• LAMBERTVILLE: Parade to feature World War II vets

       LAMBERTVILLE — World War II veterans will be the grand marshals of the city’s 2012 Memorial Day parade set for May 28.    Members of the Memorial Day Parade Committee ask that all parade participants start arriving at 8:15 a.m. at the parking lot of the CVS Pharmacy on Cherry Street. Drivers of emergency service vehicles…

  • MANVILLE: Sourlands Planning Council opposes solar panels at quarry

    Sourlands Council opposes solar proposal To the editor: Gibraltar Rock, the company that now owns and operates the East Mountain Road quarry formerly owned by 3M, has a proposal before the Hillsborough Township Planning Board to clear-cut 20 acres of Sourland forest and install a large solar array.     The Sourland Planning Council strongly opposes…

  • HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Council approves $3 million budget with tax rate hike

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    A Hopewell Borough 2012 budget of $3,015,882 that will bring a municipal tax rate increase of 2.1 cents per $100 of assessed property value was adopted by the Borough Council on Monday night, said Michele Hovan, borough administrator and clerk.    Monday night marked the council’s first meeting in the borough’s…

  • LAWRENCE: Police blotter

    Staff report    Shakeemah M. Campbell, 23, of Trenton, was charged with shoplifting clothing worth $121.78 from Old Navy at the Quaker Bridge Mall at 3:36 p.m. May 6.    Nathaniel Booker, 30, of Trenton, was charged with shoplifting an electric razor valued at $82.99 from the CVS drug store on Brunswick Pike at 2:13 p.m. May…

  • Use our son as a lesson for caution

    Tim and Mary Alley, Delaware Township March 16, 2012, our son, Ryan Alley, an honor student at The College of New Jersey, had a very serious automobile accident that resulted in his death.    Questions remain unanswered.    Was he out that evening in “a safe and organized” environment to prevent just this type of tragedy?    Was…

  • Sandom letter ‘injustice’ to the community

    Debra A. Burd, Titusville The bond issue is behind us, and as I write this, I have no clue of its outcome, but I certainly hope it passed.    I am writing today because I am a truth-and-justice kind of person, and I believe Vanessa Sandom wrote a letter last week that contained lots of untruth…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Abschutz to fill BOE vacancy

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Abschutz to fill BOE vacancy

    By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor    Martin Abschutz is likely coming back to the Board of Education to fill the vacant seat of Elizabeth Chang.    Board of Education members interviewed three finalists for the seat vacated by Ms. Chang April 16.    In a letter to the other applicants Wednesday, board President Dr. Stephen Parker said…

  • LAWRENCE: Mother Nature Festival takes place on Saturday

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The 9th annual Mother Nature Festival, featuring more than 20 environmental groups, is set for Saturday at the Lawrence Nature Center, located at the end of Drexel Avenue.    The event, from noon to 4 p.m., is being co-sponsored by Sustainable Lawrence and the Lawrence Township Green Team advisory committee.    Among…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police blotter, week ending May 10

       Township police investigated a suspicious vehicle parked at a school bus dropoff point at Gemini Drive and Capricorn Drive on May 2.       When Auten Road School-age students walked passed a black vehicle described as a Toyota Corolla with a rear spoiler and dual exhaust, someone described as a Hispanic male 16 to 18 years old…

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