• GUEST COLUMN: Nature Trail is city’s new natural resource

    By Amy Wells    Lambertville’s newest natural resource, the Nature Trail, sits along the ridge behind the Lambertville Public School.    The residents originally voted to approve the purchase of the property through the City’s Open Space funds. Mayor David DelVecchio later secured funds from the NJ Green Acres program.    Wendy Warren and George Hambach, previous LEC…

  • MANSFIELD: Turning green into Gold

    Girl Scout plans eco-friendly fair as part of her Gold Award project By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    MANSFIELD — One local Girl Scout is going for the gold in her attempt to educate others about the environment.    Katherine Szatkowski, 16, of Hockey Drive in the Columbus section of the township, is organizing a “Go Green…

  • Shared legal obligation

    Marie Collins, Lambertville     While I am a member of the South Hunterdon Regional Board of Education, I am not speaking for the board in this letter, only myself. I am writing in the hopes of providing some balance to the misinformation that has circulated about South Hunterdon Regional.    A lot has been made of…

  • New Hope History Day set for May 30

    Event will begin with ceremony on the grounds of the Parry Mansion    On Saturday at noon, the New Hope Historical Society’s fifth annual New Hope History Day will begin with a ceremony to be conducted on the grounds of the Parry Mansion commemorating George Washington’s crossing there in June 1778 with about 10,000 troops of…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: ‘Python’ performance

       Neil Innes, best known for his work with Monty Python’s Flying Circus in the 1970s, will appear at the Record Collector Living Room Concert series Saturday, May 30, at 358 Farnsworth Ave., in Bordentown City. Mr. Innes was a founding member of British comedy-rock band the Bonzo Dog Band starting in the 1960s and…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: POLICE BEAT

       Lonnie Minor, 63, of Laverock, Pa., was charged May 19, with obtaining a controlled dangerous substance by fraud and hindering apprehension. Police said they responded to a call from the Rite Aid Pharmacy on Washington Boulevard that an individual might be coming to pick up a false prescription. Police met Mr. Minor in the parking…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Katrina benefit returns to waterfront

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    BORDENTOWN CITY — The bons temps will roll New Orleans-style on the waterfront next weekend in an effort to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.    The third annual Jazz on the River event will be held from 7 p.m. to midnight Saturday, June 6, at the Bordentown Yacht…

  • FLORENCE: Town eyes repeal of sex offender law

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    FLORENCE — The township has started the process of rescinding its now-invalid sex offender residency ordinance, making it the first municipality in the area to do so.    At its May 20 meeting, the Township Council voted unanimously to introduce an ordinance to rescind the residency ordinance, according to Clerk Joy…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR

    Friday, May 29, and Saturday, May 30    Willy Wonka Jr. — New Egypt Middle School students will be performing the production of Willy Wonka Jr. in the high school auditorium at 7 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday. Contact Diane Carr for ticket information. E-mail [email protected] or phone 609-758-6800. Saturday, June 6…

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