Category: archives
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LAMBERTVILLE: Mayoral hopeful says city still not prepared for flood
by Linda Seida, Staff Writer LAMBERTVILLE — With all the rain recently — gray days and more gray days of it — the possibility of city property and private homes flooding again is on people’s minds. It’s also on the mind of Lambertville’s Republican mayoral candidate, who criticized the city’s preparations during a City Council…
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‘Iran on the Delaware’
Phil Crandell, of Lambertville What is wrong with this picture? The annual cost to educate a South Hunterdon High School student is $24,196. We spend more per pupil than any other high school in New Jersey. For this same $24,196, you can send each student to the Solebury School in Bucks County, which caters…
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‘Year One’ is pure shtick, with traces of Mel Brooks and Monty Python
By Elise Nakhnikian I don’t get the backlash against Year One. Are people just getting tired of Jack Black and Michael Cera playing the same characters? Is Year One’s glib, good-natured vibe too retro – and not retro in a cool way, but in a Hope-Crosby road movie kind of way? Or is it just…
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ROBBINSVILLE: RHS does it with class
Rare sun hints at bright future for 170 graduating seniors By Melissa L. Gaffney, Staff Writer ROBBINSVILLE While the rainy week before graduation may have felt like the longest of their four years, it was worth the wait for only the second graduating class of Robbinsville High School. The sun finally peeked out as…
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HEALTH FOCUS: NIH targets rare conditions: ‘Drug-development pipeline’ announced
The National Institutes of Health is launching the first integrated drug-development pipeline to produce new treatments for rare and neglected diseases. The $24 million program jumpstarts a trans-NIH initiative called the Therapeutics for Rare and Neglected Diseases Program, or TRND. The program, funded by Congress this spring, is unusual because TRND creates a…
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WEST AMWELL: South school board OKs $301,000 reduction in budget
by Linda Seida, Staff Writer WEST AMWELL — South Hunterdon Regional High School’s Board of Education has unanimously agreed to reduce the school’s $10.5 million 2009 budget by $301,000, raising the tax in two sending districts and decreasing it in the third. The budget cut was made at the recommendation of the school’s three sending…
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LAMBERTVILLE: Violators can be ticketed on cemetery road
by Linda Seida, Staff Writer LAMBERTVILLE — The City Council has authorized the Police Department to issue citations for traffic violations on a private cemetery road that connects Boozer and South Franklin streets. The authorization is a result of complaints lodged by South Franklin Street residents, who have said the cemetery is used as a…
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Plainfield Symphony Announces 90th Season
By James Rowland The Plainfield Symphony, New Jersey’s oldest community symphony, announces its 2009 – 2010 season, which will be marked with a very special 90th Anniversary Gala Concert unlike any other in its storied history. New Music Director Charles Prince will take turns on the podium with former music directors Sabin Pautza and George…
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HEALTH MATTERS: Plan ahead to avoid family stress
And be sure to plan enjoyable activities for yourself! By Madhurani Khare, M.D. Princeton HealthCare System School’s out, and summer’s in, and if you’re like a lot of parents, you might be wondering how to survive the next couple months without the kids driving you crazy. There’s no question that summer can be…
