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  • Kids First slate battles NH-S incumbents

    Six parents have united under the Kids First banner to fight for six available seats, two two-year and four four-year, on the New Hope-Solebury Board of Directors. By: Linda Seida    NEW HOPE — Six parents united under the banner "Kids First" are challenging the status quo on the New Hope-Solebury school board.    Among their first…

  • Letters-May 5, 2005

    United Way dinner great success To the editor:    The United Way of Hunterdon County board of trustees, Signature Event Committee, dinner co-chairman Paul Sauerland Jr. and staff would like to thank everyone who helped make the second "Celebrating Community Caring" event a great success.    The evening attracted nearly 170 attendees.    Kathleen Zuback, a longtime community…

  • Senior Menus-May 5, 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 5 — Apple juice, cheese lasagna…

  • Outside the Box

    A human rights activist and former graphic designer, Roger Cook pours his passions into assemblages. By: Ilene Dube "Multiple Personalities" by Roger Cook, on view at the Pennswood Village Art Gallery in Newtown, Pa.    You see his artwork every time you search for the restroom at the airport. Those little black figures, one with a…

  • ‘Proof’

    Langhorne Players stages David Auburn’s drama at Tyler State Park in Newtown, Pa. By: Stuart Duncan    The latest group to stage David Auburn’s Proof is Langhorne Players at its intimate former mill in Tyler State Park in Newtown, Pa. Auburn’s play has been turned into a Hollywood film, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Hope Davis, Jake Gyllenhaal…

  • City senior housing development opens

    A ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the official opening of Heritage Village at Lambertville. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Monday to mark the official opening of the city’s new senior housing development, Heritage Village at Lambertville.    Even though the residence opened officially just this week, about 20 residents already have moved in,…

  • Olympic medallist has benefit for squad

    Jason Read, who won a 2004 Olympic gold medal for rowing, is chief of the Amwell Valley Rescue Squad and helped raise $10,000 for a new building. By: John Powers    RINGOES — The quest continues for Olympic gold medallist Jason Read.    And with Mr. Read, no matter the quest — whether as an elite rower,…

  • Outside the Box

    A human rights activist and former graphic designer, Roger Cook pours his passions into assemblages. By: Ilene Dube "Multiple Personalities" by Roger Cook, on view at the Pennswood Village Art Gallery in Newtown, Pa.    You see his artwork every time you search for the restroom at the airport. Those little black figures, one with a…

  • Parenting Pearls-May 5, 2005

    Check neighborhoods around college campuses By: Dr. Mae Sakharov    Last month’s "Parenting Pearls" column described the binge drinking that takes place on many college campuses.    It will take a concerted effort by college administrators, parents and students to change the behaviors and the environment that encourages or accepts binge drinking on campuses.    The dangers of…