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  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Feb. 13

       Send new items and new lists for 2014 ASAP to: [email protected].    Thursday, Feb. 13    7 p.m. — Lambertville Town Watch, Justice Center, South Union Street.    7:30 p.m. — West Amwell Environmental Commission, municipal building.’    7:30 p.m. — Delaware Township Open Space Committee, municipal building.    7:30 p.m. — Delaware Township Board of Adjustment, municipal building.    8…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: Feb. 13

       A bottle of wine valued at $500 was reported taken from Walkers Wine and Spirits at 11:13 a.m. Jan. 27, according to a store employee Mark Voorhees. Sgt. Robert Brown responded to investigate.    — Lambertville police also reported that Detective Michael Miloszar arrested Kenneth Muzychko, 32, at his city residence at 1:34 p.m. Jan. 29…

  • FLORENCE: Council objects to Bristol incinerator

    If ultimately approved, the application by Route 33 Bridge Partners LP would pave the way for a 50,000-square-foot hazardous waste incinerator along the Delaware River. by Amy Batista, Special Writer FLORENCE — The Township Council went on official record objecting to a proposed hazardous waste incinerator being considered by the Bristol Township Zoning Hearing Board…

  • CAPITOL NEWS & COMMENT: February 13

    The following items are taken from reports issued by legislators and other items of political concern. Sandy funds    Assembly State Government Committee Chairwoman Linda Stender, D-Middlesex, Somerset, Union, on Wednesday criticized the administration’s latest plans to distribute Sandy relief funds with so many questions still swirling about how the first round of money was used.…

  • REGION: Roebling man admitted to diversionary program

    Brian C. Dornbach, a 51-year-old unemployed bachelor, was admitted to the pre-trial intervention program for 36 months on Monday. Superior Court Judge Robert C. Billmeier, sitting in Trenton, read out by Philip Sean Curran, Packet Media Group    A Roebling man must have no contact with a special needs teenaged girl he repeatedly had sexual contact…

  • Cleaner drinking, swimming and fishing waters needed

    Jennifer Coffey, Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Assoc. In just the second month of 2014, dirty water reports are an all too common occurrence with a major chemical spill in West Virginia last month and a major coal ash laden with mercury, lead, and arsenic spilling just upstream of drinking water intake pipes last week in North…

  • REGION: Turnpike crash in Robbinsville leaves one dead

    A three-vehicle crash involving a minivan and two tractor-trailers on the New Jersey Turnpike early Monday morning left one person dead at the scene, according to authorities. by Amy Batista, Special Writer ROBBINSVILLE — A three-vehicle crash involving a minivan and two tractor-trailers on the New Jersey Turnpike early Monday morning left one person dead…

  • HAMILTON: Mayor outlines 2014 agenda

    HAMILTON: Mayor outlines 2014 agenda

    Mayor Kelly A. Yaede offered her State of the Township Address Tuesday, outlining her goals for Hamilton in 2014 and beyond. by James McEvoy, Managing Editor HAMILTON — Mayor Kelly A. Yaede offered her State of the Township Address Tuesday, outlining her goals for Hamilton in 2014 and beyond.    Among the initiatives the mayor identified…

  • MANVILLE: Basketball coach back on home court

    MANVILLE: Basketball coach back on home court

    Former MHS star leading girls team By Mary Ellen Day, Special Writer    A Manville High School star basketball player has returned to the high school gymnasium court — but not to play. Michael Knitowski is suited up not in a uniform but in a shirt and tie as the new varsity girls’ basketball coach.    Mr.…