Tree-lighting
great success
To the editor:
I’d like to send my thanks to the following volunteers who worked together to make the Lambertville Area Chamber of Commerce’s 18th annual tree lighting ceremony Dec. 5 such a great success:
Karen from Ennis Market, who graciously donated the hot cocoa to keep everyone warm; Laura Fleming of United National Bank for donating toys; Jim and Sue Wydner; Steve Stegman; Feather and his driver from Bucks County Carriages.
Also, Dave and Maryann Brymer from Brymer’s Nursery for the trees; Chuck Slack who knows if we’ve been naughty or nice; the Rev. Ray Force and Mike Haldeman for doing the sound; Ralph Hooven for lending his bucket truck, Father Leon Kaspryk and St. John’s.
Also, Comcast Cable; Billy Akers of Overlook Landscape; Steve Hart of Hart Electric; John Bramley of Icon Design; and Bo Haas of Stanley Cleaners.
I’d also like to thank our wonderful performers who contributed their musical talents and enthusiasm to the event: the Lambertville Public School sixth-grade choir with their new music teacher, Pam Bily; the West Amwell Show Choir directed by Jennifer Sweet; and Jim Smith’s group from South Hunterdon Regional High School.
Many thanks to the Lambertville Volunteer Drum & Bugle Corps for taking the time from their busy schedules to come help us get into the holiday spirit again this year.
No tree lighting would be complete without the wonderful Myers family who delight old and young alike with their holiday costumes. A big thank you to Roy Bernie and Carol Myers, Kathy, Melissa and Shelly Culbertson, Ruth Farlee, Janet Gaynor, Beth Errickson and Lynn, Devon and Creole Russell.
Last, but certainly not least, three cheers for the tree lighting chairman, Dave Greaves, whose long tenure in this capacity has surely earned him some extra presents from Santa.
I’d also like to thank all those who so generously donated to the City of Lambertville emergency fund. Over $370 was raised at the tree lighting for the Union Street fire victims.
President
Lambertville Area Chamber of Commerce
Fire victim
very grateful
To the editor:
I would like to take this opportunity to thank my family, friends, co-workers and neighbors for being so kind to me during the fires at my home of 40 Perry St. and my apartment at 306 N. Union St.
The firemen and volunteers did a wonderful job. We can be very thankful to have such dedicated men and women.
Lambertville
Speed bumps needed
on South Main
To the editor:
As many in Lambertville know, my son Tommy narrowly escaped death from being hit by a van Aug. 31.
Unfortunately, traffic in Lambertville is heavy due to our dependence on the tourist dollar, and that aspect of living here is necessary and will probably always be with us.
But I think it is time we should take new action to manage that traffic, thus protecting our children.
Living on South Main, I notice that cars speed up after passing the light at Bridge Street as they continue on to merge onto Route 29 south.
I’ve asked the mayor to do something about South Main, mostly because there are about 30 children who live in the concentrated area of residential homes south of the Swan restaurant. The children here have to dodge the car traffic to visit their friends or catch their wayward ball.
Sometimes I have even seen a tourist mistakenly go down South Main, a one-way street, in the wrong direction.
The mayor mentioned that it is a state-maintained road and that he would like to be the liaison to the state for us. Thank you, Mr. Del Vecchio.
To aid your case, I have done some research since we last spoke in November before your uncontested election. Jillian Thomas, a traffic expert at Rutgers University, endorses "speed bumps" and has indicated that there is no special liability involved with their use.
The New Jersey Department of Transportation also allows their use on public streets. According to Ms. Thomas, they have been effective not only in other states but also in New Jersey in reducing traffic speed on "cut through streets" of which South Main is surely that.
What’s cheaper? A permanent radar monitor, a speed bump or a lawsuit against the town?
Lambertville
Crawfords grateful
for support
To the editor:
We want to say thank you in this way to the many organizations, individuals and churches who have been so supportive of us over the past four years since we moved from Mt. Airy to Harmony Township.
The most recent outpouring of financial support has been very humbling.
For some reason this rural area where we are now living in western Warren County has a great number of power outages, and since Barbara must be on oxygen 24 hours a day, half of that time on a ventilator, it is a serious problem when we are without electricity. The cost of a generator was prohibitive until so many of you stepped in and made it possible for us to order one, which we expect to have installed in early December.
We have had two power failures in the past month so we knew we had to do something.
Our 40 years in the Lambertville area were busy and satisfying. Life is very different now, and we are very grateful for happy memories and dear friends.
Thank you all for your concern, your prayers and financial help in our time of need.
Phillipsburg
Field hockey
team praised
To the editor:
The South Hunterdon Regional High School Field Hockey Parents Association would like to take this opportunity to commend the girls on their winning season (16-4-1) and publicly acknowledge their hard work.
We would like to congratulate the girls on winning the Hunterdon-Warren Tournament and share in savoring the wins over such highly ranked teams as Voorhees, Hunterdon Central and Warren Hills.
We would further like to congratulate them on their wins in the state playoffs against Newark Academy and Oak Knoll.
We would also like to congratulate coach Thyra Zengal on being selected The Courier News Coach of the Year.
Finally, thanks to David’s Yellow Brick Toad for their donation of brunch, Inn of the Hawk for their donation of lunch for two, Bell’s for their donation of $25 certificate towards dinner for two, Hamilton’s Grill for their donation of dessert and Meil’s for their donation of a cake. The prizes were raffled off comprising our major fund-raiser of the year.
Thanks for all the support from the school community and the community at large in both our fund-raising efforts and attendance at our many home and away games.
on behalf of
South Hunterdon
Field Hockey
Parents Association
Reader wishes
happy holidays
To the editor:
At this time I’d like to wish all my Jewish brothers and sisters a happy Chanukah.
As God filled the temple with his light, may he fill your lives with the light of his peace, joy, love and grace.
To my Christian brothers and sisters, I’d like to say that if there were no brightly lit Christmas trees, there’d still be a Christmas; if there were no gaily wrapped gifts, there’d still be a Christmas; if there were no carolers there’d still be a Christmas.
But if there were no Christ child in the manger, there’d be no Christmas.
So when you unwrap your gifts, remember God gave the world the greatest gift of all – himself – so that we could have eternal life.
Lambertville