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  • School Menus

    Delaware    Assorted sandwiches, hot dog, bag lunch, cereal, milk and fresh-made pizza are available daily.    Monday, Oct. 9 – Cheesesteak wrap, French fries, chilled fruit and milk.    Tuesday, Oct. 10 – Chicken or beef taco with chip or soft shell, Spanish rice, chilled fruit and milk.    Wednesday, Oct. 11 – Pork barbecue on bun, garden…

  • Editorial: Learn to live with all earth’s inhabitants

       Wildlife – particularly deer and bears – has been driven by hunger and changing habitats to venture closer to humans in order to survive.    The animals have learned to live with us; now we must learn to live with them.    Information on doing just that with the growing black bear population will be presented in…

  • Boy builds scale model of Fenway Park

    By: Mae Rhine    LAMBERTVILLE – James Colt has been fascinated by building things since he was 4 or 5 years old, says his dad, Chris Colt.    The 12-year-old’s latest project was a scale model of Fenway Park, home since 1912 to the Boston Red Sox baseball team. It may be open for only one more…

  • Roof leak found at new police station

    Move of department could be delayed By: Cynthia Williamson    LAMBERTVILLE – The ceiling height at the city’s new police headquarters satisfies state Department of Labor standards.    But can it hold water?    A contractor on the job discovered a leak in the metal roof, City Clerk Mary Elizabeth Sheppard said this week. As of press time…

  • Man hopes boat out of river by Christmas

    By: Cynthia Williamson    NEW HOPE – The Major William C. Barnett may be home in time for Christmas.    "We’ve got it turned around and facing in the right direction," said Robert Gerenser, who owns the Major, a 20-ton vessel that was untied from a dock in New Hope Aug. 9 and drifted downstream to the…

  • Montgomery passes school referendum

    Voters answer the $70 million question By: Jeff Milgram    MONTGOMERY – With an unusually high voter turnout, township residents went to the polls Tuesday to overwhelmingly approve a three-part, $70.2 million bond referendum to build a new high school.    More than 40 percent of the 3,480 eligible voters came out to approve the $65 million…

  • Board wants residents’ input

    Opportunity exists on committee for new high school"This is one of the biggest decisions the district will ever make and we definitely want the community involved in this," Washington Superintendent Paul Harren said. By: Frank C. D’Amico    WASHINGTON – Now that the Board of Education has decided to move forward with plans to build a…

  • Businesses late paying privilege tax

    Councilman pays 1998 property taxes By: Cynthia Williamson    NEW HOPE – The Borough Council is cracking down on merchants who are delinquent in paying an annual $375 business privilege tax.    "If they don’t pay by (Oct. 15), it will be sent to court," said borough Treasurer Janell Hammond as she leafed through copies of late…

  • REGISTERING VETERANS FOR MEMORIAL

    Groundbreaking for World War II monument in NovemberBob Peppler, director of Peppler Funeral Home in Allentown, has registered nearly 400 veterans. The National Funeral Directors Association has worked to compile names for the memorial, as well as raise money. By: Ken Weingartner    ALLENTOWN – When Bob Peppler was presented the chance to help register veterans…