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DOWN ON THE FARM
Howell Farm activities Horse-drawn wagon tours of Hopewell Township’s Pleasant Valley Rural Historic District will be offered to the public on Saturday, June 24, courtesy of Howell Living History Farm. The district, which includes 13 properties, is listed on the National and State Registers of Historic Places. The 30-minute tours will leave the farm on…
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Air boat capsizes on Delaware near wingdam
Rescue boat still missing a week later By: Sue Kramer LAMBERTVILLE Years of training on the Delaware River and as many years experience with river rescues averted a tragedy June 14 when the Lambertville-New Hope Ambulance and Rescue Squad’s airboat capsized and sank with two squad members aboard during a swift-water training session. Squad…
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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, June 22 — Grape juice, chicken cacciatore,…
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Hopewell Valley Post 339 schedule
Hopewell Valley American Legion Post 339’s baseball team has the following schedule: July 10 – Post 31, Hopewell Valley, 5:45 p.m. July 11 – Post 31, Hopewell Valley, 5:45 p.m. July 13 – Post 182, Hopewell Valley, 5:45 p.m. July 14 – Post 26, Gilder Park, 5:45 p.m.
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Millstone teen dies in car accident
AHS senior in critical condition By: Frank C. D’Amico UPPER FREEHOLD — Many seniors who on Wednesday evening were scheduled to graduate from Allentown High School undoubtedly had their thoughts miles away from the campus. That is because classmate Andrea N. Gardner, known to her friends as Nicki, and schoolmate Ian A. Alspaugh were…
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Obituaries
John Martin HAMILTON — John R. Martin, 82, died Saturday, June 17, at Hamilton Continuing Care Center. Born in Lambertville, he lived in Hamilton Square. Mr. Martin was chief chemist for 45 years for Occidental Petroleum Products, formerly known as Columbia Carbon, Trenton. He was an internationally recognized expert in iron oxide technologies and was…
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Editorial
New Hope needs capable administrator The position of borough manager was created to save money. Instead, some New Hope officials say, it has cost them money. From what the public was told, Victoria Keller was not the right woman for the job. The borough has a very real financial problem. It has been struggling to…
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Hibernia Elves supply treats to residents
By: Sue Kramer LAMBERTVILLE — Some “elves” have been tiptoeing around the Hibernia apartments on South Main Street recently. They’re leaving notes that say there’s a cake in the kitchen, a tray of cheese and crackers in the refrigerator and otherwise tempting the residents of the senior citizen apartment complex to indulge themselves. The…
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LEO students show off work
By: Josh Parsons WASHINGTON — Students in the school district’s LEO program last week got a chance to teach others what they learned the past year. On June 13, parents and students gathered at the Pond Road Middle School for an overview of the program, which stands for Learning Enrichment Opportunities and is open…
