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  • Stockton ups ante for tax maps

    The Borough Council will set aside $1,000 more — $8,000 — to update the maps in case the state orders modifications. By: Linda Seida    STOCKTON — The Borough Council proposed Monday to spend $8,000, rather than $7,000 as previously discussed, to update the town’s tax maps in digital form.    The council will hold a public…

  • Feb. 2, 8:55 p.m.: Read this before the speech

    Save Social Security from ideological zealots who cry wolf. By: Hank Kalet    Enter the dragon. President George W. Bush is expected to unveil his official plan for "reforming" Social Security tonight, a plan that is designed to ultimately destroy what is the federal government’s single most successful program.    The president, as I and many others…

  • Fatal crash investigated

    A Buckingham Township woman was killed in a collision at Aquetong and Lower Mountain roads in Solebury Jan. 26. By: Linda Seida    SOLEBURY — Preliminary results of an accident investigation indicate a Buckingham Township woman who was killed in a collision at Aquetong and Lower Mountain roads failed to stop at a stop sign, Solebury…

  • Parenting Pearls-Feb. 3, 2005

    New family members bring joy to all By: Dr. Mae Sakharov    "He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog.    "You are his life, his love and his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart.    "You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion."…

  • ‘The Country Club’

    Alliance Repertory Company nods in at Playhouse 22 with "The Country Club." By: Stuart Duncan    You probably should know two things about The Country Club, making its area debut at Playhouse 22 in East Brunswick under the auspices of Alliance Repertory Company. First, it is written by Douglas Carter Beane, who wrote As Bees in…

  • Winging It

    What better way to support the home team than to eat Pennsylvania-made wings. By: Amy Brummer PHOTOS: AMY BRUMMER A 10-piece plate of Washington’s wings at Revolutions Tavern on River Road south of New Hope.    In 1981, the last time the Eagles played in the Super Bowl, the Buffalo chicken wing was just beginning to…

  • The Broken Heart at Work

    Jean Hanff Korelitz has written the romantic comedy she always wanted to read. By: Jillian Kalonick TIMEOFF/FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI "My mother used to call me and say, ‘Are there any nice people in this novel?’ and I’d say no," says Jean Hanff Korelitz. "Everybody was horrible, including the heroine."    When Jean Hanff Korelitz got the idea…

  • Connaught Hill project reintroduced as ordinance

    Lambertville is concerned the project could be vulnerable to a court challenge because it was approved by resolution, not by an ordinance. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — The city’s plan to redevelop Connaught Hill is vulnerable to a potential court challenge because the City Council approved the plan by resolution rather than by ordinance.    Although…

  • Lawrence welcomes home 100 soldiers

    Parade, ceremony set for Wednesday, Feb. 9. By: Lea Kahn    A special parade and ceremony to honor returning New Jersey Army National Guard soldiers — including two Lawrence residents — has been set for 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9 on Eggerts Crossing Road, Mayor Pam Mount said.    The soldiers — about 100 or so —…