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  • The Winter Festival in New Hope, Lambertville

    The Winter Festival in New Hope, Lambertville

    Phil McAuliffe Shannon Riccioni, a waitress at Nicola Pizza, picks up a frozen meatball on a ice sculpture outside their restaurant on Saturday.

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: A lesson in giving

    St. A’s students break their banks for Haiti By Davy James, Staff Writer    As images of the destruction caused by the earthquake in Haiti began flooding television screens across the nation, many local groups and organizations began fundraising efforts to help the thousands affected.    St. Augustine of Canterbury R.C. School recently joined together with the…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police blotter

       Joseph Dorton, 18, of South Woods Road, was charged with driving while intoxicated after he was pulled over for stopping on Held Lane and driving in reverse to Zion Road at 12:55 a.m. Jan. 10.    Mr. Dorton was taken into custody after he failed several field sobriety tests. At police headquarters, he was found to…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Ambulance may return to borough

    By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — If nearby Robbinsville approves a deal with Capital Health to provide emergency medical services, an ambulance would be returning to the First Aid building on Bank Street at no additional cost to the borough.    That was the word from Robbinsville Fire Director John Archer at Monday’s Borough Council…

  • EDITORIAL: Candidates needed for school boards

    By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    Fifteen seats on four local school boards are up for grabs in the school elections on April 20.    Residents of Lambertville, West Amwell and Stockton who want to run for these seats have until 4 p.m. March 1 to file petitions.    • For South Hunterdon Regional High School Board of Education,…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: HEF grants launch class programs, school upgrades

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    The Hillsborough Education Foundation awarded five grants totaling $6,926.55 for school programs this year.    HEF awards the grants annually, helping to expand the programs available to students. The grants were awarded at the Jan. 25 Board of Education meeting.    ”The HEF chose these projects because they represent true innovations in…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: YMCA seeks community’s aid to keep kids healthy

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    The South Brunswick Family YMCA has begun its annual Strong Kids Campaign to help raise money to offer financial aid to families who cannot afford the YMCA’s child care and health programs.    The campaign will run until the end of March.    ”There’s a lot of people who need health, wellness…

  • Rock Brook School Help Haiti Relief

    Rock Brook School Help Haiti Relief

    Pretzel Sale for Haiti Relief

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: PSE&G replacing streetlamps to save energy and money

       PSE&G is installing energy-efficient streetlights in municipalities throughout the state — including Cranbury and South Brunswick — as part of a $700 million capital program designed to stimulate the economy and provide jobs over a two-year period.    All together, 220 municipalities in PSE&G’s service area are involved in the program, which will costs about $50…