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  • Dumpster Divers

    Princeton’s new Lost and Found Gallery is a wonderland of art made from, well, old junk. By: Susan Van Dongen Every family has one — an eccentric second-cousin or great uncle who never throws anything out, who drags friends and family to the city dump in search of discarded thermoses, cigar boxes and old Stretch…

  • Board OKs land buy for school

    School board agrees to pay $425,000 By:David Koch    MANSFIELD — Negotiations for the purchase of a 53-acre parcel of land on Island Road for Northern Burlington County Regional’s new middle school have been finalized.    The news was announced by Business Administrator Craig Wilkie at the Northern Burlington County Regional Board of Education meeting Monday.    The…

  • 129-unit project mulled by Lambertville

    The townhouse development on Music Mountain was part of a lawsuit settlement. By: Carl Reader    LAMBERTVILLE — Revised site plans submitted by Orleans Homebuilders Inc. for a subdivision for a 129-unit townhouse development on Music Mountain were accepted by the Planning Board on Nov. 7.    The 56-plus-acre tract is across the road from the Police…

  • Volunteers to benefit from LOSAP program

    Program overwhelmingly approved by voters By:David Koch    MANSFIELD — Mansfield voters have overwhelmingly approved a new program that puts money into a special retirement fund for volunteers of the Franklin Fire Company and the Mansfield Township Ambulance Corps.    Township voters approved the special question authorizing the Length of Service Awards Program (LOSAP) for its volunteers…

  • Anthrax not found in local post offices

    There were 49 facilities tested because they receive mail from the Trenton Main Post Office in Hamilton. That facility remains closed. By: Carl Reader    Hunterdon County Health Officer John Beckley said Tuesday that an e-mail from the state Health Department sent out to all of the county’s postal workers Nov. 9 indicated there was no…

  • Places In Between

    Singer-songwriter Wally Lawder will celebrate the release of his first CD, Leaving Town, Nov. 17 in Kingston. By: Matt Smith    For the struggling singer-songwriter looking for gigs and an outlet for nurturing a grassroots following, bookstores are a necessary evil. That is, as long as you’re willing to battle indifferent audiences with an acoustic guitar…

  • Panel reduces commercial zoning

    Council unanimously approves measure By:Vanessa S. Holt    SPRINGFIELD — The Township Council unanimously approved an ordinance Tuesday that removes most commercial zoning in the township while increasing the building potential in areas with existing commercial development.    Property along Routes 206 and 68 have been zoned for commercial use for more than 10 years, but no…

  • Anti-terrorist program comes to Bordentown City

    Program was developed by military officials from New Jersey By:David Koch    BORDENTOWN CITY— A new anti-terrorist program that teaches local residents how to spot possible terrorist activities will be coming to Bordentown City.    The Community Anti-terrorism Training Institute will hold a training and information session at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the municipal building located on…

  • Bruce Currie to be named Distinguished Alumnus

    By: Sue Kramer    Since moving to Lambertville from Boston at age 6, Bruce Currie’s been reaching out to his neighbors and leaving his unique mark on the community.    It’s just for this reason the Lambertville High School-South Hunterdon Regional Alumni Association has chosen Mr. Currie as a 2001 recipient of its Distinguished Alumnus Community Service…