• LAMBERTVILLE: ‘Streetscape’ preservation is Planning Board’s goal

    Tim Korzun: “We’re just trying to make it easier for our applicants, especially in the historic part of town, to feel that they have some guidance in the ordinance of how they wou By Natalie Lescroart, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — In an effort to preserve the city’s historic “streetscape,” the Planning Board is hoping for…

  • Alternate History

    Alternate History

    Bordentown’s former black private school is reborn in film By Anthony Stoeckert GO ahead and try to learn about the Bordentown School. No books about it are for sale on Amazon, and none can be found in the Burlington County Library System database, which includes a Bordentown branch. There are no Web sites devoted to…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: THINGS TO DO

    Thursday, Aug. 27    Free Diagnostic from My Expert PC: Get free advice and computer evaluations from 3 to 8 p.m. in the Quiet Study of the South Brunswick Public Library. Tech Talk will be hosted by representatives of My Expert PC, a local computer business. No registration is required. Just drop in to ask them…

  • LAWRENCE: Council to consider $5M bond Tuesday

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     A public hearing on a $5.2 million bond ordinance to cover pending property tax appeals tops the agenda for Township Council’s regular meeting next week.     The council will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the council meeting room at the Municipal Building.     Township Council introduced the $5.2…

  • Free E-Newsletter from Somerset County

    By Somerset County Board of Freeholders             If you’d like to receive free updates on Somerset County programs, services and issues in a convenient email format, you can sign up for the twice-monthly e-newsletter published by the Board of Freeholders.             Go to www.co.somerset.nj.us/newsletter to view back issues and to sign up for future editions. The…

  • NEW HOPE: NH-S schools will open Tuesday

    Enrollment is up with approximately 60 new students spread across all grade levels, for a total of about 1,600 districtwide By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    NEW HOPE — Enrollment is up in the New Hope-Solebury School District with approximately 60 new students spread across all grade levels, for a total of about 1,600 districtwide.    ”We’re…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Blaze guts house

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    Authorities are investigating the cause of a fire early Sunday morning off Davidsons Mill Road that destroyed a house.    At approximately 4:45 a.m., a passerby reported to dispatchers that the house at 2 White Pine Road was on fire.    When officers arrived, they found the home completely engulfed in flames,…

  • BURLINGTON COUNTY: Water, from the ground up

    Local water supplies face contamination from both natural and manmade sources By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    You touch and consume water every day, but did you ever stop to think about where it came from?    And have you ever considered your effect on it?    Most towns in the area draw their water from wells connecting…

  • Staff Garden Serves Conference Center Guests at MCCC

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