Category: archives
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HEALTH MATTERS: Don’t let spinal strain put you on your back
By Eileen Kast, P.T., O.C.S. Princeton HealthCare System “Oh, my aching back!” This expression can become all too familiar during the winter months, when we break out the snow shovels and try to avoid injuring our backs as we clear our sidewalks and driveways of the white stuff. But shoveling snow is…
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BORDENTOWN CITY: Local shops get show of support
By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer BORDENTOWN CITY — Local retailers have undertaken different strategies to increase sales while the economy is in the doldrums, and many say they are meeting with success this holiday shopping season. Downtown Bordentown Association Vice President Doug Palmieri said while business is not booming the way it was before the…
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Mama’s Night Out comes to Millstone Performing Arts Center
Moms (and dads) will laugh all evening at "Mama’s Night Out" to take place at the Millstone Performing Arts Center on Friday, January 22, 2010 at 8:00 pm.
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POLICE BLOTTER
West Amwell and Lambertville West Amwell Township police reported: — Dec. 9 at 3:43 p.m., police investigated a one-vehicle crash on Linvale-Harbourton Road just south of Route 31. Robert Keiper III, 41, of Stroudsburg, Pa., was driving north when several deer ran into the path of his vehicle. He lost control and left the roadway,…
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LAMBERTVILLE: Mayor: Trucks remain a threat
“This is an issue regardless of who’s been in office,” David Del Vecchio said By Linda Seida, Staff Writer LAMBERTVILLE — As mayor of Lambertville, David Del Vecchio knows the danger of big, heavy trucks on local roads. In 2000, a big rig traveling through the city on Route 29 smashed into a video store…
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Wastewater Plan Updates Now Online
By Somerset County Board of Freeholders Residents of Branchburg, Franklin, Montgomery, Bernards, Hillsborough and Warren are invited to comment on revised Sewer Service Areas proposed for their townships. Go to the Somerset County Planning Board website at http://www.co.somerset.nj.us/planweb/wastewater/index.htm to view maps and related information.
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LAMBERTVILLE: Pittore will take city judge post
He is leaving City Council seat By Linda Seida, Staff Writer LAMBERTVILLE — City Councilman Ron Pittore is resigning to become Lambertville’s Municipal Court judge. He is slated to be sworn in during the city’s annual reorganization meeting Jan. 1. Mr. Pittore, 63, an attorney, will replace Richard Cushing, who tendered his resignation in November…
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MANSFIELD: Sewer rates raise resident ire
By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer MANSFIELD Residents are decrying the behavior of Applied Wastewater Management, which recently and for the first time in its history shut off sewer service to 23 homes in the township. Residents also claim the posted notices damaged some of those townhouses. Richard Tarantino, the president of the…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Marching into prime time
HHS band members land spot as extras on new TV series episode By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer They’re band members in real life, and now they play them on TV. A spot as extras on NBC’s new medical drama “Mercy” earned 27 Hillsborough High School Marching Band juniors and seniors an acting credit and two…
