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Board: 46-unit project incomplete
Lambertville planners say Academy Hill Inc. needs to do a lot more work on its application for a development on the former Lambertville High School property. By: Carl Reader LAMBERTVILLE The Planning Board again has deemed incomplete an application by Academy Hill Inc. for 46 new houses on the property where the former Lambertville…
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When your child is depressed
Hope and help exist with appropriate intervention By: SALLY FRIEDMAN ‘Fortunately, our awareness of childhood depression and other disorders has increased greatly in the last decade, and kids do improve quickly in therapy.’ Molly Palmer, Trinity Counseling Center PARENTING VIEW THE PRINT ADS Adoptions From The Heart All Bright Country Day School AuPairUSA Cedarville…
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Four mothers to be honored at Eagle firehouse
By: Carl Reader NEW HOPE Since just about everybody wants to honor their mom at this time of the year, the second annual Mother’s Day Awards should have a horde of people in attendance at the Eagle firehouse tonight (Thursday). With Mother’s Day coming up Sunday, this evening’s early event honoring moms should have…
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City adopts $2.8 million budget that cuts tax rate
By: Carl Reader LAMBERTVILLE The City Council has passed a $2.8 million budget that holds the line on spending and offers taxpayers an average $2.53 reduction in their municipal taxes. "We’ve done that without raiding the surplus to a ridiculous level or raising taxes," Mayor David Del Vecchio said. The 2002 budget passed April…
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‘Gateways’ project to address city traffic problems
DOT is suggesting reducing four lanes to two on Route 29 south of Lambertville, as well as other recommendations. By: Carl Reader LAMBERTVILLE Concerns the city has had about the buzz and whirl of traffic around town were answered recently by the state Department of Transportation with something called the Lambertville Gateways Project. "This…
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In uncertain times, biotech field grows
Biotechnology Council of New Jersey programs highlight the hurdles biotech and genomic companies face in getting their products approved and their companies funded. By: George Frey To Deborah Chmiel the future of medicine lies in the biotechnology industry and she wants to be ready for that future. "I’m here to understand the financial and infrastructural…
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Some recipes for those ‘mad about shad’
IN THE KITCHEN by Pat Tanner: Currently available at area supermarkets and fish stores, shad’s sweet, tender pink flesh is most often compared to bluefish, only more flavorful. Illustration by Judy Martin As it has for the past 21 years, Lambertville became a town mad about shad during the last weekend of April. Shad, the…
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North baseball tops South
Knights gain first win in growing rivalry By: Justin Feil TRENTON Saturday, the West Windsor-Plainsboro High North and WW-P South baseball teams had been on different ends of no-hitters in the Mercer County Tournament. Justin Muir fired his second no-hitter of the season as the Pirates topped Lawrence, 2-0, to advance to the…
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Extended studies program cut out
Board cuts $125K out of special question By:David Koch MANSFIELD The Mansfield Board of Education cut John Hydock Elementary School’s extended studies program in order to reduce $100,000 from its defeated special ballot question. The vote, which some school board members said was the most agonizing decision they have ever made, passed 7-2 Tuesday…
