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  • Somerset Valley YMCA Celebrates Campaign Success

    By Donna Dass   SOMERSET VALLEY YMCA CELEBRATES CAMPAIGN SUCCESS —Community Contributes $105,602 to Provide Critical Programs— Somerville, March 17, 2010—At a recent reception at The Somerville Elks,  Peter Schoberl and Steve Emr, volunteer chairs of the 2010 YMCA Strong Kids Campaign, announced the campaign’s success in raising more than $105,602 to support participation in…

  • BOOK SIGNING AT BARNES & NOBLE

    KATE TEDDER STOP BY BARNES AND NOBLE AT THE HAMILTON MARKETPLACE ON SAT. APRIL 3 @ 2:00 TO MEET AUTHOR KATE TEDDER. HER NOVEL, CHANGE HAS COME IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. IN THIS NOVEL, KATE WRITES HOW GLOBAL WARMING/CLIMATE CHANGE IS A SCANDLE OF A LIFETIME BUT THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENING. CHECK IT OUT!!!!

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Officials consider fireworks proposal

    New Hope Chamber of Commerce member Nick Gialias is spearheading effort to bring fireworks to river communities every Friday evening, starting Memorial Day weekend and ending Labor Day weekend. By Cynthia Williamson, Special Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — A proposal to hold a weekly fireworks show on the Delaware River between Lambertville and New Hope could be…

  • Rising expectations

    Rising expectations

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer Borough councilwoman sets a high goal for Avon Walk event    Several years after beginning her annual participation in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life in 1995 in honor of her aunt who had been diagnosed with colon cancer, and after being diagnosed herself with breast cancer six months later,…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    Lambertville and West Amwell    Lambertville police reported:    — March 8, Guy L. Watson, 51, of Lambertville, reported a theft from his room to Officer Sharon Polyak. Taken were a smoking pipe and envelope of money from his nightstand. Police have a possible suspect. The investigation is continuing.    — March 13, a 15-year-old boy reported to…

  • EDITORIAL: Election coverage guidelines place reader needs first

    By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    With the filing of nominating petitions March 1, the 2010 school board election campaign season officially began.    It will end on school election day, April 20.    This year’s four local elections involve the following seats and candidates:    • At South Hunterdon Regional High School, two have filed to run for a…

  • MANVILLE: Main Street deli’s patrons thank new owner

    MANVILLE: Main Street deli’s patrons thank new owner

    New Midtown Deli owner John Sharp said the deli’s history drew him to purchase the business. Staff photo by Audrey Levine

  • MANVILLE: Weston experimenters study eggs and inertia for science fair

    MANVILLE: Weston experimenters study eggs and inertia for science fair

    Colin Breese and Anthony Miller demonstrate magnetic forces in their science fair project. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Stormy weather, but few problems

    Officials from Cranbury, Jamesburg and Monroe report only minor damge By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — Saturday’s storm brought minor flooding and downed trees and kept emergency crews and municipal officials on their toes throughout the region this weekend.    Cranbury employees drained Brainerd Lake on March 11 in preparation for the storm’s heavy rainfall,…