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  • City couple partners in love, emergency services

    Patrick and Sharon Eckard volunteer for squad, fire companies By: Sue Kramer        An ongoing series about men and women emergency services volunteers.    LAMBERTVILLE – She can read his mind and he still asks her out on "dates."    After eight years of marriage, Patrick and Sharon Eckard still take so much delight in each other’s…

  • City may settle with developers

    Settlement talks in works with Music Mountain tract owners By: Cynthia Williamson        LAMBERTVILLE – Settlement talks are in the works between the city and a pair of the developers who are taking the city to court over a zoning change that significantly reduces the number of houses they can build on about 56 acres…

  • Library repairs moving in stages

    By: Kristy Klaus        ALLENTOWN – Renovations to the public library will be taken step by step.    Elaine Saullo, library board president, said the renovations are occurring in stages, and the board has applied recently for a New Jersey Historical Trust Grant to help restore the South Main Street 19th century structure.    "We just applied,…

  • Tutoring is Springboard to success

    Library program in Princeton is cited as model of excellence By: Jennifer Potash    Despite the constraints of a small work space, the Princeton Public Library’s Springboard after-school tutoring program is thriving.    The program, which offered tutoring from 3 to 6 p.m. every weekday during the academic year for young adults ages 12 to 18, was…

  • Washington revives camp

    By: Mark Moffa        WASHINGTON – For the first time since 1995, Washington Township is holding a summer recreation camp.    Chris Merias, the township’s recreation specialist, said the program was revived because of increased interest.    The camp contains three sessions, the first of which lasted one week, from June 26 to June 30. The second…

  • Roof repair halted on old church

    New Hope officials stops work because contractors had no permit for removing asbesto shingles By: Cynthia Williamson        NEW HOPE – What was thought to be a simple roof replacement project on the former Methodist church at 15 S. Main St. has turned into a controversy between the owner, the borough and Robert Rynkiewicz, building…

  • Washington upends Millstone in District 12

    By: Kyle Moylan        With the game tied at 3-3 in the last of the fifth inning, Millstone fell into Washington’s Trapp.    Chris Trapp, that is.    Actually, Washington sprung Trapp on Millstone on two occasions. Trapp came through with two hits and four RBI, lifting Washington to a 6-4 win over Millstone in the opening…

  • Montgomery to discuss sharing proposed pool

    Construction of a pool, estimated at $3.1 million, will be a separate question on the school referendum By: David Dankwa    MONTGOMERY-The Board of Education and the Township Committee are scheduled to hold a joint meeting Saturday to discuss how the community can best share facilities at the proposed high school.    Board President Linda Romano said…

  • New principal learning the ropes

    By: Matthew Armstrong    The new principal of Monmouth Junction School is getting his feet wet during the summer in preparation for the beginning of the 2000-2001 school year.    Bill Skowronski will replace former Principal Joanne Kerkes as the school’s principal. Ms. Kerkes recently was selected to serve as principal of the Upper Elementary School and…