Frenchtown News

Borough officials have learned that Elizabethtown Gas Co. did not submit its franchise agreement with the borough to the state Board of Public Utilities for approval until more than eight months after Borough Council approved the franchise.

The most discernable groups of settlers in Hunterdon County in the 1700s were the English, the Dutch and the Germans.

Dear readers, I have struggled with this column more than any other. I have struggled with whether to write it, how to write it and how to write it carefully and respectfully.

Paul H. Desch died on Sunday, June 14, 2009 at home. He was 42. He was born in Summit on Oct.

Earlier this year, plans emerged for community gardens in Readington, Flemington, Frenchtown and High Bridge.

Seems logical to us that a former sheriff's officer convicted of sex charges should be unable to hold public office in the state.

Every day is Flag Day in Lambertville, a Delaware River town that wears its patriotism on its sleeves and on its porches.

A three-judge appellate panel ruled today that a former Hunterdon County Sheriff's officer who pleaded guilty in January 2008 to fourth-degree criminal sexual contact can hold public office according to a report in the Courier News .

A former law enforcement officer cannot be barred from holding public office in New Jersey despite pleading guilty to a sex crime, a divided appellate court has ruled.

Honey, pick up a free house on your way home. Yes, there's a two-story house in a flood zone in this Delaware River borough, and officials are looking for someone who wants it.

A split appeals panel Friday reversed a judge's decision to bar a former Hunterdon County sheriff's officer from holding public office after his conviction on a criminal sexual contact charge stemming from an off-duty incident.

THIS OLD HOUSE is between Trenton Avenue and the Nishisakawick Creek in Frenchtown.

Borough businesses will host a gallery night on the first Saturday of each month, from June through September.

WARNING: This fairy tale isn't meant for kids. I'm talking about David Kap lan's twisted, 12-minute version of "Little Red Riding Hood," narrated by Quentin Crisp and starring a then-16-year-old Christina Ricci as a not-so-innocent girl who goes to visit Granny and instead encounters a lecherous wolf.

The creation of the RevGen outdoor music fest in NJ has been such a success with early bird ticket sales that the discounted ticket availability - set to expire May 31 - has been extended to midnight June 15.

Hunterdon County voters will choose from among three Republicans to determine which two will run this fall for a pair of seats on the Board of Freeholders.

Graduating from Syracuse University -- Justin Lefkus, Annandale, cum laude with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.

If you filed your tax return by April 15 but failed to include the new $8,000 tax credit for buying a house last year, you can file an amended return claiming the deduction.

Hunterdon municipalities have until tomorrow to tell the Freeholders whether they would want a county recycling compliance officer to monitor and enforce local recycling efforts.

In the wake of vandalism at the Frenchtown Cemetery, in which several dozen headstones were damaged, Councilman Brad Myhre wants an early start to the borough's usual summer 10 p.m.-6 a.m. curfew for minors.