• Pansies declare spring in New Hope

    Pansies declare spring in New Hope

       No matter that it snowed on April Fool’s Day and that temperatures have continued to register winter-like levels nearly every day since the spring season began on March 20.    The morning after snowflakes blanketed lawns all over Bucks County, the New Hope Garden Club’s vanguard of volunteers, led by Chuck Tarr, launched the spring season…

  • Fantasy Renaissance Faire this weekend

    Fantasy Renaissance Faire this weekend

       Step back in time as New Hope is transformed into a medieval fantasy for one celebrated weekend, April 16 and 17.    The New Hope Fantasy Renaissance Faire will take place on Mechanic Street in the heart of New Hope starting at 11 a.m. Sponsored by the Greater New Hope Chamber of Commerce, the free event…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Leased farm land rate to increase 20 percent

    By Allison Musante, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR – For the first time in a decade, the township is seeking to raise the rate of leasing land to local farmers.    With the support of the township Agricultural Advisory Committee, the Division of Land Use recommends renewing the four farmers’ leases for another five years and raising…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Kamrad talks about ‘priceless’ baseball

    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Kamrad talks about ‘priceless’ baseball

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    The Georgia Peach, they called him.    He’s the late, great, legendarily temperamental Ty Cobb, an ultimate baseball player, whose name is almost as well known as the more familiar names of the sport — like Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams . . .    A lifelong Hopewell Valley…

  • HFD’s 100th birthday

    Kristine M. Toth, president, Hopewell Fire Department     The Hopewell Volunteer Fire Department is pleased to announce its 100th anniversary celebration, which will be held on Saturday Oct. 1, 2011. As part of the celebration, the department will be hosting the annual Mercer County Fire Prevention Parade. It is an honor to be chosen to…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: City man victim of assault

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — A 59-year-old city man suffered “substantial facial injuries” when he was assaulted in his apartment early April 7, according to Lambertville police.    Police Director Bruce Cocuzza said the incident was “not a robbery or any kind of random crime,” and investigators believe the altercation was between two friends…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – News & Notes

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – News & Notes

    By Rich Fisher, Special Writer    They started as an unknown 4th grade travel team and developed into one of the most successful, talented and competitive basketball travel teams in the state.    The South Brunswick PAL 8th grade girl’s team recently finished their travel career with an incredible record of 157-25 over the past five years.…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Princeton sewer easements closer to reality with 3-0 vote

    By Mary Brienza, Staff Writer    After almost a full decade, the Township Council introduced an ordinance Tuesday evening accepting an easement from Princeton University for a sewer line on Ridge Road by a vote of 3-0.    Councilman Charles Carley was not in the room at the time of the vote, and Councilman John O’Sullivan was…

  • Lambertville doctor makes debut

    Lambertville doctor makes debut

       Anand Mehta, a third-year resident at Phillips Barber Family Health Center in Lambertville, will make his professional standup comedy debut on April 16 at 8 p.m. in an evening of comedy at the Lambertville New Hope Rescue Squad.    For Dr. Mehta, the road to standup started in his native Buffalo, N.Y., where he took part…

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