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  • FLORENCE: Boat dock fees doubled

    FLORENCE: Boat dock fees doubled

    By Julie Asher, Special Writer    FLORENCE — July 11, the Township Council voted unanimously to double boat dock fees at Clark T. Carey Memorial Park.    The new rates will take effect Jan. 1, 2013.    The current daily rate is $5, and the annual rate is $25 for township residents. For residents of New Jersey, the…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Mercer 4-H Fair this weekend

    At nearby Howell Farm    Howell Living History Farm will host the Mercer County 4-H Fair, which will run from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. on July 28 and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on July 29.    The opening ceremony will take place at 1 p.m. on July 28.    There is still time to enter a project. If you have…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Councilman Levesque says he’s resigning

    ROBBINSVILLE: Councilman Levesque says he’s resigning

    Robbinsville Councilman Rich Levesque File photo

  • CRANBURY: Town roads getting makeover

    By Kaitlyn Kanzler, Special Writer    CRANBURY — South Main Street will be among those getting a facelift in the next couple of weeks, according to officials.    Mayor David Cook said the road would be re-paved between Aug. 1 and 2.    ”The issue with the roadway coming up from South Main Street, from the bridge, going…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Jonah Helmer is fourth generation at ‘Finkle’s’

    LAMBERTVILLE: Jonah Helmer is fourth generation at ‘Finkle’s’

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — The fourth generation of the Finkle family is on the job this summer at the family’s well-known Lambertville business, Joseph Finkle & Son, Inc.    Started in 1917 by Joseph Finkle and billed as “The World’s Most Unusual Hardware Store,” the place, at 7 Coryell Street, is commonly called…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Councilman Levesque says he’s resigning

    ROBBINSVILLE: Councilman Levesque says he’s resigning

    Relocating to be closer to family By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ROBBINSVILLE — Councilman Rich Levesque said Sunday he intends to announce his resignation at  theTownship Council meeting tonight (July 26) because he is moving to the Hopewell area with his family in August.    Mr. Levesque, who is also the Mercer County Republican Party chairman…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

       Lt. Stephen J. Bartzak, commanding officer, West Amwell Township Police Department, reported:    — On July 14, at approximately 4:52 p.m., Patrolman Edward Skillman arrested Paul DeWitt, 21, of Richboro, Pennsylvania, after stopping him for speeding on Route 202. He was processed, charged with possession of suspected marijuana under 50 grams and issued motor vehicle summonses…

  • CRANBURY: Theater Massacre invokes local reaction

    CRANBURY: Theater Massacre invokes local reaction

    News pool photo James Holmes, 24, the suspect in the Colorado the´ater shooting, makes his initial court appearance in Aurora on Monday with public defender Tamara Brady. Mr. Holmes is accused of opening fire in a movie theater Friday during a screening of “The Dark Knight Rises,” killing 12 people and wounding 58 others.

  • CRANBURY: Community volunteer retires

    CRANBURY: Community volunteer retires

    Kaitlyn Kanzler photo Longtime community volunteer Dietrich Wahlers gets a resolution from the Township Committee recognizing his more than three decades of public service from Mayor David Cook Monday night.