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  • City residents named to state flood task force

    Mayor David Del Vecchio will be a member of the panel, and state Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bradley Campbell will chair the group. By: Mae Rhine    Two Lambertville residents, Mayor David Del Vecchio and Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bradley Campbell, were named Monday to a new state task force charged with studying and…

  • Coats is recommended for permanent post at Timberlane

    Acting superintendent’s choice for vice principal is Suozzo. By Ruth Luse    Patricia Coats, acting principal of Timberlane Middle School since November, has been recommended for the permanent position of principal.    Acting Superintendent Judy Ferguson also has recommended Anthony J. Suozzo for vice principal of the 989-student middle school.    Mr. Suozzo, formerly the district supervisor of…

  • Few Shad Fest posters have political theme

    The deadline for submitting the artwork has been extended. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — Last year, emotions ran high during the George Bush-John Kerry presidential race.    As a result, some posters submitted by artists for the Shad Festival poster auction carried a political theme, including one of President Bush and Saddam Hussein.    This year, with…

  • Police Blotter-April 21, 2005

    Lambertville    A child’s bicycle was stolen from a South Union Street home sometime Saturday night.    The bicycle was described as a Mongoose 21-speed mountain bike, black and red in color. The bicycle, which was not locked, was removed from alongside the home while the family was attempting to recover from flood damages, police said.    A…

  • ‘The Baker’s Wife’

    Paper Mill Playhouse presents a reworked version of this musical about the inhabitants of a small French village. By: Stuart Duncan Alice Ripley and Lenny Wolpe star in TheBaker’s Wife at Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn.    They finally got it right. The Baker’s Wife, which attempted to reach Broadway in 1975 but was shuttered in…

  • Obituaries-April 21, 2005

    Gloria Blasenheim    DELAWARE — Gloria Blasenheim, 79, of Delaware Township died Saturday, April 16.    Born in the Bronx, Mrs. Blasenheim lived in Putnam Valley, Spring Valley and Monticello, N.Y., before coming to the Lambertville-New Hope area 25 years ago.    In 1977, Mrs. Blasenheim and her daughters, Laura and Joanne, established a women’s clothing company, Designing…

  • Trio of accidents shuts down key roads

    Mishaps cause traffic woes Wednesday morning. By: Lea Kahn    Traffic in Lawrence was snarled Wednesday morning after a series of accidents closed down portions of Route 1 and I-95 during the morning rush hour, according to the New Jersey State Police and the Lawrence Township Police Department.    "Traffic was heavy because cars were diverted from…

  • City to ask state for flood expense money

    The tax hike in the proposed $3.53 million budget will be determined after the state decides whether to give Lambertville "extraordinary aid." By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — City taxes will rise this year, but by how much depends on the amount of aid, if any, the city receives from the state to offset more than…

  • Cause of Cartwheel fire still ‘undetermined’

    The blaze gutted the first floor of the gay nightclub. By: Linda Seida    SOLEBURY — Pennsylvania state police and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms are continuing their investigation into the cause of the fire that gutted the first floor of the Cartwheel, a gay nightclub, according to Bucks County Fire Marshal Tom…