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  • Stockton appoints administrator for LOSAP

    Volunteer firefighters and rescue squad workers can receive $400 a year for accumulating 100 service points. By: Linda Seida    STOCKTON — The Borough Council recently appointed the Lincoln Financial Group of New Jersey as administrator of its service reward program for volunteer firefighters and rescue squad workers.    The firm will be paid a percentage of…

  • Man, 26, arrested in mugging of city woman

    Corey Spears was arrested at his mother’s home in Irvington Oct. 1. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — Police on Monday announced the arrest of an Irvington man they charged last week with the assault and robbery of a Coryell Street woman almost two months ago.    They credited the arrest to the cooperation among several law…

  • ‘I Heart Huckabees’

    Despite its tangled plot, this farce offers nonstop laughs as it pokes fun at everything from poststructuralist French thinking to the earnestness of tree-huggers. By: Bob Brown    This movie is a lovable mess. It leaves nothing out. Everything is a possible sequitur, because everything matters — or doesn’t, depending on how you look at it.…

  • Hunterdon declared ‘disaster’ flood area

    The designation means those with damage from Hurricane Ivan can apply to FEMA for help. By: Linda Seida    Homeowners and merchants who suffered losses in the flood generated by the remnants of Hurricane Ivan now are eligible to apply for federal relief funds thanks to a disaster declaration made by President Bush last week for…

  • ‘The Brothers Karamazov’

    Rutgers Theater Company brings the famous Dostoevsky to life on the stage. By: Stuart Duncan    Rutgers Theater Company is opening its season with The Brothers Karamazov. "Hold on," you say, "that’s not a play — that’s a gigantic novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky." And, of course, you are right — a monster of a book, filled…

  • Historic inn up for sale

    George Michael purchased the former Lambertville House in 1995 for $525,000. It now is assessed at $3,896,000. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — Developer George Michael has put the Lambertville House up for sale.    The decision to sell the historic inn was made with "much sorrow," Mr. Michael said in a press release issued Monday afternoon.…

  • Parenting Pearls-Oct. 7, 2004

    Students must learn to think before they can write. By: Dr. Mae Sakaharov    High school juniors this year are faced with many vexing questions.    As for whether to take the new or old SAT (the old version will be given for the last time Jan. 22), there is no clear answer. Some colleges are willing…

  • Senior Menus-Oct. 7, 2004

       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, Oct. 7 — Apple juice, stuffed cabbage…

  • Intimate Objects

    ‘The Artist/The Subject’ at the Mixed Media Gallery examines the art of the portrait. By: Amy Brummer Blues pianist Roland Sykes, painted by George Thompson. On view at the Mixed Media Gallery in Doylestown, Pa., through Oct. 20.    Against the gray-brown cloud of a distant, sweeping sky, Maximillian Vanko’s sinewy body is wrenched and taut,…