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  • HERALD: Local Easter egg hunts to hatch
  • NEW HOPE: Prohibition: Focus of April excursion

    NEW HOPE: Prohibition: Focus of April excursion

       Relive the exciting era of rumrunners, bootleggers, flappers and G-Men at the world premier of “American Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition” at the National Constitution Center, in Philadelphia, on April 13.    Sponsored by The Community School of New Hope-Solebury, the motor coach will leave New Hope-Solebury High School, 180 W. Bridge St., New…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: FedEx tractor-trailer slowly leaked sodium hydroxide from Maine

    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: FedEx tractor-trailer slowly leaked sodium hydroxide from Maine

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Emergency personnel were removing pallets of various mixed corrosives at the Petro Truck Stop from a FedEx tractor-trailer that was leaking sodium hydroxide Saturday afternoon.    Police said the driver was carrying four different chemicals — phosphoric acid, potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide and inorganic phosphate.    There was a…

  • WEST AMWELL: Idea of third voting district rejected

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    WEST AMWELL — The Township Committee decided during its Feb. 27 meeting not to add a third voting district in the township, but to add a second voting machine to the two existing districts instead, township clerk Lora Olsen said.    Due to concerns about the amount of time some people…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Kratovil born to ride

    HILLSBOROUGH: Kratovil born to ride

    By Chuck O-Donnell, Special Writer   The clock says 5 a.m., the thermometer reads 9 degrees, and there’s hardly a soul on the roads.    Hillsborough’s Joe Kratovil has a head start on the sunrise and the morning traffic as he rides his bike toward Sourland Mountain where the hills and dales will leave him with a…

  • HIGHTSTOWN HAPPENINGS: PHOTOS: Week of March 8

    HIGHTSTOWN HAPPENINGS: PHOTOS: Week of March 8

    Batista Second-grader Gianna Burzi, 7, of East Windsor, dresses as Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz in celebration of Read Across America March 1 at the Grace N. Rogers Elementary School in Hightstown. (Photo by Amy Batista)

  • Princyclopedia 2013: Journey to the Centre of the Earth
  • HIGHTSTOWN HAPPENINGS: PHOTOS: Week of March 8

    HIGHTSTOWN HAPPENINGS: PHOTOS: Week of March 8

    Batista Kindergartener Zachary Sargent, 7, reads a book to fellow classmates as part of Read Across America on March 1 at the Grace N. Rogers Elementary School, Hightstown. (Photo by Amy Batista)

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Foundation prepares to honor Mike Cocciolillo

       Tickets are now on sale for the Robbinsville Education Foundation’s Casino Night fundraiser, when residents play for prizes in an event that raises money to support public school programs.    Casino Night, which this year honors Robbinsville PAL Jr. Ravens Vice President Mike Cocciolillo, will be held from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday, March…