Category: archives
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Historical figure comes to city
By: Stephanie Prokop BORDENTOWN CITY Continuing the city’s 325 anniversary celebration, a talk on Francis Hopkinson will be held tonight, Thursday, at the Friends Meetinghouse on Farnsworth Avenue. Sponsored by the Bordentown Historical Society, the presentation, titled "A Visit With Francis Hopkinson" is set to start at 7:30 p.m. and will feature Christian Johnson…
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Road testing OK’d before reconstruction
Craig Testing Laboratories is performing core sampling or drilling on Bridge Street and the adjacent Railroad Avenue in Stockton. By: Linda Seida STOCKTON The Borough Council recently awarded a contract for the testing of road foundations in preparation for repairs to Bridge Street. Craig Testing Laboratories, of Mays Landing, is being paid an amount…
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LBA last-place team upsets first-place team
By: Laura Kropp Following are highlights from the first round of the Lambertville Basketball Association playoffs: Third- and fourth-grade girls Sneakers Plus 10 Extreme Mowing 5 In the biggest upset of the day, the last-place team, Sneakers Plus (1-8), edged the first-place team, Extreme Mowing (8-1), to advance to the championship game next week. Cassie…
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Hunting, fishing flea market set
The annual event benefits the Sergeantsville Volunteer Fire Company. By: Linda Seida SERGEANTSVILLE Hunting and fishing enthusiasts are invited to attend a flea market Sunday to benefit firefighters. All proceeds from the seventh annual Sergeantsville’s Hunting and Fishing Tackle Flea Market will go to the Sergeantsville Volunteer Fire Company. More than 90 vendors are…
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Plan needed for municipal tract use
West Amwell Mayor Ron Shapella named nine people to a committee to decide what to do with the 104 acres that surrounds the municipal building at 150 Rocktown-Lambertville Road. By: Linda Seida WEST AMWELL Mayor Ron Shapella has appointed nine people to a new committee that is charged with recommending uses for 104 acres…
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Martine’s River House Restaurant and Bar
Once a tollbooth at Lambertville’s Ferry Landing, this congenial dining spot offers such delicacies as kaffir-lime-infused mussels and lamb marinated in espresso-brown sugar. By: Kate and Tom O’Neill Martine’s, named for owner Martine Landry, was long a popular dining destination in New Hope. She began developing the River House a couple of years ago, and…
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Taxes might rise just $2 for city property owners
The proposed budget is $3.9 million, but depends on Lambertville getting "extraordinary aid" of $200,000 from the state. By: Linda Seida LAMBERTVILLE Municipal taxes for the average homeowner would increase by less than $2 a year if Lambertville receives enough state aid, while city employees would receive a 3 percent pay raise, said Mayor…
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Editorial-March 15, 2007
Residents can help out their community By: Mae Rhine There are a couple of ways West Amwell residents can help their township. First, the Historic Preservation Committee wants to replace the deteriorating veterans memorial. The new one will include veterans of all wars. The committee needs help in tracking down all veterans who came from…
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Ghosts, Bloodshed and Magic
Circle Playhouse reigns ‘Macbeth.’ By: Stuart Duncan A few seasons back the Circle Players of Piscataway decided to grab the theatrical bulls by the horns and stage its first Shakespeare play. The result was tremendous excitement first from the performers, and then by audiences. Now the group schedules at least one each year. In…
