• Breakfast a success!

    Samuel A. Ollio DDS. Lambertville     I wish to thank everyone for making the annual Kiwanis Good Friday Breakfast a success.    Special thanks to the Young Men’s Athletic Club and its staff, all attending ministers and our guest speaker, Dickie Noles.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police report shoplifting, marijuana possession

    Hillsborough police reported two incidents this week:   Jessica Germann, 23, of Hillsborough was charged with shoplifting April 6 when she allegedly tried to take $274 worth of cosmetics from the Kohl’s store on Route 206 without paying for them. She was released and given a date to appear in court.  Gerardo Castro…

  • What are shad and why did they spawn a festival?

    What are shad and why did they spawn a festival?

    Lambertville knows better than most! Ruth Luse    What are shad?    The American Shad is the largest fish in the herring family. Every spring, they migrate from salt water to fresh water to reproduce. Fishermen call this the “annual spring shad run.”    Centuries ago, a website says, the Delaware was home to many species of fish.…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Shad Run 5K and Health Walk a real winner

    LAMBERTVILLE: Shad Run 5K and Health Walk a real winner

    A benefit for Ely Park    On April 12, under a glorious blue sky, more than 300 runners galloped through the heart of historic Lambertville and along the Delaware & Raritan Canal in the third annual Shad Run 5K and 1-Mile Health Walk.    All the race proceeds are dedicated to support the Friends of Ely Park’s…

  • CRANBURY: Fire destroys Plainsboro Road home

    CRANBURY: Fire destroys Plainsboro Road home

    Ed Birch photo. Firefighters run hoses down Petty Road to battle a three-alarm structure fire that destroyed a Cranbury home on Plainsboro Road Thursday night.

  • Pennington School students’ research to be published

    Pennington School students’ research to be published

    Research began when senior Anthony Hannani, of Allentown, and junior Joshua Hauser, of Lambertville, participated last summer in the Waksman Student Scholars program at Rutgers University    Nine students in the advanced molecular biology class at The Pennington School will have their work on the analysis of gene sequences published this summer in the database of…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Proposal to ban smoking in local parks

       Smoking may soon be illegal in township parks.    The Township Committee introduced an ordinance Tuesday night to have smoke-free parks. A public hearing and vote is scheduled for Tuesday, May 27.    In addition to health benefits, it will decrease accidental fires caused by discarded cigarette butts, as well as reduce litter, the committee said in…

  • The Medical Society of New Jersey Hosts First Physicians’ Advocacy Conference on Friday, May 2nd

    The Medical Society of New Jersey Hosts First Physicians’ Advocacy Conference on Friday, May 2nd

    The Medical Society of New Jersey Hosts First Physicians’ Advocacy Conference on Friday, May 2nd

  • Bainbridge House could still be used

    Harvey Rothberg, Princeton To the editor: The Historical Society of Princeton has announced its plan to move from Bainbridge House on Nassau Street to the Updike Farmstead on Quaker Road. The move to a much larger facility will certainly permit the Historical Society to expand its programs and activities.    But the move could be a…

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