Category: archives

  • Services set for local residents

       HARRY LOUDEN    Harry McMahan Louden, 75, died at Charlestown Retirement Community, Catonsville, Md., on Friday.    Born in Easton, Md., he had been a resident of Pennington for 33 years before moving to Maryland in 1996.    He served in the Army during World War II, was a 1948 graduate of Johns Hopkins University, and received a…

  • Hillsborough Middle School Honor Roll

    Honor Roll    The following eighth grade students were not mentioned on the high honor roll list for the second marking period at Hillsborough Middle School.    Andrew Ordway and Michelle Ormsby.    The following students were named to the honor roll for the third marking period at Hillsborough Middle School. High Honor Roll Grade 6    Davis Allsop,…

  • LIBRARY HAPPENINGS

    LIBRARY HAPPENINGS    Follow this column concerning special events being planned at Hillsborough Public Library, located in the Municipal Complex, Beekman Lane and Amwell Road, Neshanic. 369-2200.    Library hours are from 9:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, and 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Children’s Department    Monday, June 19 through August 11 “Book a Trip to the Stars”…

  • 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…