Category: archives

  • ‘My Fair Lady’

    Peter Scolari stars in the Lerner and Loewe musical at Bucks County Playhouse. By: Stuart Duncan    My Fair Lady almost was never written. It was only by the persistence and tireless efforts of Gabriel Pascal that the Geoorge Bernard Shaw stage play ygmalion was turned into a musical. Hungarian-born Pascal had filmed Pygmalion successfully and…

  • Stockton bridge slated for repairs

    It is not known yet how long the span will be closed or when the work will begin. By: Linda Seida    STOCKTON — The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission is planning a $7.5 million upgrade to the Center Bridge-Stockton free bridge, but says it doesn’t know yet how long the span may be closed…

  • Parenting Pearls-Aug. 4, 2005

    Scars from abuse form protective shells By: Dr. Mae Sakharov    "Listen to the histories of survivors without shaming or blaming or prejudice. However difficult it may be to listen to our histories, it is a critical way in which you can help our healing." — Canadian Child Abuse Quilt.    The word survivor often conjures the…

  • Editorial-Aug. 4, 2005

    More help needed to restore park By: Mae Rhine    Once again, local residents and those from neighboring communities have come together to help.    This time, it was to rebuild the municipal park in Stockton.    Our hats are off to Bruce Currie of Niece Lumber in Lambertville who donated a post-and-rail fence so the park could…

  • ‘Street Scene’

    The Artists of Yardley exhibit work inspired by everyday experiences. By: Megan Sullivan    For an artist, inspiration can be found in anything from a 19th-century tale to a busy New York City street corner.    Words can float off a page and tell a story through paint on a canvas. A simple snapshot can capture passers-by…

  • Candidate calls for tax relief in city

    Marcus Raynor, who will oppose incumbents Cynthia Ege and John McManus in November, wants Lambertville to apply an entire $250,000 municipal assistance grant to lowering taxes next year. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — A candidate for City Council is calling for tax relief for homeowners now that the city has been awarded a $250,000 municipal…

  • Residents feel ‘Consequences’

    New Hope residents are working on an independent film, which will be filmed in Bucks County and Philadelphia. By: Linda Seida    NEW HOPE — Director Stephen Stahl knows all about consequences, the good and the bad that flow from choices made.    He left school after the seventh grade, running from home.    "All my training is…

  • Getting Due Respect

    .See Related Story: Colorful Characters By: Tim O’Neill See Related Story: Colorful Characters    Open a comic book, and chances are you’ll find exactly what you thought you might: the crime-fighting adventures of spandex-clad superheroes. Mainly, these adventures appear in flimsy pamphlets that we’ve come to refer to as comic "books." Thus the term was already…

  • Letters-Aug. 4, 2005

    Why so many city fire alarms? To the editor:    As a longtime resident of three major cities, I am concerned about the inordinate number of fire emergencies that bedevil Lambertville.    I have been a resident for nearly a decade, and hardly a day passes without one or several.    For eight years, I lived two blocks…