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  • LAMBERTVILLE: St. Andrew’s Church to host first ‘lifelong covenant’ service

    Thom Watson, Robert Brown to celebrate new church liturgical service    Thom Watson and Robert Brown of Lambertville will celebrate the new liturgical ceremony authorized by the Episcopal Church entitled: “The Witnessing and Blessing of a Lifelong Covenant” on Saturday, May 10,in a service to take place at their church, Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Lambertville.…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Storm floods main roads

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Storm floods main roads

    Three cars totaled by water By Charles W. Kim and Jennifer Kohlhepp, Packet Media Group It was more than just April showers Wednesday as more than five inches of rain fell throughout the region in less than 24 hours.    ”It was worse than Hurricane Irene,” South Brunswick Police Lt. Jim Ryan said. “About four or…

  • CRANBURY: Fire destroys Plainsboro Road home

    CRANBURY: Fire destroys Plainsboro Road home

    Three-alarm blaze snarled traffic By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Packet Media Group CRANBURY — Fire tore through a two-story home at 156 Plainsboro Road Thursday night.           The three-alarm blaze wreaked havoc on both floors of the residence. The gas line to the home also caught fire, according to Cranbury Fire Chief Michael Kerban. …

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Storm floods main roads

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Storm floods main roads

    Submitted photo. About eight feet of water collects below the railroad bridge on Deans Lane in South Brunswick Wednesday night. Heavy rain soaked the region and caused massive flooding.

  • LAWRENCE: School spending hearing May 7

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Lawrence Township residents will get a chance to weigh in on the Lawrence Township public school district’s proposed $70.6 million operating budget at a public hearing May 7 in the Lawrence High School library.    The hearing will begin at 7 p.m. Superintendent of Schools Crystal Edwards and Business Administrator Thomas…

  • LAWRENCE: Police blotter

       A 17-year-old female was arrested on April 22 on Fieldcrest Court and charged with underage possession of alcohol. The case was forwarded to family court and she was turned over to a guardian.    Anthony Miller, 56, of Trenton, was arrested on April 22 and charged with defiant trespassing at Halo Farm on Spruce Street. Police…

  • REGION;

    The State We’re In column By Michele Byers, N.J. Conservation Foundation executive director    New Jersey’s climate in March was the coldest in 30 years and the 11th coldest since the first records of the late 1880s!    Data isn’t in yet for April, but we all know it’s been cold — and forecasts call for continued…

  • Thanks for tremendous outpouring of support

    Odette Adrian and Robert Hage, Pennington To the editor:     Our daughter Maya, who passed away at the age of 10, was deeply loved. We, and many others involved in her life, have been profoundly changed by this little girl, who experienced so much pain and faced so many challenges in her short time here,…

  • SOUTH COUNTY: K-12 schools leader expected to be on board by mid-June

    24 people applied for job at helm of new district By John Tredrea, Special Writer    A superintendent of schools for the new South Hunterdon Regional School District (SHRSD) is expected to be hired and introduced to the community on June 16, said a field representative of the N.J. School Boards Association (NJSBA), which is working…