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  • Panel eyes new Bordentown City Hall locale

    Lack of parking, handicapped accessibility cited By:Vanessa S. Holt    BORDENTOWN CITY — The lack of parking, handicapped accessibility and space in general are among the reasons the City Commission is looking into finding a new location for City Hall.    The commission voted unanimously Monday night to have an appraiser look at a building on Third…

  • Burlington County to study water use along Route 206

    Freeholders to apply for $150K in grants for a study that would focus on the Crosswicks Creek Watershed Area. By:David Koch    MOUNT HOLLY — County freeholders plan to apply for $150,000 in grants from the state Department of Environmental Protection to study water use along Route 206, with a focus on the Crosswicks Creek Watershed…

  • Police Blotter

    Lambertville    A Forked River man was charged Dec. 6 with drunken driving and other offenses.    Police said Louis V. Dautorio, 40, was stopped at about 11:15 p.m. on Bridge Street at Lambert Lane. They said Mr. Dautorio, who was heading east on Bridge Street, made several turns near Heath’s Exxon and South Main Street, going…

  • Archer learns to shot lefty

    By: Carl Reader    LAMBERTVILLE — After adversity, wisdom tells us to turn our lives around.    Jon Bach, owner of X-Ring Archers in Lambertville and the National Field Archery Association 2001 New Jersey outdoor barebow champion, did just that after a car accident left him blind in one eye.    "For a while, I stopped shooting because…

  • Letters

    Parents proud of hockey team To the editor:    The South Hunterdon Regional High School Field Hockey Parents Association would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the girls on their winning season (15-5) and publicly acknowledge their hard work.    Once again, the girls reached the state playoff level, and, while they were eliminated, their level…

  • United Water took precautions before drought warning

    The company began pumping water from the canal from the Swan Street station Friday. By: Carl Reader    It’s official.    The Delaware River Basin Commission says communities along the Delaware River are suffering through a drought, but United Water of Lambertville already has taken care of the worst-case scenario, according to Superintendent Keith Woods. No restrictions…

  • Pain is Good

    A New Hope, Pa., shop has plenty of heat for chilly seasons. By: Jodi Thompson    On every gift list is one person for whom it’s never hot enough — the son who nabs the peppers off the antipasto, the friend who liberally shakes on the Tabasco when she’s been warned there’s already plenty in the…

  • Local store robbed of $50,000 in furniture

    Information given could lead to $1,000 reward By:David Koch    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — A reward of $1,000 is being offered to anyone who has information that will lead to the arrest of individuals responsible for stealing $50,000 worth of furniture from Jones Furniture on Route 130.    The reward is being offered by owner Otis Jones, whose…

  • Two university women named Rhodes Scholars

    The two are Katharine T. Buzicky of St. Paul, Minn., and Lillian Pierce of Fallbrook, Calif. By: Jeff Milgram    Two Princeton University seniors were among the 32 American college students selected as Rhodes Scholars, the scholarship trust announced Sunday.    The two are Katharine T. Buzicky of St. Paul, Minn., and Lillian Pierce of Fallbrook, Calif.…