Category: archives
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‘The Sound of Music’
Actors’ NET of Bucks County gives this Rodgers and Hammerstein classic a revival. By: Stuart Duncan C. Jameson Bradley is Captain von Trapp in the Actors’ NET production of The Sound of Music. It seems difficult to believe now, but when The Sound of Music opened on Broadway in mid-November 1959, the New York critics…
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South panel favors $16.8M referendum
The plan is one of three options being considered by a high school committee. By: Linda Seida WEST AMWELL The committee charged with determining which of three schematic designs should be presented for consideration to South Hunterdon Regional High School’s Board of Education is leaning toward one it said would bring the outdated facility…
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City taxes to rise $27 on average
Lambertville missed the deadline for "extraordinary" aid from the state for flood-related expenses. By: Linda Seida LAMBERTVILLE Municipal property taxes will be going up, but not by as much as officials initially thought they might because of flood-related expenses. The property tax will increase $26.70 per year for the average homeowner. When the City…
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Police Blotter-May 12, 2005
Lambertville Monday, May 2, at about 11 a.m., Judith Levinson of North Union Street reported two Bonsai plants were taken from her flower box attached to her residence. The value was estimated at $300. May 4 at about noon, police were called to McCready’s Alley for a motor vehicle crash. No injuries were reported. Susan…
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‘Olympus on My Mind’
Bristol Riverside Theatre presents this modern take on the Greek legend of Amphitryon. By: Stuart Duncan Gary Lynch (left) and Christopher Kale Jones appear in the Bristol Riverside Theatre production of Olympus on My Mind. Olympus on My Mind, currently at Bristol Riverside Theatre, is a one-joke musical, but when the one joke is as…
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Joseph R. Finnerty
Joseph R. Finnerty, 78, of Pennington died in Stone Bridge at Montgomery on Tuesday. Born in Olyphant, Pa., he had been a longtime resident of Metuchen before moving to Calabash, N.C., where he resided for 20 years. Prior to his retirement he had been a partner with Touche Ross and Co., a CPA firm in…
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Grant to be used for Justice Center repairs
The city added an additional insurance policy to make sure damage to the building is covered. By: Linda Seida LAMBERTVILLE The city’s new Justice Center took a major hit in the flooding that destroyed much personal and public property in the first weekend of April, but the city discovered afterward it lacked adequate flood…
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Pennsylvania primary to be held Tuesday
There are many candidates to choose from, particularly in the race for six seats on the New-Hope-Solebury School Board of Directors. By: Mae Rhine Pennsylvania voters have many candidates to choose from in Tuesday’s primary election. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. In New Hope, voting takes place at the Eagle Fire…
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Obituaries-May 12, 2005
Robert Coleman EAST AMWELL Robert E.C. Coleman Sr., 64, died Thursday, May 5, at Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township. Born and raised in Lambertville, Mr. Coleman had lived in East Amwell for the past 10 years. He was a member of the Lambertville Elks Lodge 1070 and the Flemington Moose Lodge. He worked for…
