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  • Candidate seeks sound solutions

    Letter to the editor    Over the next three years, the board will focus on a range of issues including curriculum, facilities and finance. Creating policies that are sound and effective require board members to consider all sides of an issue and work cooperatively with each other, as well as the community.    If re-elected to another…

  • EDITORIAL: Be aggressive with cleanup of park site

    EDITORIAL: Cleaning park of arsenic should be town’s top priority. By: Now that we know something is indeed wrong in Cranbury-Millstone Park, the Township Committee needs to act both aggressively and quickly. Soil samples taken from Cranbury-Millstone Park revealed potentially hazardous levels of arsenic in the soil. It is unclear whether the contamination is naturally…

  • Borough seeks reversal of jury award

    A jury awarded former Patrol Officer William Nathan a $270,000 award, saying he was discriminated against on the basis of his ethnicity by superiors and co-workers. By: Jennifer Potash    Princeton Borough is asking a Mercer County Superior Court judge to set aside a jury’s verdict that a retired Princeton Borough police officer was discriminated against…

  • Libraries

    – Free Library of New Hope and Solebury – Hunterdon County Library – Hunterdon County Library Bookmobile – Lambertville Free Public Library Free Library of New Hope and Solebury Part of the Bucks County Free Library System 93 West Ferry St. New Hope, PA 18938 (215) 862-2330 URL: www.buckslib.org/newhope Hours: Spring/Summer – Monday, 10 a.m.…

  • Jamesburg school board voters’ guide

    The Cranbury Press asked the four candidates for the Jamesburg school board a series of questions about the issues.    To help Jamesburg voters make an informed decision when they go to the polls April 17, The Cranbury Press asked the four candidates for school board a series of questions about the issues. Brief biographies and…

  • The League of Women Voters presents Meet the Candidates

       The following school board candidate profiles were compiled by the League of Women Voters. Three three-year seats are up for grabs in the April 17 election. The six candidates are Anthony Albanese, Anne Casale, Mary DiMartino, Laurel Goodell, Eric LeBoeuf and Christopher Toto.    Anthony Albanese    Anthony Albanese earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from…

  • Woman charged in stabbing

    A 24-year-old Robbinsville woman last week was charged with stabbing her boyfriend after he allegedly assaulted her, police said. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — A 24-year-old Robbinsville woman last week was charged with stabbing her boyfriend after he allegedly assaulted her, police said.    Melissa Kornetti, 24, was charged with stabbing her boyfriend, 30-year-old Brian Sherman,…

  • Softball team regroups from opening day loss

    It didn’t take very long for the Redbirds to work out the kinks. By: Kyle Moylan    TRENTON—While the opener may not have worked out as planned, it didn’t take the Allentown High School softball team very long to get the kinks out.    After losing a 3-1 contest to Hamilton this past Monday, Allentown regrouped and…

  • Hopewell Valley Lions fete 50th at local golf club

    President William Kibbel Jr. welcomed a large turnout of members and their guests, as well as visitors from seven other Lions Clubs who joined the celebration By: Jan Purcell    On Saturday evening, the Hopewell Valley Lions Club celebrated 50 years of public service at a Charter Night Celebration held at the Hopewell Valley Golf Club.…