Category: archives
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Debated ordinance approved for Route 130
By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer ROBBINSVILLE The Route 130 zoning ordinance at the center of recent township meetings and continuous public hearings has been adopted. The Township Council held a public hearing and final vote on the amended ordinance May 22. The ordinance changes a five-mile stretch of Route 130 designated office-commercial to a…
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Religious News
The choirs of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church and Christ the King Lutheran Church will sing Antonio Vivaldi’s “Gloria” at St. Barnabas, Sand Hill Road, on Sunday, June 1, at 7:30 p.m. The public is invited. A free-will offering will be collected to benefit the church’s two music programs. For more information, call St.…
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Bear spotted in area; not considered threat
Seen in Hopewell and Lawrence By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer A small black bear has been criss-crossing Lawrence and Hopewell townships since Sunday afternoon, according to the Lawrence and Hopewell Township police departments. The bear was first sighted on Route 29 on Sunday and then on Dublin Road Monday, Hopewell Township police Lt. Lance Maloney…
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Squad seeking more volunteers
Lambertville-New Hope Ambulance and Rescue Squad volunteers Matt Pittore (left) and Don Griffin look over ambulance equipment at the beginning of their shift. Staff photo by Lisa Merolla
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Matthias D. Dileo
PRINCETON — Matthias D. Dileo, Esq., former managing partner of Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A. of Woodbridge, died May 22. Born March 22, 1927 in Trenton, he resided in Lawrenceville, Loveladies, and was living in Princeton at the time of his death. He served as president of the Middlesex County Bar from 1978 to 1979;…
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There’s an election?
Nominees for several nonlocal posts to be decided at polls Tuesday By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Just because New Jersey’s presidential primary has come and gone, it does not mean there are no other contests to be decided Tuesday before the big race in November. Lawrence Township’s registered Democrats and Republicans will go to the…
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Center funding OK’d; work bids rejected
By Audrey Levine Staff Writer With the approval of an ordinance allocating funds for several capital improvement projects, the township is moving forward with plans to begin work on the Senior Citizen Activity Center in the municipal building, despite having to rebid for contractors. The Township Committee unanimously approved the ordinance Tuesday, committing $1,290,936 in…
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Emily F. Borden
TRENTON Emily F. Borden, 96, died May 21 at Mercerville Care Center. Born in Trenton, she was a resident of Crosswicks for 30 years before moving to Ocala, Fla. in 1976 and then to Trenton. She was a member of the Crosswicks United Methodist Church. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Robert…
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DISPATCHES: Bread, circuses, elections
by Hank Kalet, Managing Editor “We have not lost everything because we lost today.” — the Rev. Daniel Berrigan, quoted by Chris Hedges, The Nation online This year’s presidential election is threatening to obscure the real issues facing the nation. That’s because our political system has become a sideshow, nothing more than an adjunct of…
