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Mayor urges shared control of Trenton Water Works By Bill Sanservino
Ewing Township Mayor Bert Steinmann is backing a plan to remove Trenton Water Works from sole control by the City of Trenton, saying the current structure is unsustainable. He has agreed with a group of other community leaders that a regional public utility must be established to ensure reliable water service for more than 300,000 residents across five
municipalities. “This has to happen. It’s got to be regionalized,” Steinmann said in a recent interview with *The Observer*. “The city cannot sustain Trenton Water Works the way it is structured today, and for a lot of reasons.” Steinmann joined the mayors of Trenton, Hamilton, Lawrence, and Hopewell townships in a public statement calling for the creation of an independent water authority.
The mayors’ proposal follows a sharply critical report from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection that identified persistent operational failures at Trenton Water Works, which serves all of Trenton and Ewing, and parts of Hamilton, Lawrence, and Hopewell townships. The state DEP report recommends creating a new, independently governed utility to See TWW, Page 8
Ewing mom and son give hot dog stand a new leash on life By Joe EMansKi
Twin sisters Sydney and Abbie Mahan pose for a picture before a Ewing High School softball game. For more on the Mahans and the team, see page 20.
Captain Paul’s Firehouse Dogs, the seasonal hot dog stand on Princeton Pike, reopened for business in April after taking its traditional winter break. That’s not the news. The news is that, for the first time since 2009, Paul Tweedly wasn’t the one opening the doors. In December, Paul Tweedly, aka “Captain Paul,” cited his
health as a reason to seek a buyer for the Lawrence-based eatery. Tweedly and wife Janice are the original owners of the restaurant, operating it for the past 15 years. In Patrick Jones and his mother, Debbie, the Tweedlys believe that they have found the right people to take the business forward. With the deal sealed at the end of March, the new owners immediately got to work getting
ready for the new season. On April 21, they re-opened, while making it clear that their goal is to retain as much of the spirit and character of the restaurant as possible. That includes welcoming back staff from the previous season as well as continuing Captain Paul’s commitment to providing an extra level of service to area first responders as well as members of the military. See CAPT. PAUL’s, Page 10
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