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  • South proposes spending $10.13 million

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    WESTS AMWELL — South Hunterdon Regional High School’s proposed 2008-09 budget of $10.13 million would raise taxes in its three sending districts, but it also would relieve taxpayers of a portion of debt service thanks to almost $1 million in debt relief announced by the state last week.    The Board…

  • Barry Snyder

    Artist, gallery owner     LAMBERTVILLE — Barry Snyder died Tuesday in Princeton. He was 79.    Mr. Snyder was an artist and gallery owner. He owned the former Princeton Gallery of Fine Art on Chambers Street in Princeton, which was opened in 1970.    Born in Newark, he graduated from Trenton High School. After completing studies at…

  • DOT to resume Route 29 roadwork

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — Motorists should take note of new detours in the city as the New Jersey Department of Transportation returns to complete the final touches on the Route 29 rehabilitation project.    The DOT was scheduled to return to Lambertville on Wednesday. Work will be ongoing through April 15.    The $11…

  • William R. Houser Sr.

       William R. Houser Sr., 73, of Barnegat, died Sunday at the University of Pennsylvania. Born in Trenton and formerly of Pennington, he moved to Barnegat in 2002.    He had worked for the U.S. Postal Office as a mail carrier for the Pennington Post Office for 37 years. He retired in 1989 and worked at the…

  • City may reduce services, workers to fix aid shortfall

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — Facing a $545,000 shortfall, Lambertville may need to cut employees from police and Public Works, eliminate Sparkle Week, sell property and raise property taxes.    Not all of these options may come to pass although it is a virtual certainty property taxes will increase. The question remains by how…

  • John J. Dzurkoc

    State treasury employee     WEST WINDSOR — John J. Dzurkoc died Tuesday at Merwick Rehab Hospital & Nursing Care in Princeton. He was 79.    Born in Trenton, he resided in West Windsor.    He was retired from the New Jersey Department of the Treasury. He was a longtime employee of R.L. Polk in Trenton.    Mr. Dzurkoc…

  • Melissa Van Tine Hart

    Financial analyst     Melissa Van Tine Hart of Princeton died March 5 at home. She was 51.    A certified financial analyst, she worked in the securities industry.    Born in New York City, she attended Bard College and graduated from New York University with a degree in economics.    She then obtained her designation as a certified…

  • Candidate for two school boards may have to choose one post

    By Anthony V. Coppola, Staff Writer NORTH HANOVER — Roy Johnson, who is running for seats on the Northern Burlington County Regional and North Hanover school boards, may be forced to choose between the two if he is elected to both April 15.     A new state law enacted Feb. 1 prohibits someone from holding…

  • Police Blotter-March 13, 2008

    Lambertville    Kevin Losch of West Amwell was charged with drunken driving Friday.    Police stopped Mr. Losch on Route 518 at 1 a.m. after he was observed driving erratically, police said.    He also was charged with reckless driving and failure to keep right and released without bail.    Andrew Murray of New Hope was charged with drunken…