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  • LAWRENCE: Light will address safety concerns

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     Township Council gave final approval to a $1.2 million bond ordinance that earmarks $25,000 as its share toward the cost of installing a traffic light at the intersection of Darrah Lane and Route 206 on June 4.     Township officials had been seeking a traffic light installation at the…

  • Cub Scouts hold open house

    Cub Scouts hold open house

    Phil McAuliffe Nine-year-old Joseph Hornsby throws a football toward an opening in a target as 9-year-old Brian Inglin (left) looks on.

  • Bid on New Hope Historical Society’s Dickens dinner Monday

    Garden Party is on the Parry Mansion lawn    Roasted chestnuts and fired plum pudding may not seem like the kind of food that June picnickers are thinking about. And roast goose with juniper sauce supplemented with hot, miniature minced pies may not be the early summer fare that folks at the New Hope Historical Society’s…

  • LES Teachers Fight the Waves to Aid in the Fight Against Cancer

    Kathy Jensen LAWRENCEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 40 CRAVEN LANE LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ 08648 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                      For Further Information Contact: June 9, 2009                                                                Judith A. McLaughlin, Principal                                                                                                              (609) 671-5570 N E W S    R E L E A S E   LES Teachers Fight the Waves to Aid in the Fight Against Cancer           Teachers and…

  • LAWRENCE: Trail opening gets new date

        Due to inclement weather on June 5, the ceremony marking the opening of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail (LHT) at Brandywine’s Princeton Pike Corporate Center in Lawrenceville is postponed to Friday, June 19.     The new LHT trail leg will link cyclists, walkers, hikers and joggers from Princeton Pike to the recently completed connector behind…

  • CHESTERFIELD CHATTER: From the June 11 edition

    Nancy Mrzljak Nancy Mrzljak     Tel: 298-0567     Fax: 298-3936     [email protected]    The Chesterfield Township Soccer registration is going on now for Pre K through 8th grade. You may mail your registration form to the CTAA (Chesterfield Township Athletic Association). The deadline to mail your registration form is Sunday, June 14. Registration forms can be…

  • ALLENTOWN: Bridge project moving forward

    By Melissa L. Gaffney, Staff Writer    ALLENTOWN — A new Main Street bridge has been designed and construction of the estimated $6.5 million project should get under way soon after bids are received and evaluated within a few weeks, a Monmouth County official said.    The design for the replacement bridge and dam was completed about…

  • What’s wrong?

    Stewart Palilonis, Lambertville     In the recent school board elections in the towns that are part of the South Hunterdon Regional School District, there was an interesting phenomenon. In West Amwell and Lambertville, there were no contests for the local and regional school board seats. Both towns voted against both the local and regional budgets.…

  • WEST AMWELL: Area officials seeking school budget fix

    South officials have said a 5 percent cut is not possible without severe and negative effects to the school By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    WEST AMWELL — School and municipal officials planned to meet this week (June 9) to attempt to further negotiate the cuts required in South Hunterdon Regional High School’s defeated $10.5 million…