• LAMBERTVILLE: Lamberts Hill can finish needed projects

    LAMBERTVILLE: Lamberts Hill can finish needed projects

    Peter Jewel (left), vice president of the Lamberts Hill Community Association, gets a settlement check from Mayor David Del Vecchio, on behalf of the City of Lambertville.

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: For some, sewer rate hike could be on horizon

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    The fiscal future of currently provided public sewer service in Hopewell Township was the subject of a special Township Committee session Tuesday night.    Looming large in the talks was a 23 percent rate increase, enacted last year, by the Ewing-Lawrence Sewerage Authority, which serves 1,651 homes in the southeastern area…

  • EDITORIAL: Let’s re-examine federal gun, ammunition laws

       It has been some time since there was an act of violence that has so consumed our national consciousness.    The senseless and despicable shootings at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, just after midnight last Friday morning is the latest in a string of such crimes. Aurora joins the names of Fort Hood, Virginia Tech…

  • FLORENCE: Secretary bows out

    FLORENCE: Secretary bows out

    By David Kilby, Special Writer    FLORENCE — Whenever there’s a small town with a strong community life like Florence, there’s at least one behind-the-scenes hard worker like Administrative Secretary Janice Carey, who retired last week after 20 years of work with the township.    Her contribution will be missed as the Township Committee clearly conveyed at…

  • PRINCETON: >‘Hunger Games’ trivia fans put to the test at library

    By Jennifer Bradley, Staff Writer    ”Hunger Games” fans were put to the test at a Princeton Public Library “Hunger Games” trivia contest on Monday, July 23.    The contest featured a “Jeopardy style” board on a projector screen with five categories and questions that ranged in point value from one to five.    The participants were broken…

  • IN THE KITCHEN: Keeping cool with jiggly dishes

    IN THE KITCHEN: Keeping cool with jiggly dishes

    By Faith Bahadurian, Special Writer    Gelées and aspics may sound archaic, but on the hottest of hot days, cold jiggly-wiggly gelatin dishes sound heavenly to me.    According to C. Anne Wilson’s “Eating with the Victorians,” various jellies, savory and sweet made a frequent appearance on the Victorian table, especially when guests were present. A cold…

  • Diocese of Metuchen to host young adult ministry workshop

    Diocese of Metuchen to host young adult ministry workshop

    By Erin Friedlander The Diocese of Metuchen will host a workshop for those who minister to Catholic young adults on August 30 from 9:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the St. John Neumann Pastoral Center, 146 Metlars Lane. With the theme “Building Bridges to Young Adults,” the program is intended to be a resource for…

  • SOLEBURY: Eagle project is a garden for Lambertville food pantry

    SOLEBURY: Eagle project is a garden for Lambertville food pantry

       SOLEBURY— Seeds have sprouted and the vegetable plants are thriving in the new Food Pantry Garden at Solebury United Methodist Church.    The installation of the garden was spearheaded by Bradley Neumann, a Life Scout with Solebury Boy Scout Troop 34, as his community service project for the rank of Eagle Scout.    The garden has been…

  • Area residents react to theater massacre

    By Nicole Cosentino, The Packet Group    Although Friday’s tragic theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado, is 1,838.5 miles away, area moviegoers still are feeling the impact.    ”It’s devastating. It’s just showing us what this world is coming to. There’s no empathy (for other people),” said Trish Rizzo, of Millstone, outside the Multiplex Cinemas in East Windsor…

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