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  • LAWRENCE: Cemetery tours reveal hidden history

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     One of Jane McNeil’s and Geneine Olive’s favorite haunts is the cemetery, and it doesn’t matter which cemetery or where it is located.     Saturday afternoon, the two women were overjoyed as they joined two dozen history-minded buffs on a tour of five cemeteries in Lawrence.     “We do…

  • Cards eye states after tough MCT loss

    FIELD HOCKEY By Rich Fisher, Sports Editor    Carlee Cimorelli and her Lawrence High field hockey team did not look at its 4-2 loss to Allentown in the Mercer County Tournament as a moral victory.    They looked at it as a game they could have won.    ”You want to win ever game,” Cimorelli said. “We definitely…

  • CHESTERFIELD: Day brings children in touch with agriculture

    CHESTERFIELD: Day brings children in touch with agriculture

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    CHESTERFIELD — Students had the chance to learn about the area’s agricultural roots last week at Chesterfield Elementary School’s second Farm Heritage Day.    The school’s nearly 500 students spent part of the day exploring the 10 stations set up for the program with themes such as corn planting “then and…

  • Recycling Available to Small Businesses in Somerset County Starting Jan. 4, 2010

    Somerset County Board of Freeholders  Effective Monday, Jan. 4, 2010, small businesses in Somerset County will be allowed to drop off materials at the Somerset County Recycling Center, located at 40 Polhemus Lane in Bridgewater, from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m., Monday through Friday.  To qualify as a small business, you must have between one and 50…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Turnpike Authority confirms greener buffer for residents

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Clifton Mill residents upset about the expansion of the nearby NJ Turnpike will have a thicker buffer of trees between them and the highway, the NJ Turnpike Authority told township officials this week.    In a letter sent to the township Monday, the NJTA agreed to a request…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Officials discard Friends’ proposal

    Group has asked city for a formal contract to replace informal agreement By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — The City Council has rejected the lone bid received in response to a unique request for proposals from vendors to show films at the city’s Justice Center.    The Friends of the Lambertville Library board show films…

  • COLUMBUS NEWS: From the Oct. 29 edition

    Peg Traino Tel: 298-7476     [email protected]    The Youth of the Wesley United Methodist Church are requesting help from the community. They are scheduled to visit Mifflinburg, Pa., in July to help repair, paint, and rebuild homes for the less fortunate. They are selling pies from Market Day for the holidays. These delicious pies come frozen.…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Masqueraders march, take multiple prizes home

    BORDENTOWN CITY: Masqueraders march, take multiple prizes home

    Juelle Korsak won first place for Most Original Costume with her Mad Hatter outfit at the Bordentown City Halloween Parade. Staff photo by John Keating.

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Turnpike project to be forum topic

       EAST WINDSOR — The looming project to widen the New Jersey Turnpike and other area transportation ventures will be the subject of discussion at a forum Friday morning at the Americana Diner.    Stephen Dilts, commissioner of the state Department of Transportation, will be the guest speaker at the breakfast event sponsored by the Princeton Regional…