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  • Volunteers needed for cleanup

    Cleanup is for new township emergency squad building By:Vanessa S. Holt    SPRINGFIELD — Put on your work gloves, grab a broom and head to Jobstown-Juliustown Road on Sunday if you’d like to volunteer to be part of a cleanup crew for the new township emergency squad building.    Emergency squad members and community volunteers will sweep…

  • Homework Blues

    Once a songwriter for Diana Ross and Kool & the Gang, Buckingham, Pa., resident Cathy Block now directs a charismatic group of young performers. By: Jodi Thompson    The situations and dilemmas are universal. Kids worry about the first day of school, fashion crises, getting busted for passing notes and not being invited to the big…

  • City seeks way to demolish fure-gutted row homes

    The city has petitioned the construction officials to decide whether the dwellings at 310 adn 312 M. Union St., owned by Eric and Patricia Hineline, should be demolished because they posed a safety and health threat to residents. By: Steve Bates    LAMBERTVILLE — City officials have found a way to move ahead with plans to…

  • Letters

    City resident answers ‘detractors’ To the editor:    I want to thank you for permitting me the time to research some issues before I responded to my detractors of the Oct. 4 letters to the editor.    It seems that although you do have and print your "letter policy," the unwritten policy of "letters to the editor"…

  • Rec Commission seeks more funds for Ely Field plan

    Phase one of the contruction, including relocation of the baseball field, a new playground and basketball court and a renovated and relocated parking area, could cost more than $160,000. By: Jessica Pallay    LAMBERTVILLE — With planning under way for the first phase of the reconstruction of Ely Memorial Field, the Lambertville Recreation Commission is hard…

  • Songs of the Sea

    Folk singer Charlie Zahm brings a deep voice Oct. 19 to Levittown, Pa. By: Jodi Thompson    There’s a place in Bucks County where a technical writer goes to re-create feelings from his childhood. Not necessarily memorials of the days he spent in his family’s boat or on the beach near their island home off the…

  • Lady Eagle breaks career goals record

       The South Hunterdon Eagles, 2-3, held their own against the 5-1 Hackettstown Tigers until the Tigers stumbled past South in the final minutes of the game Friday.    The final score was 24-13.    Kevin Losch led the Eagles with one touchdown, 107 yards passing and 47 yards rushing.    At the kickoff, South Hunterdon marched down the…

  • School Menus

    Delaware    A la carte items, bagel bag, chef salad and fruit choice available daily. All meals served with choice of white, 2-percent or low-fat chocolate milk.    Monday, Oct. 22 — Chicken tenders with roll and butter or deli sandwich. Served with mashed potatoes and fruit juice.    Tuesday, Oct. 23 — Rotini with meatballs and garlic…

  • Local officials call area unlikely anthrax target

    ‘Suspicious’ mail report in Lambertville was ‘unfounded’ By: Mae Rhine    Anthrax isn’t contagious, the experts say, only the fear of contracting it is.    So be vigilant, but go on with your life.    That’s the advice officials are giving area residents in the wake of the latest fear among Americans — bioterrorism.    The Hunterdon County Department…