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  • YMCA closes on new facility

    Ground-breaking ceremony set for 10 a.m. Aug. 5 By: David Weinstein    Months of work by YMCA employees and volunteers to secure enough money to purchase 27 acres and a building on Culver Road has finally paid off.    YMCA administrators took possession of the property earlier this month, providing South Brunswick with the site of its…

  • Group receives funds for regionalization study

    Roosevelt, Upper Freehold-Allentown, Millstone included By: Frank C. D’Amico    The Western Monmouth Panhandle Alliance has received a state grant to study the possibility of regionalizing the school districts of Allentown-Upper Freehold, Millstone and Roosevelt.    The alliance, an ad hoc committee of political and educational leaders, has been meeting monthly to discuss issues that affect the…

  • Four-way stops sought for North Union Street

    City needs approval from state DOT to enforce ordinance By: Cynthia Williamson    LAMBERTVILLE – The City Council voted unanimously at a public hearing Monday to authorize two sets of four-way stops on North Union Street at the intersections of Delaware Avenue and Elm Street.    The city won’t be able to enforce the ordinance when it…

  • Mom’s roles ‘extra’ special

    Director Bryan Singer casts his mom, Grace Sinden, in all of his hit films By: Jennifer Potash    PRINCETON – To many, Grace Sinden, a Princeton Township resident, is the mild-mannered vice chairwoman of the Princeton Regional Health Commission.    But she has a secret life – as a walk-on actress in her son’s movies.    Ms. Sinden’s…

  • Carnival fills YMCA’s coffers

    By: David Weinstein    It was a success.    And if the brooding weather would have complied, the annual YMCA carnival would have been the most successful ever.    "The threat of rain and thunder, I think, held some from coming out," said Dave Anderson, branch director of the South Brunswick YMCA. Thunder and lightning threatened the last…

  • CITY COUNCIL BRIEFS

       LAMBERTVILLE – The City Council took the following action at its regular meeting Monday:    • Steve Wolock was appointed an alternate member of the Zoning Board of Adjustment, replacing Darcy Dunaj, who was appointed to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Tom Hastie.    • Tag Day for the Lambertville Rambler’s football and cheerleading…

  • Pinehicken, DVAA, Somerset advance in Walker tourney

    Rain washed out Sunday games, delaying completion of the preliminary round and the start of the trophy round    LAMBERTVILLE – A total of 11 games were played at Danbury Field over a seven-day period in the first round of the 20th annual Vic Walker Tournament.    The games were part of the tournament’s round-robin phase that…

  • State gives Stockton needed boost

    EDITORIAL    Three cheers for the state Legislature and our local lawmakers for recognizing that tiny Stockton needed a boost to pay for a new pumper-tanker.    The state has authorized giving Stockton $350,000, the bulk of the money the borough needs for the new fire truck.    That means savings to everyone, taxpayers included. The fire company’s…

  • Residents sue zoners over parking lot OK

    One-acre parcel is located just south of the Lambertville Station inn between the Delaware and Raritan Canal and state parkland By: Cynthia Williamson    LAMBERTVILLE – A trio of residents opposed to the planned conversion of a former propane gas storage facility into a parking lot are suing the city’s Zoning Board of Adjustment for allowing…