Lambertville: October, 2026

October is always busy with lots of events, and plenty of news. Below is a roundup of some of the many stories that happened in Lambertville last month.

Formed, But Not Yet Funded

Lambertville established a Master Plan Advisory Committee, which is staffed by Mayor Nowick, the Planning Board Chair, the Zoning Board Chair, several Zoning Board Members, a Planning Board Member, and Councilperson Kominsky. City Council discussed what it will cost, how they intend to fund it, and what the plan will cover.

Continued Contamination

Bad news: Cavallo Park needs more remediation. The good news is that the work area is beyond the fence so—as of now—it’s not going to close the playground. The Parks and Recreation Commission wants to be part of the remediation planning so that they can remove invasive plants, but keep the native vegetation.

Hov on the Hill

As the K. Hovnanian/Lambertville lawsuit continues, Lambertville is asking to join the land owner to the case and maybe gain access to the land for contamination testing.

Wicked Behavior

The Lambertville Police Department’s September activity blotter revealed calls about harassment, property damage, criminal trespass, drinking in public, missing persons, and fraud. Who knew Lambertville was so dangerous? Maybe October’s report will reveal calls about hoards of little candy-hungry ghouls, ghosts, and goblins.

Haunting Houses

Quite a bit of real estate action took place in October. From basement studios to luxury townhouses, Lambertville also had at least 10 homes for rent this month.

Deal of the Dead

The Kalmia Club wanted to purchase the land under its building. The city was open to the idea until a heavy burden of NJ fees and regulations came to light and shut it down. Now the Lambertville City Council is talking about formalizing a lease agreement with the club.

Keeping Halloween Safe

On October 8, 2026, representatives from Lambertville’s emergency services met at the police department’s headquarters to go over plans for ensuring that the public would have another fun and safe Halloween event in 2026.

“It’s gonna be a busy night,” Police Chief Brown told the group, referring to the fact that Halloween fell on a Saturday in 2026.

They discussed emergency management: locations for police, ambulances, and firetrucks, road closures, where a helicopter might land if needed, inter-agency communication methods, and coordinating to help lost children reunite with parents or guardians.

Witch Way

The Lambertville Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Study held a public workshop to collect information from residents about the town’s byways and roads. The goal is to make our streets, bike paths, and walkways safer for everyone.

Fiery Decisions

The Lambertville Fire Department hosted several Grill Night events in October so people could visit the station, have free hot dogs and hamburgers, and learn about the upcoming referendum asking residents to vote on an increase to the department’s budget.

The vote happens on November 3 and the result will determine if the fire department can move forward with its plans to fund the town’s aging station and fire trucks.

Boos & Booze

The Lambertville Halloween Film Festival, which celebrated its fifth year at the ACME Screening Room, held its annual Monster Bash on Friday, October 16, 2026.

The event, which was sponsored by Collective Beleaf, entertained approximately 100 partygoers with food, fun, dancing, a silent auction, and a costume contest.

Heel Yeah

The 11th annual High Heel Drag Race took place on October 25, 2026, in New Hope, PA. Contestants ran up Mechanic Street to a decorating station where they drew a jack-o’-lantern face on a pumpkin, and then they raced back down the hill to the finish line—all while wearing 3-inch heels. Several hundred people watched, cheered, and had fun.

Community Garden is Growing

The community garden currently located at Fisherman’s Mark got approval from the Environmental Commission to move to a larger location on Closson Farm.

Manhole Maintenance

A rusted manhole lid at the corner of Church and Main cracked, broke, and became a hazard. Emergency workers repaired and replaced it on the evening of Friday, October 30.

Turning Out to Trick-or-Treat

Thousands of visitors drove to Lambertville on Saturday, October 31 to celebrate Halloween. Official trick-or-treat hours were scheduled for between 6-8 pm, but people were already on the street by 5 pm in fun, funny, and fantastic costumes.

Walt (in blue above) said he purchases “a lot of the big bags” of candy to give away, but added that he still always runs out. Several houses had wait lines out front.

As the sun went down, the crowds just got bigger. Some monsters, princesses, and parents parked north of town by the Rt. 202 bridge and walked along the canal path to get in on the festivities. A family of Trolls came from Stockton, NJ. A group of space aliens came from Bloomfield, NJ. A Ghost Buster (AKA James) came from Hatboro, PA.

Kate and Jaka were seen eyeballing the scene. Folks looked up to Doug’s bloom’n’doom costume. A cat was purr-fectly meow-gical with its litter box companion.

Tara and Andrew monitored emergency services at the Halloween command center to make sure that police, fire, and ambulance teams could respond with frightening speed.

With its pirate house, underwater adventure house, alien party house, gourd lantern house, Harry Potter house, phantasm-pharmacy house, Scarbucks house, skeletons of the rich and famous house, Hotel Transylvania house, scary tale house, and Dolly Parton tribute houses, Lambertville had something for everyone. Hopefully your Halloween was happy!

Nightmare at Heritage Village

Lambertville held its annual tax sale in October, which included the tax debt from Heritage Village Apartments. Owner Chris Foglio promised tenants last month that she would be onsite weekly starting in October, and that renovations on the neglected building were to begin in October. However, as of October 31, renovation construction had not started.