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  • Independence Day festivities Sunday at park

    Revolutionary soldiers to demonstrate battlefield drill    The public is invited to celebrate Independence Day Sunday at Princeton Battlefield State Park, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free but donations are always welcome.    Revolutionary War soldiers and civilians from Motts Artillery, Sixth Co./Second Continental Artillery, will be on hand to demonstrate drill, cannon fire…

  • Lambertville-West Amwell Youth Baseball

    By: Karen Scheetz        This is an update on the minor league division in the Lambertville-West Amwell Youth Baseball Association.    The Vic Walker All-Star Tournament opens Wednesday, July 5.    Lambertville plays its first game Friday, July 7, at 8:30 p.m. Mets 16New Hope Rockies 3    The Mets defeated the New Hope Rockies by the score…

  • A garden of remembrance

    Students erect a garden in memory of a friend By: Kristy Klaus    Before a group of South Brunswick High School seniors graduated, they created a place to remember a friend.    The students spent the last few weeks of the school year creating a garden in the school’s senior center. It was built in memory of…

  • New Hope plans Fourth of July activities

       NEW HOPE — The New Hope Chamber of Commerce is planning four days of July 4 festivities throughout the town.    The activities will take place starting Saturday, July 1, and run through Tuesday, July 3.    Each day will include activities for the entire family. For the children, there will be face-painting from noon until 5…

  • Montgomery school building votes set Oct. 3

    Three separate questions will go on ballot By: David Dankwa    MONTGOMERY — Voters here will be asked in a special school building referendum Oct. 3 to vote on three questions: whether they want a new high school at a cost of $66.5 million; a running track and tennis courts at an additional cost of $630,000;…

  • Princeton set for fireworks spectacle

    Display to begin between 9 and 9:15 p.m. Saturday By: Jennifer Potash    Princeton area skies will be ablaze with colors Saturday night when the Spirit of Princeton Committee presents its third annual Fourth of July fireworks.    The committee will host the free event at the athletic fields of Princeton University on Washington Road, near Carnegie…

  • DISPATCHES: MOM line: too few winners, too many losers

    By: Hank Kalet    Don’t build the MOM line.    How can I say it any differently? For the past five years, we’ve been explaining why converting a lightly used freight line from the Jersey Shore to South Brunswick to a full-fledged commuter line is the wrong approach to solving the traffic problems of commuters in Monmouth…

  • 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. Regular menu    Thursday, June 29 — Beef barley…

  • If Johnny can’t read, it may be his eyes

    Like a workout for the eyes, vision therapy may help children with reading problems and adults with eye strain By: Cynthia Cannon    Batman and Robin take a spin in the Batmobile, encircling a room full of toys that looks like heaven for kids. Action figures, Legos, books, loved-up stuffed animals, big rubber balls – with…