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  • Lambertville proposes $1.2 million to buy former Acme lot

    Some residents opposed the purchase and also the city’s plan to increase parking meter fees from a quarter for 30 minutes to a quarter for 20 minutes. By: Carl Reader    LAMBERTVILLE — "Park" has long been a four-letter word in town, and at the City Council meeting Monday night the word lived up to its…

  • Steps Ahead

    Hamilton resident Jim Ridl and his jazz trio will launch the Ellarslie Jazz and Avant Garde Music Series at the Trenton City Museum in Cadwalader Park Jan. 27. By: Susan Van Dongen    It’s a good thing Jim Ridl’s childhood piano teacher wasn’t a vegetarian, because the boy’s cattle-farming father paid the man with a side…

  • Officers use community policing as a proactive way to serve public

    Program started three years ago By:David Koch    NORTH HANOVER — The job description for police officer in North Hanover Township includes a little more than serving and protecting the public. It also includes getting to know the public.    Started three years ago by Sgt. Mark Keubler, the North Hanover Police Department is practicing a more…

  • Vision Technology classes gear students toward new career opportunities

    Students learn to make glasses, bifocals By:Vanessa S. Holt    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Students enrolled in the new Vision Technology courses at Bordentown Regional High School are always busy, whether they are carefully handling delicate round glass lenses as they prepare them for grinding or making the final adjustments on a new pair of glasses.    When…

  • Fund started for resident left homeless by fire

    Bordentown City man and his three dogs escape blaze By:Vanessa S. Holt    BORDENTOWN CITY — Local police have started a fund to benefit a resident who lost his home and most of his possessions in a fire last week.    Firefighters spent two hours extinguishing the blaze that gutted the back of a two-story house on…

  • Council nixes letter opposing referendum appeal

    Lambertville Mayor David Del Vecchio feels South Hunterdon should let the voters decide and not appeal the $11.8 million project, set for a vote March 12, if it doesn’t pass. By: Carl Reader    LAMBERTVILLE — The upcoming March 12 $11.8 million bond referendum to finance improvements and repairs to South Hunterdon High School has had…

  • Functional Art

    A collection of potter Lisa Naple’s earthenware is on display at Mixed Media Gallery in Dolestown. By: Jodi Thompson    The dishwasher door opens in a cloud of steam as Doylestown artist Lisa Naples pulls out the racks and is greeted by a dance of designs.    She and her family put her art to use for…

  • Health departments offer tips for healthy living

       The new year is traditionally a time for a fresh start. The West Windsor, Washington Township and Hightstown health departments recommend the following 10 tips to increase your chances of living longer and more fully, and reduce your risk of developing many chronic and infectious diseases.    1. Don’t use any tobacco products: Everyone knows that…

  • Teen joins state board

    Stephanie Kowalski takes her commitment in student politics to another level By:Vanessa S. Holt    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Stephanie Kowalski, Bordentown Regional High School sophomore class president, already has an impressive résumé in student politics with seven years of Student Council experience. Now she is taking her commitment to the state level.    Stephanie was recently chosen…