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  • Florence Griggs Dye, 85

       Florence Griggs Dye, 85, of Hightstown died Friday at her home.    Born in Cranbury, she was a lifetime area resident. She was a former member of the Hightstown Presbyterian Church. Mr. Dye retired from Walter B. Howe Insurance Co. of Princeton after 25 years of service. She was a member of Hightstown Grange.    Widow of…

  • Students may get to examine government

    Millstone Township eighth-graders By: Frank C. D’Amico    MILLSTONE – Years before they can vote, Millstone eighth-graders may get a chance to participate in local government.    Township Committeeman Bill Kastning, liaison to the Board of Education, and Assistant Superintendent Mary Anne Donahue are working on a new after-school civics program.    It will be designed to give…

  • Workers break gas line

    Police say leak poses no health threat By:Jack Baney    Construction workers struck an underground pipe on Homestead Road with a backhoe and created a gas leak about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.    Workers from Public Service Electric & Gas Co. were working to repair the leak, which police said did not pose any serious danger, at press…

  • HOPEWELL HARVEST FAIR UPDATE

    Planners get ready for Sept. 23    The Hopewell Harvest Fair will kick off its annual festivities with a Harvest Moon Concert by the Maggi Hill Band, followed by fireworks, on Friday, Sept. 22, from 7-11 p.m. at the Volunteers Bandstand in the Hopewell Park.    In case of inclement weather, the free concert will be held…

  • Many help in airboat recovery

    Volunteers toil for hours to pluck capsized airboat By: Sue Kramer        LAMBERTVILLE – It took many volunteers working together to raise the Lambertville-New Hope Ambulance and Rescue Squad’s airboat Saturday.    While the term volunteers usually brings to mind an image of fire and rescue personnel, many other people also lent their time, equipment and…

  • 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, July 13 – Apple juice, stuffed green…

  • Francesca Marie Prioli Sinicropi, 72

       Francesca Marie Prioli Sinicropi, 72, died Monday at the Medical Center at Princeton of respiratory failure.    She moved to Kendall Park from Toronto in 1964.    Ms. Sinicropi was an active member in the community. She worked at the Medical Center at Princeton and the Older Women’s League. She was on the board of directors and…

  • Delaware woman pens ‘Ugly Cookies’

    By: Mae Rhine        DELAWARE – As a Midwestern girl born and raised in Milwaukee, Joy Stocke figured she’d end up working for the farm Cooperative Extension office in her community.    In fact, that was the plan in college at the University of Wisconsin in Madison as she combined her love of writing with her…

  • City hires fourth-generation officer

    James Rosso is full-time patrolman in Lambertville By: Cynthia Williamson        LAMBERTVILLE – The City Council repeated a little bit of history when it unanimously voted to hire Lambertville resident James Rosso as a full-time patrolman in the Police Department.    Mr. Rosso’s grandfather and great-grandfather were both members of the city’s police force.    His grandfather,…