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  • Police to get 10.5% raises over three years

    New contract retroactive only to May 1 of this year By:Carl Reader    LAMBERTVILLE — The City Council approved a new contract with its police officers June 24 that gives them a 10.5 percent raise over three years.    "It was unanimously approved by the council and the police," Mayor David Del Vecchio said.    While the figure…

  • 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, July 4 — Closed for holiday.    Friday,…

  • Seminars, Meetings and Events

    TUESDAY, JULY 2 • Business Network International, Princeton Chapter networking breakfast, 7-8:30 a.m. at Merrill Lynch, 4th floor, 7 Roszel Road (off Alexander Rd.) Information: (609) 371-2580. • Le Tip of Princeton, networking breakfast, 7-8:30 a.m., New York Deli Restaurant, Route 1 South (near Mercer Mall) in Lawrence. Information: (609) 396-2480. • Professional and Business Singles Network, after…

  • A special gift of life

    Susan Ayala of Roebling to donate kidney to Home Depot co-worker By:David Koch    ROEBLING — The odds of Terry Douglass finding a suitable kidney donor from a nonfamily member were 1 in 30,000.    The odds that the suitable donor would be a co-worker were even longer.    However, when 27-year-old Susan Ayala, a resident of the…

  • Superfund cuts delay work at two local sites

    Work on contaminated ground water in Rocky Hill and Montgomery affected. By: Steve Rauscher    Funding for a pair of Superfund sites in Montgomery Township and Rocky Hill will not be available this year, after the Environmental Protection Agency announced it was cutting Superfund expenditures by more than $200 million.    The Superfund program was launched in…

  • July 4th celebration set at battlefield

       A celebration of the 226th anniversary of America’s independence will be held Thursday at Princeton Battlefield State Park.    Revolutionary War re-enactors from groups including Motts Artillery, 6th Company/2nd Continental Artillery will be on hand to demonstrate military drill, cannon fire and flintlock musketry.    The Thomas Clarke House Museum and the Arms of the Revolution exhibit…

  • On its 50th anniversary, the Forrestal legacy is preserved

    New book traces history of complex that helped build hydrogen bomb and develop a source of fusion energy.    PLAINSBORO — On its grounds, scientists did important aeronautical research, helped build the first hydrogen bomb and are working on ways to develop a source of fusion energy.    Scientists there also worked on the first lunar lander…

  • C-P softball accomplishes goals in opening win

    West Windsor wins opener; Princeton girls drop first two By: Justin Feil    James Faraci came into the District 12 softball tournament looking for three things out of his team.    "We wanted to make it through six innings," the Cranbury-Plainsboro manager began, "we wanted to be competitive; and, we wanted to be close. We got all…

  • First Knight comes to Sunshine Classic

    WW-P North’s Glover will play wideout for Mercer stars tonight By: Justin Feil    Mealtime is getting to be one of Eric Glover’s favorite times. It was a December lunch period when West Windsor-Plainsboro High North head football coach Kevin Kehoe informed the senior that he’d made the Mercer County all-stars roster for the Sunshine Classic.…