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  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police blotter

       An employee with International Bio Solutions, of Manville, reported that someone smashed the front windshield, driver-side door window and passenger-side door window of a front-end loader while it was parked at the former Glen Gery Brick factory on Hamilton Road between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. April 2.    Police said it appeared that someone had…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: City asking police to make pay raise concession

    The city planned to mail a letter requesting the negotiation, “to see what the bargaining unit can do to help us out in the times we’re in,” the mayor said By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — The city plans to ask the police officers union to renegotiate a contractual pay raise because of a…

  • Something is wrong

    Myrna Michaelson, Lambertville     I am puzzled about why SHRHS offers more than 70 extracurricular offerings to a mere 331 pupils – 25 percent of whom are on some sort of individualized learning plan and classified as special education. Moreover, according to the SHRHS Municipal Work Group, extracurricular activities at South are approximately 275 percent…

  • Support athletes

    Richard B. Roy Jr., LWAYBSA president     This Saturday another season of the Lambertville-West Amwell Youth Baseball and Softball Association will begin. Young boys and girls from the Lambertville, West Amwell and Stockton communities will participate in various levels of baseball and softball. The LWAYBSA volunteer members have been working hard to prepare for the…

  • Green leads Green Vikes

    By Rich Fisher, Sports Editor    Say the word “green” around the South Brunswick High boys’ volleyball team and it’s either a reference to the Vikings’ best player or a description of the remainder of the roster.    Andrew Green, a senior, is South Brunswick’s only returning varsity player from last year’s 17-8 team that was among…

  • WEST AMWELL: Officials searching for budget solutions

    Layoffs have not been announced, but they could be in the works if the township cannot balance the budget By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    WEST AMWELL — The township is looking at a variety of ways to make up for a budget shortfall of more than half a million dollars, officials said.    Layoffs have not…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Restaurant’s first order: Increase awareness

    HILLSBOROUGH: Restaurant’s first order: Increase awareness

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    In a town of an estimated 40,000 people, Bellisimo Ristorante owner Jim Nelson predicts that about 36,000 of them do not even know the place exists.    And one of Mr. Nelson’s biggest goals as the newest owner of the restaurant in Kingsbridge Center on South Branch Road is to change…

  • Sunday event will benefit Animal Alliance

       LAMBERTVILLE — Animal Alliance is hosting “Taste of Spain,” a Spanish wine and tapas tasting Sunday, April 18, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Hamilton’s Grill Room.    This fundraising event features a wine tasting by Phillip’s Wine of Stockton.    Tickets are priced at $75. Proceeds will benefit Animal Alliance’s Planned Pethood low-cost spaying and neutering…

  • MANVILLE: Police blotter

       Marek Homanski, 23, of Hillsborough, was charged with driving while intoxicated after police stopped him on Knopf Street at 11:48 p.m. April 4.    Police said they observed him do a burnout that left a 33-foot long skid mark on the road, and saw him almost strike a curb while doing a Y-turn.    Police reported performing…