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Expand state-road truck ban, city says
Officials press for safety steps after fatal crash By: Cynthia Williamson LAMBERTVILLE City officials hope to prevent another tragedy like the one Friday when a tractor-trailer hauling trash went out of control and crashed through the Lambertville Video store, killing the clerk inside and injuring four other people. So they have asked the state…
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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.…
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Lessie Napper
PRINCETON TOWNSHIP — Lessie Napper, 95, died May 9 at the Merwick Unit of The Medical Center at Princeton. Born in Rockfish, Va., she lived in Princeton more than 65 years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Princeton and attended Virginia public schools. Daughter of the late Albert and Roberta Napper,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
