a lack of affordable places to live, hence little social diversity; inadequate public open space; more surface parking than trees; and no grocery store for residents.…
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Trash disposal costs fall slightly
By: Jennifer Potash A Princeton Borough-led fight for competitive bidding in county municipal waste contracts has resulted in a slightly lower rate for garbage disposal, but the borough and Mercer County are still sparring over the unresolved county incinerator debt. Waste Management Inc., holder of the current contract, was the sole bidder to take the…
