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  • Recreation Committee sponsors bicycle tour

    By:Jeff Mikalaitis        MANSFIELD – The Township Recreation Committee is sponsoring a bike tour of the municipality, called "Mansfield Township’s Tri-Hamlet Bike Tour 2000," to be held rain or shine on Oct. 22.    Mayor Kelly Shea said he expects about 100 people to participate in the event, which will take cyclists through the villages of…

  • Mind your business and let me freeze

    MOST THINGS CONSIDERED by Minx McCloud A cool autumn breeze blew and I could almost see my breath as I walked to the grocery store early Sunday morning. I swung my arms energetically, happy to be alive.    For about five minutes.    An elderly woman walked toward me, dressed to the teeth for winter, including a…

  • Library’s roots run deep in public schools

    GUEST COLUMN By:Georgiana Holovach    The library had its beginnings long before the Year 1960. When it began is documented in a study report dated January 1959. It was a very interesting study because it really gave a short history of events and the names of people and situation that helped create the library we know…

  • House tour features American architecture, antique toilets

       LAMBERTVILLE – Lambertville Historical Society’s autumn house tour Sunday, Oct. 22, will be marked by diversity, featuring American architecture, community history and examples of interior design.    There will be a Victorian house on Coryell Street featured in June on Home and Garden Television’s "Restore America" show hosted by Bob Vila; two houses on either side…

  • Task Force supports proposed changes in truck law

    State wants to close loophole in ban By: Cynthia Williamson    TRENTON – The New Jersey State League of Municipalities announced Tuesday it will file a brief Oct. 16 in U.S. District Court in Newark, supporting the state’s proposed changes in a law banning 102-inch-wide trucks and double trailer-truck combinations from using state highways and county…

  • Businessman pursuing plan for senior housing

    donald Hart wants to build units on old Albert Burd estate By: Cynthia Williamson    LAMBERTVILLE – His plan to build senior-citizen housing on the outskirts of the city may be a couple of years from completion but Donald Hart said people already have asked to be placed on a waiting list he hasn’t yet developed.…

  • Sawmill may become a gravel road again

    By: Les Sdorow    SOLEBURY – Sawmill Road between Street Road and Aquetong Road is closer to becoming a gravel road again.    This was the outcome of the Oct. 3 meeting of the Board of Supervisors.    Supervisor William Tinsman reported on his latest round of meetings with residents who live along the road.    "I was pleased…

  • Police computers give instant information on stops

    By: Sue Kramer    LAMBERTVILLE – Patrolman Robert Brown of the Lambertville Police Department has heard it all when it comes to excuses from motorists.    When they can’t produce their licenses or registrations, motorists might tell him they left them at home or lost them. They claim to have perfect driving records and might even say…

  • Senior Menus

       All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville.    The value of each meal is $3.13. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution. All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine. The sodium-controlled menu is the same unless otherwise noted.    Thursday, Oct. 12 – Grape juice, stuffed cabbage…