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  • Community festival Saturday

    Washington Township hosts annual event, featuring games, food, music and fireworks. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — The township on Saturday will hold its annual Community Festival at the Washington Township Community Park on West Manor Way at Gordon Road.    The event, which begins at 1 p.m. and ends with a fireworks display at dusk, will…

  • Millstone dedicates first horse trail

    Ribbon-cutting ceremony held June 1 in recognition of National Trails Day. By:    MILLSTONE — The first official horse trail in the township was officially opened on June 1 in recognition of National Trails Day.    The trail is located off Backbone Hill Road on township-owned property, and connects with another trail segment that was created when…

  • District faculty and staff form choir

    The group recently performed at the annual Lawrence Township Public Schools staff recognition dinner. By: Lea Kahn    The last note of the last song hung in the air for a few seconds — but it seemed more like 10 years — and then the audience broke into wild applause and gave the Lawrence Township Faculty…

  • Florence fire victims receive donations

    Three affected families receive checks By:Vanessa S. Holt    FLORENCE — For the past month, donation jars have been set up throughout town to collect money for three families who were displaced by a fatal fire on April 29.    The $1,860 collected in those jars was presented to the families on May 30, a little over…

  • Letters

    Residents gamble with their lives To the editor:    I was recently driving across the state, and I began thinking about the many problems that our state’s roads and bridges are witnessing at this time.    My thoughts were confirmed by a recent report that announced that 17 percent of the country’s most deficient bridges were located…

  • Counterfeit bills show up in area

    A Solebury bar and restaurant received $840 in counterfeit money over Memorial Day weekend. By:Sarah Winkelman    During Memorial Day weekend, $840 in counterfeit money was passed at a Solebury bar and restaurant, police said.    Police Chief Richard Mangan refused to disclose the name of the establishment, which discovered on May 25 that it had been…

  • Footprints: City’s Franklin Street has interesting history

    By:Iris Naylor    Franklin Street doesn’t get as much recognition as some of the other streets in Lambertville.    But it is one of the earlier streets, and it does have an interesting history. The street was shown on a map the Lambertville Historical Society dates to about 1834, after the canal was dug and before the…

  • Getting another chance

    Democrats Stephanie Smith and Bill Soodul win primary, will challenge for council Allentown council seats. By: Mark Moffa    ALLENTOWN — Stephanie Smith and Bill Soodul soundly defeated challenger Teresa Smith in the Democratic primary for Borough Council on Tuesday.    Stephanie Smith received 51 votes, Mr. Soodul garnered 49 votes and Teresa Smith got 20 votes.…

  • Bomb Squad called to city for false alarm

    Postal workers did not inform Lambertville officials they were doing ‘routine work’ at 2 a.m. By: Mae Rhine    LAMBERTVILLE — A lack of communication was the reason the State Police Bomb Squad and numerous other law enforcement agencies were called out to the city post office early Saturday morning.    According to Police Director Bruce Cocuzza,…