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  • Kalmia Club members try to don old wedding gowns

    Club has summer social June 12 By: Cynthia Williamson        LAMBERTVILLE — It was a brigade of brides when the Kalmia Club held its summer social Monday at the clubhouse on York Street.    “I’ve always liked weddings,” said Vice President Marie Marra, who conceived the bride theme, suggesting members dust off their wedding gowns and…

  • School menus

    Delaware    Assorted deli sandwiches and salad plates are available to grades 3-8 and staff; these do not include soup and dessert. Taco salad, garden salad, salmon nuggets, hamburger on bun and bagel with cream cheese available every day as an alternative.    Tuesday, June 20 — Pizza, salad, fruit and milk.    Wednesday, June 21 — Summer…

  • HOT TOPIC

    Jughandles or four-way intersection for Rt. 130? By: Staff The NJ DOT wants to put in jughandles at the intersection of Rt. 130, Hankins Road and Conover Road. The East Windsor Township Council wants the intersection straightened out, with a four-way intersection with a light, instead. Which solution would provide a safer intersection?

  • EDITORIAL: Common sense dictates we end death penalty

       U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch announced this week his plans to introduce federal legislation providing some death row inmates with access to DNA testing that could establish their innocence.    Sen. Hatch, considered one of the more conservative members of the Senate and a longtime death-penalty supporter, said recently that testing will “ensure that only the guilty…

  • LPS to get $215,000 FEMA grant

       WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12th District) and Sen. Robert Torricelli (D-N.J.) announced they have secured a $215,000 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to repair damage and protect Lambertville Public School on Main Street from future flooding.    Rep. Holt and Sen. Torricelli said the federal funds will be used to install…

  • Minor injuries in Millstone school bus accident

    Three high school students, bus driver hurt By: Frank C. D’Amico    MILLSTONE — Three Allentown High School students and a bus driver sustained minor injuries Wednesday morning after a car struck the side of their school bus, State Police said.    The accident occurred at 7:14 a.m. on Millstone Road near Sweetman’s Lane when Robin Carrier…

  • New Hope fires borough manager

    Borough Council votes 4-3 Tuesday to fire Victoria Keller By: Cynthia Williamson        NEW HOPE — Following nearly two hours of public discussion and debate, the Borough Council voted 4-3 Tuesday to fire Business Manager Victoria Keller.    “I’m the one who brought this to a head, and I will take responsibility for it,” Council President…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK LIBRARY EVENTS

    LIBRARY EVENTS    Want to make summer reading more exciting? Want to explore new worlds? Then “Take a Trip Thru a Book!” via the South Brunswick Public Library this summer. The trip will begin Monday, June 19, and participants will arrive at their destination Friday, Aug. 18, at the library.    The rules are simple:    1. Read…

  • Police assist in birth of child

    Washington couple thankful By: Mark Moffa        WASHINGTON — John and Andrea Holden celebrated the birth of their third child early Sunday. The couple did not, however, expect Alecia Johanna Holden to be delivered into the hands of the police.    “My wife went into labor at about 1,” Mr. Holden said. He started timing the…