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  • COLUMBUS NEWS: From the June 18 edition

    Peg Traino Peg Traino     Tel: 298-7476    [email protected]    Mansfield Township Recreation is now accepting registrations for Fall 2009 soccer.    The fall soccer program is for children in pre- kindergarten (four years old) through eighth grade. Registration forms are available at http://rec.mansfieldtownship.com. The registration deadline is June 30. * * *    Be part of 5v5 “Just…

  • WEST AMWELL: Wild about chicken

    WEST AMWELL: Wild about chicken

    Phil McAuliffe Eleven-year-old Robert Tomenchok dives into a chicken dinner at West Amwell Firehouse on Saturday night.

  • NEW HOPE: Bridge Street now open both ways

    PennDOT replaced the old 67-year-old bridge over the Delaware Canal with a new concrete adjacent box beam bridge    NEW HOPE — The new Route 179 (Bridge Street) Bridge in New Hope Borough, Bucks County, was opened to two-way traffic June 12, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.    ”We couldn’t be more pleased to reopen…

  • FLORENCE: Police Beat from the June 18 edition

    Staff report    Shamieka Austin, 29, of Burlington, was charged June 6 with speeding, driving while suspended and failure to use child seats. Police said they stopped her at 6:50 p.m. on Route 130 for speeding and discovered a $1,000 Burlington City warrant in her name. Police also reported finding two small children in the car…

  • Substitutions compromise medical marijuana bill

    Ken Wolski, Executive Director, Coalition for Medical Marijuana New Jersey Inc. To the editor: I agree with your editorial, “Bill suffers from making compromises,” (Lawrence Ledger, June 11). While I am grateful to the assembly health committee for passing the New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act A804/S119 on to the full assembly, I object…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR

    Saturday, June 20    Skate jam — The Xit8 (Hightstown) Sk8Park will be holding a day of fun for skaters at the Robbinsville Skate Park, behind the police station. The event, on National Go Skateboarding Day, will run from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. There is no entry fee. Tuesday, June 23    Time to toast —…

  • PLUMSTED: Geier accepts write-in nomination

    by Melissa L. Gaffney, Staff Writer    PLUMSTED — The Democratic candidate for Township Committee who received enough write-in votes to be placed on the November ticket has accepted the nod.    Mitch Geier, 53, said last week that, although he had no intention of running for public office this year, he accepted the nomination “because of…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Task force will weigh high school’s finances

    Group will meet bimonthly to look at long-range planning and issues that affect finances at South Hunterdon Regional High School By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — Mayor David Del Vecchio appointed two council members to serve on a task force that will meet bimonthly to look at long-range planning and issues that affect finances…

  • LAWRENCE: Town moves on $1 squad building purchase

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Township Council has taken the first step toward acquiring the former Lawrence Township Emergency First Aid Squad building on Pilla Avenue — but not without discussing the fate of two parcels across the street that also belong to the squad.     The council voted unanimously to introduce an ordinance that…