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  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Family honors fallen son

    BORDENTOWN CITY: Family honors fallen son

    The band, Soul Fire, is set to perform at the second annual scholarship fundraiser Saturday night in Bordentown for the Benjamin Moore Memorial Trust Fund at Bordentown Elks Lodge 2085. (Courtesy photo)

  • COLUMBUS: Teen gains state leadership role
  • WEST AMWELL: South students get playwriting lessons from professionals

    WEST AMWELL: South students get playwriting lessons from professionals

    Professional actors, who are taking part in the McCarter Theatre YouthInk playwriting program, read from a student’s 10-minute play. Rahsaam Kerns is at right.

  • LAMBERTVILLE : City adopts 2012 spending plan

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — A $4.8 million Lambertville budget that brings with it a minor impact on property taxes was adopted by City Council Monday night.    Mayor David Del Vecchio said the 2012 spending plan will result in the average Lambertville homeowner paying only $6 more in municipal taxes this year than…

  • SUMMER CAMPS UPDATE

       Fulper Farms will hold a summer Dairy Day Camp for children 8-13 with an interest in having fun on an operating family run dairy farm in West Amwell Township.    The farm’s fifth generation of sisters, Breanna, Chelsea, and Mikayla Fulper, will host the camp at the family’s 103-year-old dairy farm.    The farm’s fourth generation, Robert…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Crash closes road

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Crash closes road

    Police photo An overturned truck and split utility pole caused Fresh Ponds Road to be closed for more than four hours Tuesday, according to police.

  • MONROE:Brush fire season has windy beginning

    MONROE:Brush fire season has windy beginning

    Windy weather fans flames By Amy Batista, Special Writer    MONROE — High winds and dry conditions are fueling the flames across New Jersey this week.    A quarter of an acre on Disbrow Road in Monroe became another statistic in a rash of the statewide brush fires on Monday.    ”The fire is under investigation at this…

  • Letters: Thank you to Foxmoor residents et al.

    From: Jayme Race, Robbinsville To the editor:    On October 11, 2011, I filed a pro se lawsuit in Mercer County Superior Court to prevent the Township of Robbinsville from going forward with its plans for an office building on Washington Boulevard. Six months later, an amicable agreement was reached and on March 30, 2012 a Stipulation…

  • Tax increase needed to keep services

    Dan Linke, Lawrenceville To the editor: I was disappointed to read the recent story about so many of my neighbors and their knee-jerk reaction to the financial problems our town is facing.    The reason we need a tax increase is not because of wasteful government spending, but the impact of the Great Bush Recession that…