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  • Local Government

    Local Government Bordentown Township Municipal Drive Bordentown, NJ 08505 (609) 298-2800 Fax: (609) 291-0788 Population: 7,692 (1990 census) Housing units: 2,991 (1990 census) Mayor: R. Joseph Foster Jr. Administrator: John F. Mason Township Clerk: Colleen M. Cochran Township Attorney: John Harrington, Esq. Engineer: Raymond Jordan Building Officer: Richard J. Smith Tax Assessor: William R. Tantum…

  • Joan B. Knutson

    Local resident By:    HAMILTON — Joan B. Knutson, 68, died Monday, May 29, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in Hightstown, she was a longtime area resident.    She was a school teacher in Texas and East Windsor and past executive director of Hightstown-East Windsor Chamber of Commerce.    Daughter of the late Prescott…

  • School chiefs may re-explore regionalization

    Officials skeptical of benefits By: Cynthia Williamson        Rumbling over regionalization of South Hunterdon schools is reverberating throughout the communities — again.    It’s an issue that administrators and school board members at South Hunterdon Regional High School and its three sending districts — Lambertville, West Amwell and Stockton — have been grappling with for decades.…

  • Herman C. Peters

    Area resident By:    AVELON — Herman C. Peters, 96, died Thursday, June 1, at his daughter’s and son-in law’s home in Avalon.    Born in Essel, Germany, he had lived in Allentown for more than 50 years before moving to Avalon two years ago.    He was a retired farmer and proprietor of Allentown Iron Works.    Husband…

  • Cardinals fail to bring home medals

    Girls track By: Steve Feitl    Lawrence High School had two representatives at the Meet of Champions Wednesday in South Brunswick, but neither was able to secure a medal.    Kate Smithson, appearing in her second-straight MOC, threw 118 feet in the javelin.    Meanwhile, in the 400 meters, Amy Calvo ran her event in 58.7 seconds, finishing…

  • School’s opera company modeled after pros

    By: Sue Kramer        NEW HOPE — As a part of the Metropolitan Opera Guild’s “Creating Original Opera” program, the Lion’s Tale Opera Company at New Hope-Solebury Elementary School is modeled after a professional opera company.    There are more than 100 fourth-grade students stepping into the role of writer, composer, performer, musician, set and lighting…

  • Everything’s coming up roses

    Allentown resident has more than 400 different rose plants By: Julie Gartland Bob Cox of Allentown with one of the 400 different rose plants he grows all around his home. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe    The home of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Cox is surrounded with love, appreciation, enthusiasm, reverence and joy. Characteristics that often…

  • Accident closed 206 for four hours

    Three injured, status unknown By:Eric Schwarz    Three drivers were injured in an accident that closed a section of Route 206 for several hours near Hillsborough’s border with Montgomery Township on Tuesday evening.    The head-on collision at about 5:19 p.m. closed the northbound lane of the highway until about 10 p.m.    Two drivers, both women, were…

  • Holt holds ‘kitchen table’ forum in city

    By: Sue Kramer        LAMBERTVILLE — Democratic Rep. Rush Holt officially kicked off his re-election campaign for the 12th Congressional District May 31 by holding a 10 a.m. “kitchen table” meeting at The Mercantile coffee shop.    Rep. Holt’s informal visit with the small group of local and county residents focused on local issues and resident…