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  • Crab harvesting: A detriment to migratory birds?

    Many birds time annual migrations with availability of food supplies By:Michele S. Byers    Far above us, birds migrating along the Atlantic Flyway create nature’s version of the New Jersey Turnpike. Many birds time their annual migrations with the availability of food supplies … sort of like pulling off the Turnpike for fast food!    But what…

  • Police Blotter

    Lambertville    A random license plate check resulted in the arrest of a Point Pleasant, Pa., woman May 29.    Diane Lynn Baldwin, 49, of River Road was stopped at 11:15 p.m. in the parking lot of the Lambertville Flea Market after police discovered the registration on the vehicle she was driving expired last year.    While the…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR 06/13

    From the June 13 edition of the Register-News By: High school grads    The Bordentown Regional High School Class of 2002 will graduate at 6 p.m., June 19, at Gilder Park Stadium. Off-site parking at the high school with free bus transportation to and from Gilder Park will be provided. Anyone requiring off-site or handicapped parking…

  • Election in Springfield becomes contested race

    Four Democrats receive write-in votes By:Vanessa S. Holt    SPRINGFIELD — The November election for three seats on the Township Council became a contested race this week when three Democratic write-in candidates filed their certificates of acceptance with the Burlington County Clerk’s Office on Tuesday.    They will face three Republican incumbents for three two-year seats in…

  • 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. Regular menu    Thursday, June 13 — Grape juice,…

  • Editorial: Lambertville must keep ‘the look’

    By: Mae Rhine    Part of the charm of this area is the many historical houses lining the streets of both Lambertville and New Hope.    New Hope already has an historic preservation panel — its Historic Architectural Review Board — in place to ensure changes are in keeping with "the look" the borough wants to maintain.…

  • Write-in Democrats eligible to be on ballot in November

    Camarda, Housell get 20, 17 votes, resepctively By:David Koch    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP—Township Republicans now will have competition in the November elections from Democrats for the two three-year seats available on the Township Committee.    While no Democrats filed to run in last week’s primary, two candidates received enough write-in votes on June 4 to run in November’s…

  • Irked seniors protest water, sewer rate hikes

    Speakers cite challenges of fixed incomes By:Vanessa S. Holt    FLORENCE — Several senior citizens spoke out against a 10 percent increase in township water and sewer rates at the June 5 Township Council meeting, describing the challenges of living on fixed incomes amid constant cost-of-living increases.    The water and sewer fee increase was approved by…

  • Two local municipalities given open space grants

    Towns will receive a total of $700K By:Vanessa S. Holt    Two local municipalities, Bordentown Township and Fieldsboro Borough, will receive a total of $700,000 in county open space grants, county freeholders announced on Sunday.    Freeholders slated a total of $4.6 million for grants to 11 municipalities in the county for 2,429 acres of open space…