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  • Medical Services

    Medical Services CARRIER FOUNDATION PO Box 147 Belle Mead, NJ 08502 (800) 933-3579 President/CEO: Admissions Director: Carol Kosztyo Volunteer Coordinator: Gloria Mahood Carrier Foundation, a private, non-profit hospital established in 1910, provides inpatient, partial hospital and outpatient services for the full range of pyschiatric and addictive illnesses. Carrier Centers for Counseling are in six counties.…

  • Senior menus

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  • Seeking all college graduates

    Special section planned for July 13 issue    Colleges and universities will soon begin sending us news releases about 2000 graduates who reside in Lawrence Township. As releases arrive, we put them in a folder and save them for our annual college/university graduate edition, which will be featured in the edition of July 13.    Graduates and/or…

  • Elections best left to those who care

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    Every time there’s an election of some kind, we are exhorted to vote. As recently as the April 27 Ledger’s “Capitol News and Comment” section, Gov. Christie appeared pretty unhappy that only one in seven eligible voters turned out to vote in the school board and school budget…

  • School bond decision due June 12

    Board agreed on Bear Tavern and Brandon projects By:John Tredrea        That a bond proposal to build one new school and expand two of the district’s five existing schools will be put before Hopewell Valley Regional School District voters this fall now looks like a foregone conclusion.    But the school board has decided it wants…

  • Panel formed to study rail line

    Tracks could carry bikers, joggers and strollers By:Vanessa S. Holt        SPRINGFIELD — Mule-drawn carts once traveled along the tracks of the Kinkora Branch rail line through Springfield Township.    The tracks would later transport milk and move troops and supplies during both world wars.    Now the abandoned tracks might carry bikers, joggers and strollers as…

  • Mangia Bene Bistro II

    A menu with personality delivers good food at reasonable prices to this Lambertville spinoff. By: Antoinette Buckley Mangia Bene Bistro II 13 Kline Court, Lambertville (609) 397-6767 Food: Good [+] Cuisine: Italian Service: Good Ambiance: Simple Prices: Moderate Hours: Lunch: Fri.-Sun. 11:45 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Dinner: Wed.-Sun. 5 p.m. until closing. Closed Mon. and Tues. Essentials:…

  • Old LHS owner gets more time to install fence

    By: Cynthia Williamson    LAMBERTVILLE — The city’s construction official was ready to take the owner of the old Lambertville High School, Merrick Wilson, to task in municipal court May 9 for failing to erect a fence around his property on Washington Street.    But much to the dismay of city officials, Municipal Court Judge Jeffrey Martin…

  • The Boys in Blue

    Police serve and protect even the nutjobs By:Minx McCloud    This week is National Police Week, and while the theme is a somber one — memorializing fallen police officers and honoring those brave men and women who enforce the law — I can’t help but put my own spin on this solemn occasion.    The police officers…