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  • Parenting Pearls-Jan. 6, 2005

    Make a resolution to thank someone By: Dr. Mae Sakharov    The sky was gray as heavy rain clouded my windshield on the drive to the supermarket.    A less-than-enthusiastic shopper, such a destination fills me with anxiety at the thought of rows and rows of stuff. Carts filled by more focused shoppers zoom past as if…

  • Senior Menus-Jan. 6, 2005

       All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville.    The value of each meal is $4.35. 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, Jan. 6 — Grape juice, meatballs in…

  • Alternative Reality

    McCarter Theatre stages the dark fairy tales of ‘The Secret in the Wings.’ By: Susan Van Dongen TIMEOFF PHOTOS/MARK CZAJKOWSKI ‘The Secret in the Wings’, written and directed by Mary Zimmerman (above), plays in Princeton through Feb. 13.    Fairy tales are not for the faint- hearted. The Disney versions may be heavy on the beautiful…

  • Man killed in fall at development

    Jan Jeglikowski, 49, of Trenton fell 40 feet from a scaffold while working on a townhouse at the 129-unit project on Lambert’s Hill. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — A worker at Orleans Homebuilders’ Lambert’s Hill development died the evening of Dec. 29 from injuries incurred in a fall at the site earlier that day.    The…

  • New clerk sworn in West Amwell

    Committeewoman Nance Palladino is the new township mayor. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — Committeewoman Nance Palladino was sworn in as mayor during the township’s reorganization meeting Jan. 1.    Ms. Palladino, who also is a county freeholder, previously served as township mayor in 2002 and as deputy mayor in 2004.    The position of mayor customarily…

  • Restaurateurs plan free coffee

    Chris and Ellen Bollenbacher want to open a 32-seat breakfast restaurant in a structure next to their current eatery, The Landing. By: Linda Seida    NEW HOPE — Free coffee is coming to town.    That’s a bottomless cup of joe, in a sit-down restaurant, whether you buy food or not.    Not only that, the bathrooms will…

  • Letters-Jan. 6, 2005

    Southside dogs were represented To the editor:    I’d like to respond to a recent letter to the editor from Marjorie Apple.    Marjorie feels the south part of town was neglected in the calendar I recently completed. My south-side buddies — Beanzy, Bailey, Oscar and Willie — would beg to differ!    In addition, I would like…

  • Obituaries-Jan. 6, 2005

    Roger Miles    SOLEBURY — Roger H. Miles, 76, of Solebury died Monday, Dec. 27, at Hunterdon Medical Center in Raritan Township.    Mr. Miles has been a resident of Solebury since 1960.    He was born in Watertown, Mass. He was the son of the late Mildred I. Miles Walsh, a Mayflower descendant, and George C. Miles.…