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  • Flag Day observed at senior center

    Pearl Harbor survivor spoke By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Some children wore T-shirts decorated with the American flag, while some adults waved small flags — but all were united in celebrating Flag Day at the Lawrence Senior Center on Friday morning.    Township Councilwoman Pam Mount welcomed the children — second-graders from Eldridge Park School —…

  • GMB students say goodbye

    GMB students say goodbye

    From left, Gloria Hosso, Dorothy Afra, Jodie Sohl, Estefani Lopez, Andrea Norris and Paige Raab get together for a portrait after graduation ceremonies on Tuesday evening. Photo by Suzette Lucas.

  • BOOK NOTES: Joan Ruddiman

    The art of the biography    While reading a biography about Charles Schulz and Steve Martin’s professed “biography” of his early career, I considered why I find this particular genre is so compelling.    Everyone knows the Peanuts gang. Over the course of 50 years, Charles Schulz penned 15,390 daily strips, 2,502 Sunday strips and took an…

  • ‘Promised Land’
  • Valedictorian says goodbye to SBHS

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    The culmination of years of hard work for the seniors of South Brunswick High School has finally arrived.    At 4 p.m. Monday at the Sovereign Bank Arena, 617 students will receive their diplomas, according to Public Information Officer Rebecca Leonard.    The ceremony will feature speeches by Superintendent Gary McCartney, Principal…

  • Strackhouses feted Trenton students

    Deanne McBeath of Lambertville Thursday June 5, your reporter, Lisa Merolla, wrote an article about a field trip that the sixth-graders of P. J. Hill School in Trenton Public School district were taking to the Stockton Inn as an extension of their career day.    I’m writing to tell you and your readers about the trip.…

  • Possible state aid boost may mean less city taxes

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — The state budget deal reached Monday by the governor and the Legislature means good news for Lambertville.    An anticipated property tax hike of between $100 and $110 is likely to be reduced, according to Mayor David Del Vecchio.    The state spending plan includes the restoration of $10 million…

  • Council OKs $10,000 more for library repairs

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — The City Council has authorized an additional $10,000 for renovations to the Lilly mansion, the home of the Lambertville Public Library.    The authorization brings the total approved to date to $168,161 for renovations to the building’s roof and the front and back porches. Work is expected to begin…

  • Senior Menus-June 19, 2008

       All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville.    The value of each meal is $4.75. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution.    All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine.    The sodium-controlled menu is the same unless otherwise noted.     Thursday, June 19 — Cream of mushroom…