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  • LAMBERTVILLE: City is ‘on clearer path to a better future’

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — The City of Lambertville has achieved the bronze-level status for Sustainable Jersey, a nonprofit certification program for towns and cities in the state that want to “go green, save money and take steps to sustain their quality of life over the long-term.”    According to Sustainable Jersey’s website, achieving…

  • Thank you, Robbinsville voters

    Michael Reca, president, Board of Education; Steven Mayer, superintendent     We would like to thank our neighbors in Robbinsville for approving the referendum projects designed to make sure our youngest learners have appropriate school facilities!    We genuinely appreciate the time and energy residents put forward to become informed and to make sure that our schools…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

       Lambertville City police reported:    — On Dec. 16 at 1:25 a.m., Sgt. Robert Brown stopped Sarah E. Thielke, 26, of Eagleswood, on Route 29 for failure to keep right, and having a license plate light out. Ms. Thielke was charged with DWI, and failure to keep right. She was released pending a court appearance.    —…

  • AWFNJ Junior Hero to Animals Award – Call for Nominations

    By AWFNJ  JUNIOR HERO TO ANIMALS AWARD – CALL FOR NOMINATIONS The Animal Welfare Federation of New Jersey’s (AWFNJ) JUNIOR HERO TO ANIMALS AWARD is presented to a humane-minded student in recognition of the recipient’s initiative in undertaking actions and efforts which contribute significantly to the welfare of animals in New Jersey on a local,…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Library offers winter break movies for kids

       Youngsters are invited to get out of the house and come to the Hillsborough Public Library, 379 South Branch Road, for movies on the big screen during winter break.    To be shown are:    • ”ParaNorman’ (PG, for ages 5 and older) — In the animated comedy-thriller, a misunderstood boy takes on ghosts, zombies and grown-ups to…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Senior Corner column, week of Dec. 20

    CHAPTER A    Thank you to all Chapter A members who made the holiday party so successful and so much fun. Good food, music by Sparx DJ, dancing, prizes and so many laughs. 2013 will bring many changes and we anticipate a great year.    Elected Chapter A officers for 2013 will be installed at the January…

  • Grants Help Interfaith Caregivers Care for Mercer’s Elderly and Disabled

    Grants Help Interfaith Caregivers Care for Mercer’s Elderly and Disabled

    By Diane Blaszka Hamilton, NJ – December 19, 2012 — Generous grants from corporations and foundations continue to help Interfaith Caregivers of Greater Mercer County (ICGMC), a nonprofit organization headquartered in Hamilton, NJ, provide free caregiving services to homebound elderly and people with disabilities throughout Mercer County. The most recent organizational supporters, with donations totaling…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Youngsters to sell stocking stuffers to raise money for autistic kids’ education

        Fifth-grader Maya Karkhanis has founded a registered non-profit organization, called The VOWEL Foundation, to raise money for educational equipment and supplies for schools that educate underprivileged children with autism.     She and friends from Woodfern Elementary and Auten Road Intermediate schools helped make a variety of stocking stuffers, including bookmarks, “Reindeer Noses” and “Snowman…

  • Grants Help Interfaith Caregivers Care for Mercer’s Elderly and Disabled