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  • MANSFIELD: School amends bullying policy

    By Amber Cox, Special Writer    MANSFIELD — The Northern Burlington Regional School District Board of Education is making moves to adhere to the new guidelines set by the New Jersey Department of Education regarding harassment, intimidation and bullying.    The board unanimously voted to amend the current policy on first reading at its Aug. 15 meeting.…

  • Liberty Lake explains its side

    Andy Pritikin, director, Liberty Lake Day Camp     In response to last week’s article about the Mansfield Wastewater Management Plan and its relationship to the proposed warehouse project adjacent to Liberty Lake, I wanted to provide a better understanding for why we are asking for a public hearing.    First and foremost, this is not a…

  • SENIOR MENUS

    Aug. 25-Aug. 31    All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville.    Reservations are required. Call 609-397-2228 24 hours in advance.    The value of each meal is $5.10. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution.    All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine.    The sodium-controlled menu is the…

  • WEST AMWELL: Alexauken Creek dam work slated

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    WEST AMWELL — Work is expected to begin within a month on repairing a 12-year-old breach in a dam on Alexauken Creek now that a loan agreement between three property owners, the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and West Amwell Township has been finalized.    Built in 1928, the dam…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Turnpike crash bus driver critical, 16 others injured

    By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor    An unidentified 52-year-old D.C. Trails Inc. bus driver was critically injured Wednesday morning after crashing into the rear of a tractor-trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike in South Brunswick, according to police. State police had initially reported that the driver had died in the crash.    New Jersey State Police Sgt.…

  • Architectural gem is sparkling again

    Architectural gem is sparkling again

    By Roy Ziegler, Special Writer    When New Hope entrepreneur, John Magill, built his solid fieldstone house on historic Old York Road in 1798 he could hardly have imagined that more than two centuries later it would continue to be a jewel in the town’s architectural crown.    The Magill house is situated in the heart of…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: Aug. 19,2011

    POLICE BLOTTER: Aug. 19,2011

    M Edini A tractor-trailer tipped over at the intersection of Prospect-Plains Road and Half Acre Road Monday morning.Photo courtesy Mario Edini

  • NJ State Bar Association president, Catholic Charities executive director to receive awards at annual Flame of Charity Dinner

    NJ State Bar Association president, Catholic Charities executive director to receive awards at annual Flame of Charity Dinner

    By Erin Friedlander NEW BRUNSWICK – Two women who are leaders in their profession will be honored at the Diocese of Metuchen’s Annual Flame of Charity Dinner to be held Oct. 27 at 6 p.m. in the Hyatt Regency Hotel.           Susan A. Feeney, Esq., a partner with the law firm of McCarter & English,…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Community calendar for week of Aug. 25

    Boys’ soccer team will wash your car    Saturday, Aug. 27 — The high school boys’ soccer team will hold a car wash fundraiser, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. at Hillsborough Elementary School, Amwell Road and Route 206. $5 per car. Fireworks try again on Labor Day night    Monday, Sept. 5 — Fireworks cancelled are re-scheduled for 9:30…