Category: archives
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Capturing This Life
Robert Beck is an introspective guy. His paintings take you deep inside the lives of others. By: Amy Brummer TIMEOFF PHOTO/AMY BRUMMER Robert Beck In this digital age, when a roll of film is well on its way to achieving dinosaur status, artist Robert Beck takes an old-school approach to documentary studies. Working on site,…
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Does historic inn come with guests?
George Michael is refusing to say how much he’s asking for the Lambertville House, which he purchased in 1995 for $525,000; it is assessed at nearly $4 million now. By: Linda Seida LAMBERTVILLE For a few million bucks, you could own a historic 26-room hotel complete with a fireplace and Jacuzzi in every room…
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Police Blotter-Oct. 21, 2004
Lambertville A woman rode her bicycle off the towpath Sunday and fell 15 feet, landing on rocks below, police said. The Lambertville-New Hope Ambulance and Rescue Squad, EMS III and Marine 175 removed the victim, Myria Soriano, 54, of Brantwood Drive, Yardley, to a waiting helicopter. She was taken to Helene Fuld Hospital for treatment.…
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Vintage Halloween
Author Claire Lavin turned her lifelong love of the spooky season into a book. By: Amy Brummer Claire Lavin turned her lifelong love of Halloween into a book, Timeless Halloween Collectibles: 1920-1949. Ms. Lavin will speak and share examples from her collection of seasonal decorations at the Yardley Historical Association Oct. 28. Once the first…
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‘Polk County’
McCarter Theatre stages this long-forgotten work by Zora Neale Hurston, a noted member of the Harlem Renaissance. By: Stuart Duncan Polk County, McCarter’s second offering of the season, is a sprawling, too-long, undisciplined look at the squalid living conditions throughout the Depression-ridden South in the 1930s as everyone fought for a toehold and the blacks…
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Letters-Oct. 21, 2004
Wine tasting big success To the editor: Wow, what an evening! The Auxiliary of the Stockton Fire Company would like to thank all who participated in helping make the 10th annual wine tasting Oct. 2 a huge success. For the last 10 years, Dick and Sally Phillips have donated their time and energy in helping…
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Fees waived for repairs after flood
Inspections still are required in New Hope, but the fees to be waived vary, depending on the type of work to be done. By: Linda Seida NEW HOPE Flood-weary residents are getting a break in the form of waived inspection fees for repairs necessitated by damage from the remnants of Hurricane Ivan, officials announced…
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Editorial-Oct. 21, 2004
Continue to protect Delaware By: Mae Rhine Anything that protects the Delaware River could be a good thing. Many in the area still remember when, a few decades ago, shad snubbed the waterway because it was so polluted. Cleanup efforts resulted in the shad returning and spawned the beginning of Lambertville’s annual Shad Festival. Now…
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Heavy Metal Therapy
‘Some Kind of Monster’ screens at the New Jersey Film Festival. By: Jim Boyle Drummer Lars Ulrich is commonly regarded as the spokesman for Metallica and was first to suggest directors Bruce Sinofsky and Joe Berlinger film Some Kind of Monster. For many people, heavy metal is a form of do-it- yourself therapy. Just turn…
