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  • Governor turns back on Bucks County

    Amy Carver of Belvidere     Gov. Rendell has broken his long, three-year silence on the predicament of repetitive Delaware River flooding.    Sadly, the governor abandoned Pennsylvania flood victims. He sided with New York City’s practice of running its Delaware River reservoirs at 100 percent capacity without “safety voids” for flood mitigation. Full New York City…

  • Claire B. Matthews

       HILLSBOROUGH – Claire B. Matthews died March 22 at home.    Born and raised in Perth Amboy, she lived in Hillsborough for 24 years.    Mrs. Matthews was a communicant of Mary, Mother of God Catholic Church and a member of Senior Citizen Chapter A.    She was predeceased by her husband, J. Gar Matthews in 1994; her…

  • Tuesday is deadline for school election absentee ballots

       Tuesday, April 8, is the last day to apply for an absentee ballot through the mail to vote in the upcoming April 15 school board election.    ”In New Jersey, any voter can now vote by absentee ballot for any reason,” Mercer County Clerk Paula Sollami Covello said. “Voters also are given the option to automatically…

  • Railroad crossing plans approved

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    The Township Committee unanimously approved several resolutions March 25 to move forward with the construction of railroad quiet zones at points on Beekman Lane, Auten Road and Roycefield Road along the Norfolk Southern rail line.    ”We are making history not only in Hillsborough, but in New Jersey with these quiet…

  • Governor lauds towns’ efforts to share services

    Governor lauds towns’ efforts to share services

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — Gov. Jon Corzine came to City Hall on Friday with a pat on the back for two local mayors who have run with the ball of shared services.    The governor said Lambertville Mayor David Del Vecchio and West Amwell Mayor Bill Corboy are “taking adversity and turning it…

  • Four vie for three seats on LPS board

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — Three incumbents are trying to fend off one challenger to retain their seats on the Lambertville Public School Board of Education.    April 15, voters will be asked to choose three candidates from the field of four who are running. The terms are for three years each.    Challenger James…

  • LPS has efficient budget

    Caren Franzini of Lambertville     March 20, I attended the Lambertville Public School’s public budget hearing.    I want to give the school board and administration tremendous credit for presenting a comprehensive and well-thought-out overview of the school’s philosophy to be an innovative school, their curriculum and instructional focus and their commitment for excellence in their…

  • Special players realize their hoop dreams

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Hillsborough Girl Scouts took a shot and scored with basketball clinics aimed at teaching skills to special needs students.    Local Girl Scout Troop 183, with the Rolling Hills Council, completed their Silver Award — the second-highest award in Girl Scouts — by hosting three basketball clinics for special needs children.…

  • Farmers take their message to the road

    By Stephanie Prokop, Staff Writer BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — As the gray overcast skies threatened rain Tuesday morning, nearly 45 tractors lined up at the former Agway site on Route 130, exhaling diesel fumes and eagerly waiting to make the trek to the Garden State’s capital city.     The tractors were preparing to drive to Trenton…