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  • It’s Vic Walker Memorial time again

    Richard Roy, president, LWAYBSA     The Vic Walker Memorial All Star Baseball Tournament has returned to Ely Field in Lambertville for another year. Starting this week, 30 teams from all over New Jersey and Pennsylvania, along with their friends and families, will converge on Lambertville to eat in our great restaurants, shop in our wonderful…

  • Cat No. 1,000 finds sanctuary at Tabby’s Place

    By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    In May, Tabby’s Place — a cage-free, no-kill sanctuary for cats —rescued its 1,000th cat from a hopeless situation.    Dainty “Twix” is afflicted with feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), a diagnosis that put her on the shortlist for euthanasia at the public shelter where she was abandoned.    Happily, Twix made her…

  • Boaters have responsibility to operate vessels safely

       The Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) Chairman and Chief Administrator Raymond P. Martinez recently joined Dennis Tully, chief of the NJ State Police Marine Services Bureau, and the New Jersey Marine Trades Association to remind boaters to stay safe, to be prepared and to be sober on the waterways this summer.    ”Safety is a priority for…

  • NEW HOPE: Collective slates a theater benefit

    ‘One Night Only’ on July 18 By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    NEW HOPE — A newly formed organization, the Delaware River Theater Collective, hopes to bring professional theater back to the New Hope and Lambertville area.    ”Along with the goal of presenting quality theatrical productions for the region is the establishment of a permanent venue…

  • Senior Breakfast

    By Susan Chipps, Client Coordinator, Home Helpers June 4, 2011 Press Release for the Hillsborough Beacon On June 4, 2011 seniors from the Hillsborough area were treated to breakfast and harp music and a speaker, courtesy of “Home Helpers of Hillsborough” and Christian Community Chapel. The harp music featured Annalee Davis, a noted harpist from…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Dayton man among those charged in freight theft ring
  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Caretaker charged with theft
  • LAMBERTVILLE: J.B. Kline: musician, businessman and more

    LAMBERTVILLE: J.B. Kline: musician, businessman and more

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — If it hadn’t been for a short, fateful car ride he took with his mom when he was about 9 years old, J.B. Kline might never have become a musician.    ”I wanted to be in the school band when I was in fourth grade,” Mr. Kline recalled in…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Dayton man among those charged in freight theft ring

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Dayton man among those charged in freight theft ring

    By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor Police are seeking a Dayton man who was indicted June 29 for being part of a trucking theft ring that allegedly bilked more than $2 million from other shipping brokerage companies. State Attorney General Paula Dow and Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor said in a statement last week…