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  • LAWRENCE: Township to pay $60K in cleanup settlement

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     Lawrence Township has reached a settlement in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court over reimbursement costs for cleaning up contamination on the abandoned Saturn Chemical Co. property on New York Avenue, near the Lawrence-Trenton border.     Township Council agreed Tuesday night to pay $60,000 toward the $750,000 reimbursement…

  • STOCKTON: Fiber Festival this weekend

    At WoodsEdge Wools Farm    On June 20 and 21, WoodsEdge Wools Farm of Stockton will hold its first annual Fiber Festival with participating fiber artists coming from Maine to Virginia. This festival promotes the fiber arts and textile crafts including knitting, crocheting, spinning, weaving, felting, and of course, the farms who produce natural fibers.    The…

  • CREAM RIDGE: Special Olympian a delight in and out of pool

    by Kyle Moylan, Sports Editor    EWING — When Sherri Meirs, of Cream Ridge, found out her first child had Down syndrome, she worried what the next day would be like.    Twenty-four years later — and two years after Casey survived a stroke and brain surgery — her mother knows what every day will be like…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Gubernatorial candidate campaigns ‘for the people’

    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Gubernatorial candidate campaigns ‘for the people’

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — A local diner manager is aiming to reform state politics in his bid as an independent candidate for governor.    Under the campaign slogan “For the people,” Kostas Petris, 35, of Bordentown Township, will face off against 11 opponents for the gubernatorial spot this November.    Along with Democratic…

  • WEST AMWELL: Towns return $100K to South budget

    Previously, officials from Lambertville, West Amwell and Stockton had called for a cut of $401,586 By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    WEST AMWELL — Municipal officials have agreed to restore about $100,000 to South Hunterdon Regional High School’s 2009 budget.    They also agreed with school officials to form a task force to discuss long-range planning and…

  • LAWRENCE: New guide encourages trail use

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer “Happy trails to you” — that could be the theme of Lawrence Township’s recently published trail guide, which lists and describes 15 walking paths in the township’s preserved open space parks.     “(The point of) the guidebook is to introduce people who live in Lawrence to these wonderful places, all…

  • ALLENTOWN: POLICE BEAT

       Police charged a borough juvenile with possession of marijuana under 50 grams June 7. Police said they were called to an area off South Main Street where the juvenile was discovered with marijuana. * * *    Cote J. Keim, 26, of Cream Ridge, turned himself in to police June 8 for failing to appear in…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Judge rejects plea deal

    Former treasurer charged with theft By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    Former Bordentown Historical Society Treasurer Barry Hausser may go to court this summer on charges of stealing over $84,000 from the organization after a Superior Court judge approved the state’s request to reject a plea deal.    On June 12, Mr. Hausser appeared before Judge Thomas…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Housing attorney discusses higher bills

    by Melissa L. Gaffney, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — The affordable housing attorney fees discussed last month will again be up for payment approval next week after representatives from the Princeton-based firm Mason, Griffin & Pierson explained some apparent iscrepancies during a recent Township Council meeting.    Allison Zangrilli, the township’s Council on Affordable Housing attorney, and…