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  • BORDENTOWN CITY: City volunteers lauded

    BORDENTOWN CITY: City volunteers lauded

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    BORDENTOWN CITY — This year’s Bordentown City Cats Humanitarian Award has gone to city residents Anne Lyon and Steve Fithian.    The married couple, of Prince Street, has been helping the group since its formation six years ago, including personally adopting a number of felines, according to Mak Kieffer, BCC president…

  • PLUMSTED: Fireworks celebration saved

    By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor    PLUMSTED – The township’s annual fireworks celebration, which was in serious jeopardy after government funding was cut earlier this year, has been saved by private fundraising.    Mayor Ron Dancer said this week that American Legion Post 455 spearheaded a fund drive that raised about $5,000, with large contributions from the…

  • ALLENTOWN: Middle school name up for grabs

    By Melissa L. Gaffney, Staff Writer br>     ALLENTOWN — What’s in a name?     The Upper Freehold Regional School District will soon find out, as the Board of Education has introduced three name choices for the new middle school on Breza Road.     The New Middle School Name Selection Committee was formed and met…

  • LAWRENCE: Retiring teacher shared arts background with students

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     Stuffed in a corner of Jane Fetter’s classroom is a pile of pillows. Each one has a stripe, contributed by students who learned how to weave on a floor loom in the fifth-grade teacher’s classroom.     The pillows, which have been signed on the inside by the students, are…

  • LAWRENCE: Wireless company appeals ruling

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     The Cellco Partnership/Verizon Wireless is appealing state Superior Court Judge Linda Feinberg’s ruling that cleared the way for a cell tower to be built on a 2-acre parcel of township-owned land on Carter Road.     The Cellco Partnership is seeking to have the Appellate Division of state Superior Court…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Hearing set on rape, attempted homicide charges

    by Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — A city restaurateur’s preliminary hearing on charges of attempted homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault is set for Monday.    During the hearing, a judge will determine if the evidence in the case against Khalid Altawarh, 36, of South Main Street in New Hope, is sufficient to send him…

  • BURLINGTON COUNTY: Three schools send off ’09 grads

    BURLINGTON COUNTY: Three schools send off ’09 grads

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    Caps and tassels abounded over the past week as all three local public high schools held their graduation ceremonies.    Bordentown Regional High School said goodbye to its 179-member Class of 2009 on Monday, while both Florence Memorial High School and Northern Burlington Regional High School held their ceremonies June 18.…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Center plans move ahead

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Community Development Director Barbara Woolley-Dillon presented the Town Center Plan at its first public hearing Monday, which saw a handful of residents in attendance and little public comment at the Township Committee meeting.    The plan was prepared as part of a 2007 Smart Future Grant from the…

  • LAWRENCE: Group seeks used bike donations

    On Sunday, July 12, between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., staff from the Trenton Boys and Girls Club Bike Exchange will accept donations of used trikes, bikes, and bike accessories at the Lawrenceville Farmer’s Market on Gordon Avenue.     Bikes will be fixed up and sold at a very affordable price to area residents. All…