Category: archives
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Police Blotter-May 19, 2005
Lambertville James Elmi, 37, of New Hope was arrested on fugitive warrants Friday after the car he was riding in was stopped for a motor vehicle violation. Police stopped the vehicle on Route 179 after a check revealed it was unregistered, police said. They recognized Mr. Elmi, who was a passenger, from a wanted persons…
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City e-mail tax revolt has few replies
An e-mail circulated around Lambertville asked residents to attend the City Council meeting Monday to protest a tax increase because flood insurance did not cover flood damages to the new Justice Center. By: Linda Seida LAMBERTVILLE What if they threw a tax revolt and nobody came? That’s almost how it turned out Monday when…
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May 18, 8:50 p.m.: Failures of reporting on Social Security
The press has allowed the president to set the agenda _ and push the big lie. By: Hank Kalet Mark Weisbrot of the Center for Economic Policy Research reminds us that the failures of the American news media are not relegated to just Iraq and war policy. They extend to the coverage of Social Security.…
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Many to fight back against cancer
The American Cancer Society’s annual Relay for Life will be held May 21-22 at South Hunterdon Regional High School. By: Linda Seida WEST AMWELL People attend the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life at South Hunterdon Regional High School each year for a number of reasons, usually very personal ones. Often they come back…
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Pet Talk-May 19, 2005
Diagnosing food allergies often frustrating By: Dr. Daniel Eubanks Last month, we introduced the concept of allergies in our pets. We discussed allergic individuals as those who produce an abnormal antibody in response to exposure to certain antigens, usually foreign proteins. We listed three types of allergies in our pets flea, food and inhalant.…
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Five Kids First pols make November ballot
Carl Glassman was the only Kids First candidate not to make it on the ballot. By: Linda Seida In the race for an opportunity to win six seats on the New Hope-Solebury Board of School Directors, Republican voters heavily favored the incumbents while Democrats opted for change and cast their votes for the challengers in…
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Senior Menus-May 19, 2005
All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville. The value of each meal is $4.45. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution. All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine. The sodium-controlled menu is the same unless otherwise noted. Thursday, May 19 Grape juice, veal parmesan,…
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‘A Chorus Line’
Academy Theatre in Bordentown presents Michael Bennett’s Broadway tale. By: Stuart Duncan The Academy Theatre in Bordentown, right next to Mastoris Diner, a landmark for truckers up and down the East Coast, is enjoying a growing audience base. Not only a larger one, but younger than many groups. The current production of A Chorus Line…
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May 18, 9 p.m.: Newsweek error obscures real failures
The real damage to our reputation had already been done by an administration that condones torture. By: Hank Kalet This piece will run as a Dispatches column in The Cranbury Press on Friday: Newsweek used a word this week that no one in this business likes to use: "retraction." The news magazine withdrew a story…
