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  • LAMBERTVILLE: City hires clerk, seeks cap waiver

    Former Councilwoman Cynthia Ege is new interim clerk By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — In a special meeting Monday, the City Council took care of two items of business: hiring a former councilwoman as the interim city clerk and authorizing an application to the state for a waiver to exceed the 4 percent cap…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Arts panel ready to roll tape

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    The South Brunswick Arts Commission and the Township Council are in talks to expand the offerings on public access Channel 3 on Comcast Cable.    The commission came before the council at its meeting Aug. 11 to ask for permission to use township video equipment to start filming monthly Sunday poetry…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Blaze guts house

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    Authorities are investigating the cause of a fire early Sunday morning off Davidsons Mill Road that destroyed a house.    At approximately 4:45 a.m., a passerby reported to dispatchers that the house at 2 White Pine Road was on fire.    When officers arrived, they found the home completely engulfed in flames,…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Town hears ideas for seeking grants

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The Township Committee on Monday heard a pitch from Birdsall Services Group, a Sea Girt-based engineering and consulting firm that provides municipalities with help in seeking grant money for “green” and renewable energy initiatives.    Bob Girard, chief marketing officer with Birdsall, highlighted a number of grants for…

  • LAWRENCE: Safe Dates program teaches teens life skills

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Nobody usually teaches someone how to be a girlfriend or boyfriend, a wife or a husband or even a good friend, but teaching those skills is the focus of the “Safe Dates” program at the Lawrence Neighborhood Service Center.     The six-week program, which ended last week, aimed to help…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: College students save woman from train tracks

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    A group of young University of Delaware students stood at the train tracks desperately trying to move a stuck car and its occupant away from danger.    Unable to lift the car, they were about to give up and call for help — until the gates went down, the lights began…

  • NEW HOPE: NH-S schools will open Tuesday

    Enrollment is up with approximately 60 new students spread across all grade levels, for a total of about 1,600 districtwide By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    NEW HOPE — Enrollment is up in the New Hope-Solebury School District with approximately 60 new students spread across all grade levels, for a total of about 1,600 districtwide.    ”We’re…

  • LAWRENCE: Cat license renewals due

        September is cat license renewal month for Lawrence Township residents. Any cat over the age of 7 months is required by law to be licensed.     According to New Jersey Law, you must provide proof of a current rabies vaccination in order to obtain your 2009 – 2010 cat license.     To this endeavor,…

  • SENIOR MENUS

    Aug. 27-Sept. 3    All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville.    Reservations are required. Call 609-397-2228 24 hours in advance.    The value of each meal is $4.95. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution.    All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine.    The sodium-controlled menu is the…