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  • ‘Lend Me a Tenor’

    David Saint directs a revival of the fast-paced farce at George Street Playhouse. By: Stuart Duncan Maria Testa and Patrick Quinn star in the farcical ‘Lend Me a Tenor’ at George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick.    In days of yore, a generation was said to be 20 years. Apparently in the theater world it is…

  • Voters asked to approve fire budget with no tax rate hike

    The tax rate is expected to be identical to last year’s 7.2 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — The Board of Fire Commissioners is asking voters Saturday to approve a 2005 budget that represents an increase of less than 1 percent and does not raise the tax rate.    The tax…

  • South youth wrestlers post wins at Montgomery

       The South Hunterdon youth wrestling team traveled to Montgomery Feb. 3 to face the Montgomery Cougars.    Coach Glenn Case’s South team posted wins and wrestled well despite half the team, including Tyler Frazee, Rhett Warner, Mark Leary, Colin Leary and Yiorges Georgeson, staying home due to illness.    Second-year wrestler Hannah Word posted her first pin…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP ZONING UPDATE

    Board approved two hardship variances for residential properties. By Marianne Hooker    At its Feb. 2 meeting, the Hopewell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment approved two hardship variances for residential properties.    One variance will allow the construction of a building addition, and the other will allow an existing rear deck to be expanded.    The board also…

  • Letters-Feb. 17, 2005

    Remembering her father To the editor:    The following is a updated reprint of a letter Kathy P. Parsons has written to The Beacon after the death of her father, George Parsons.     Three years and a cross to bear.    Feb. 7 to April 2, 2002.    Where is George? Has anyone seen George lately?    Haven’t heard…

  • Stockton to spend $8,000 for tax maps

    The maps must be updated before the borough can conduct a county-ordered, borough-wide revaluation. By: Linda Seida    STOCKTON — The Borough Council agreed Monday to approve an $8,000 expenditure to pay for an update of the town’s tax maps in digital form.    The state said an update of the tax maps must be performed before…

  • LBA Highlights

    By: Laura Kropp    As the teams start the last rotation of head-to-head play, there were some great games again this weekend in the LBA.    With two weeks left in the regular season, these games helped focus the upcoming playoff picture. Fifth- and sixth-grade girls Lambertville PBA 15 Toy Kingdom 12    PBA pulled out to an…

  • Feb. 16, 2005

    William H. Terhune    William H. Terhune, 88, died Monday at his residence.    Born in Blawenburg, Mr. Terhune had been a lifelong resident.    He was a manager of the parts department for J. Percy Van Zandt Co. for 22 years until 1969, and then worked as maintenance supervisor for the Montgomery Township Board of Education until…

  • Explosion study under way

    PECO claims it was not responsible for a gas line rupture that destroyed a 200-year-old stone house in New Hope. By: Linda Seida    NEW HOPE — Despite claims by PECO that the utility was not at fault in a Feb. 7 natural gas explosion that razed a house and left five people homeless, other officials…