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  • LHS team takes fourth

    TENNIS By Tim Falls, Sports Editor    Ajan Sivaramamoorthy and Balkirat Chadha finished fourth at first doubles in the Mercer County Tennis Tournament at Mercer County Park last Wednesday.    The Lawrence High School first doubles team reached the semifinals on the second day of the tournament before falling to Princeton, 6-1, 6-2.    Sivaramamoorthy and Chadha then…

  • Fundraising events planned to bolster scholarship funds

       Manville High School Parent Teacher Student Association is sponsoring a fundraiser at Manville McDonald’s on North Main Street from 5-8 p.m. Monday.    The PTSA will receive 15 percent of all sales during that time, and the funds raised will help fund the PTSA scholarship program.    Also on May 13, the PTSA is holding fundraiser at…

  • Police Blotter-May 1, 2008

    Lambertville    Emma L. Warwinsky, 19, of Lambertville turned herself in April 24 at 1:55 p.m. on two traffic warrants, one from Hopewell Township and one from Ewing Township, totaling $475.    She posted bail and was released.    Hanna M. Torres, 42, of Lambertville was arrested at her home on a warrant for assault from Hamilton Township…

  • MY TURN: Six-year term limit could solve problems

    By Hank Reeves Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus —and an answer to your question, how do we get away from the unending campaigning for the office of president? Answer: Limit the president to one six-year term.     Nothing frightens me more than the thought that in 2011 there will be a group of…

  • A Loyalist’s view of the Revolution

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — “I support the troops, but I don’t like the war.”    Who hasn’t heard someone say that? And when we hear it, we naturally think of current events and the war in Iraq.    Actually, people from the Revolutionary War era in New Jersey, right here in Lambertville, said the…

  • Proposals do not mandate development in city

    Margaret O’Gorman of Bordentown City As someone who worked for a statewide non-profit planning group for a number of years, I would like to add a positive note to the discussion around the proposed new zoning ordinance and suggest why our town should adopt them.     Zoning ordinances are not a mandate for development. They…

  • Obituaries-May 1, 2008

    Patricia Maldonado    LAMBERTVILLE — Patricia Dey Maldonado, 72, of Lambertville died Friday, April 25, at Easton (Pa.) Hospital.    Born in Lambertville, Mrs. Maldonado was a lifelong city resident.    She worked as a school crossing guard for the city of Lambertville before retiring several years ago. Earlier, she worked as a driver for Pioneer on Wheels…

  • Lack of pitchers for busy schedule hampers South team

    By John E. Powers, Sports Writer    Four baseball games in five days.    For any size school, that would present a big pitching problem.    For tiny South Hunterdon Regional High School, it’s a major obstacle.    The youthful Eagles (2-9) experienced that kind of week last week, going 1-3. South opened the week last Monday with a…

  • Stockton hires firm to oversee Bridge Street improvements

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    STOCKTON — The Borough Council awarded a contract Monday to a cultural resources management firm to oversee excavation of the Bridge Street improvement project.    The firm will provide archaeological oversight, which is required by the State Historic Preservation Office.    Whenever public funds are spent in a historic area, SHPO has…