• BURLINGTON COUNTY: Towns reeling from loss of December state aid

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    Towns counting on one final state aid payment in 2009 were surprised last week when the state announced it would not be sending the December checks immediately or possibly at all.    Gov. Jon S. Corzine announced Dec. 1 that the state would withhold about $20 million from the Consolidated Municipal…

  • LAWRENCE: Police beat from the Dec. 10 edition

        Someone took 13 bottles of perfume, valued at a total of $557, from the display rack at the Victoria’s Secret store at the Quaker Bridge Mall between 4:15 and 4:30 p.m. Dec. 5, police said.     Danica J. Kelly, 18, of East Brunswick Township, was charged with shoplifting an assortment of jewelry and clothing…

  • WEST AMWELL: Seniors invited to South for free holiday feast

    Celebration will be held Dec. 21 at 12:15 p.m. in the high school commons By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    WEST AMWELL — To celebrate the season, South Hunterdon Regional High School is inviting senior citizens from the Lambertville, West Amwell and Stockton communities to a free holiday luncheon.    The annual celebration will be held Dec.…

  • BURLINGTON COUNTY: Two out of three district referendums approved

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    Voters approved two of three local school district referendums at the polls Tuesday.    Bordentown Regional School District and Mansfield voters approved their questions while a one-question project in Springfield was voted down.    In the Bordentown Regional district, residents in Bordentown City, Bordentown Township and Fieldsboro Borough voted 620-600 to approve…

  • BURLINGTON COUNTY: Private school parents clash with school board

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    Parents of private and parochial school children showed up at Monday’s Northern Burlington County Regional Board of Education meeting to voice protests to what they called the district’s general policy of “discriminating” against those students.    The dozen or so private school parents, led by Chesterfield resident Susan Gilmer-Layton, said they…

  • HUNTERDON COUNTY: Register now for three H1N1 clinics

    Dec. 11, 13, 19    FLEMINGTON — The Hunterdon County Department of Health has opened registration for three H1N1 influenza clinics on Dec. 11, 13 and 19.    Preregistration is required for all the health department clinics. Walk-in patients will not be admitted. Individuals under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.    The Dec. 11…

  • LAWRENCE: Creatively coping with celiac disease

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     For the first 18 months of her young life, Nancy Pearson was growing and meeting the usual developmental milestones that are expected of young children, such as walking and talking.     Nancy, who is a Lawrence High School freshman and the youngest of Danielle and Scott Pearson’s four children,…

  • Historic landmark book appreciated

    Carol Stokes, Princeton  Kudos to Daniel Ben-Asher for his marvelous new edition of “A Guide to Lawrenceville’s Historic Landmarks.” As a Lawrence native I’ve had a wonderful time reading about all the lovely old homes I’ve driven past a zillion times, but never knew their history (except, of course, for the house I grew up…

  • NORTH HANOVER: Police make two arrests in string of burglaries

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    NORTH HANOVER — A Springfield man and a Bordentown Township man have been charged in numerous burglaries throughout the area.    Drew C. Daniels, 19, of Springfield, was charged Nov. 29 with two counts of burglary, three of theft, two of trespassing, two of fencing and one each of receiving stolen…

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