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  • Valley moms join effort to aid stricken woman

    Fundraiser for Amanda Rosso will be held Oct. 6 from 4-10 p.m. at H.I. Rib & Co., Route 31, Pennytown Shopping Village. By Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — Amanda Rosso’s story continues to touch people.    When they hear it, they want to help.    Now, one group is planning a fundraiser to help defray her medical…

  • Arab cuisine: beyond pita and hummus

    "The Arab Table" contains helpful information on dining customs By: Pat Tanner    Over the years I have conjectured about why I am inordinately fond of the food of the Middle East. Is it built into my genetic code, the result of the Arab influence on Sicily, the home of my ancestors? Could it be because…

  • South cross country team heads to Disney World

    By: John Powers    Who’s going to Disney World? The South Hunterdon Regional High School cross country team.    Head coach Jim Zidzik and seven of his runners were scheduled to leave from Philadelphia International Airport Wednesday and head for Orlando, Fla., where they will compete in the 10th annual Walt Disney Cross Country Classic Friday. The…

  • Timeless Village

    Folksingers, puppeteers, jugglers and blacksmiths bring Historic Fallsington to life. By: Megan Sullivan    A 300-year-old village at the falls of the Delaware River, Fallsington, Pa., was inhabited by Quakers in the 18th century and maintained its integrity as a place of Quaker living, worship and commerce until the early 1950s. Development in neighboring Levittown, Pa.,…

  • Editorial-Oct. 6, 2005

    Election coverage guidelines place reader needs first By: Mae Rhine    In fairness to all candidates and with an eye toward providing the best service to readers, this newspaper has ground rules for news coverage of local election campaigns.    Under the guidelines, this newspaper commits to certain news coverage, including providing background information on all known…

  • Letters-Oct. 6, 2005

    Our corner of world changed To the editor:    Yes and yes!    Thank you, Lisa Brady, for your vision of what South can become and tireless effort to get this passed.    Thanks to others at South who were involved, to the core group of volunteers who made the calls, got the word out and put together…

  • ‘Cheaper by the Dozen’

    Yardley Players reprises the story of Frank and Lillian Gilbreth’s clan of 12 children. By: Stuart Duncan    Cheaper by the Dozen began as a book, was made into a film and only then dramatized for the stage. Yardley Players has reprised that stage version, by Christopher Sergel, and is presenting it at Kelsey Theatre on…

  • ‘Never the Sinner’

    Villagers Theatre presents the story of ‘The Trial of the Century’ in its Black Box space. By: Stuart Duncan    Long before the Scott Peterson, O.J. Simpson, or even the Lindbergh baby trials, there was a case that riveted the attention of a nation. The press called it "The Trial of the Century," and in a…

  • Sore feet don’t deter LIPS team

    Members of the Lambertville Invincible Pink Squad raised more than $28,000 for breast cancer education and research. By: Linda Seida    The group of women calling themselves the Lambertville Invincible Pink Squad, who banded together to raise funds for breast cancer education and research, have surpassed their goal, contributing more than $28,000 to the $6 million…