• GUEST OPINION: There are alternatives to ELSA sewer expansion

    By Jim Waltman    On May 8, Hopewell Township voters will decide whether to borrow $4.1 million to purchase a large increase in sewer capacity from the Ewing-Lawrence Sewerage Authority (ELSA). Construction costs to extend sewer lines to new areas of the township would amount to an additional $4.7 million.    The ELSA expansion was approved by…

  • It is easy: Say no

    Robert Kecskes, chairman Citizens For Tax Choice     The vote on the referendum about the ELSA sewer bond ordinance, slated for May 8, is about all taxpayers in Hopewell Township paying for a service that is strictly the obligation of users — sewer capacity. The majority of the Township Committee voted for $4.1 million of…

  • Year-Round Medicine Drop-off Site Now in Somerville

    Year-Round Medicine Drop-off Site Now in Somerville

    By Somerset County Sheriff Frank J. Provenzano SOMERVILLE – Somerset County has begun a free medicine-collection program for residents to safely dispose of unwanted, expired or unused medicines. This is the first year-round medicine collection offered in the Somerset County area. The drop-off site set up by the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, in…

  • IN THE KITCHEN: Sri Lankan Chicken Curry straight from the source

    IN THE KITCHEN: Sri Lankan Chicken Curry straight from the source

    By Pat Tanner, Special Writer I continue to marvel at the various and mysterious ways that beloved family recipes reach my desk from all corners of the globe. But I never expected that my unabashed scavenging would, in turn, be the impetus for saving a real treasure of a recipe from potentially being lost forever…

  • Year-Round Medicine Drop-off Site Now in Somerville

    Year-Round Medicine Drop-off Site Now in Somerville

    Somerset County Freeholder Director Patricia Walsh, Sheriff Frank Provenzano, Lt. Steve SanAntonio and Freeholder Patrick Scaglione launch Project Medicine Drop.

  • Thanks go to many!

    Jill Myers, LAEF president www.laef-for-the-kids.org [email protected]     On behalf of the Lambertville Area Education Foundation’s board of trustees, I would like to thank the hundreds of supporters who helped make our 11th annual Auction Benefit an affair to remember!    We wholeheartedly appreciate our growing list of enthusiastic volunteers:    Kathy Adams, Stacy Bogle, Florie Burke, Nina…

  • Community comes out for ‘Beauty and the Beast’

    Community comes out for ‘Beauty and the Beast’

    Deirdre Ryan Tyler Sapp portrays the Beast in NBC’s production of “Beauty and The Beast” on opening night April 20. (Photo by Deirdre Ryan, www.deirdreryan.com)

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Property-tax bills are going up

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    A 2012 Hopewell Township budget that will bring a 1.5 cent tax-rate increase, was adopted by a 4-0 vote Monday night.    Voting in favor of the spending plan were Mayor Michael Markulec, Deputy Mayor Jim Burd and committee members, Allen Cannon and Kim Johnson. Vanessa Sandom was absent.    Township Chief…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Wolff, Peterson lead school board again

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    The Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education re-elected Lisa Wolff as its president and Leigh Ann Peterson as vice president at the board’s annual reorganization meeting Monday night.    Ms. Wolff and Ms. Peterson, who were re-elected in the April 17 school board elections to two of Hopewell Township’s seven seats…

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