Category: archives

  • Rider University suspicious letter proves harmless

    Unknown substance identified as carbohydrate-based. By: Lea Kahn    More than 50 Rider University employees and student workers were temporarily quarantined and then evacuated from the Bart Luedeke Student Center and the school’s security building after an office worker discovered a powdery substance inside a letter around lunchtime Tuesday.    The yellow, powdery substance turned out to…

  • Obituaries-Aug. 12, 2004

    Thomas Reading    BERKS COUNTY, Pa. — Thomas C. Reading, 58, of Windsor Township, Berks County, died Tuesday, Aug. 3, at home.    Born in Lambertville, he was the son of Ancil J. and Elizabeth B. Muscatell Reading, both residents of the Easton (Pa.) Nursing Center.    Mr. Reading was a senior sales representative for Numax Inc., Tappan,…

  • ‘Maria Full of Grace’

    Heavy in symbolism, this tension-packed story shows the unglamorous side of the drug trade. By: Bob Brown    Earlier this year, Maria Full of Grace won the Dramatic Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, and it’s easy to see why. Writer-director Joshua Marston knows how to tell a tension-packed story without wasted motion. You are…

  • Hearing slated for city workers’ 3.5% pay hike

    Mayor David Del Vecchio opted to continue his tradition of not taking a salary. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — Members of the City Council will raise most city workers wages by 3.5 percent while denying themselves raises for the fourth consecutive year if an ordinance introduced earlier this month is passed as expected.    Council members…

  • Police Blotter-Aug. 12, 2004

    Lambertville    Friday at 11:14 p.m., police were called to a fight near the area of 26 Wilson St.    Police said Richard Reffitt, 47, of Lambertville was being detained by area neighbors who witnessed him bite Damian Albano, 36, of Lambertville.    Mr. Reffitt’s girlfriend was attending a party at 26 Wilson St., police said. He went…

  • Martino’s Cuban Restaurant

    The food here is enough to seduce, but the chef-owner’s joie de vivre will hook you for life. By: Antoinette Buckley Martino’s Cuban Restaurant 212 W. Main St. Somerville (908) 722-8602 Fax: (908) 575-8395 Food: Very good Service: Embracing Prices: Inexpensive Cuisine: Cuban Ambience: Casual, family-friendly Hours: Tues.-Sun. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Essentials: Accepts major credit…

  • Former mayor appeals fines in fatal crash

    Edward Hawley was found guilty of traffic violations resulting from a Mother’s Day 2001 crash that killed 31-year-old Greta Schmidt by pinning her against a garbage truck at the West Amwell Township municipal building. By: Linda Seida    The attorney for former West Amwell mayor Edward Hawley said Monday he has filed an appeal of the…

  • Back to school

    Local colleges offer an array of new classes just for professionals. By: Gwen McNamara    Feeling stuck in your current position but not sure what to do?    Don’t worry — the area’s institutions of higher learning have a wide range of opportunities for just about everyone.    "It’s never too late to improve your skills or business…

  • Education funding options

    INVESTING Aaron Skloff    With the cost of tuition and fees at a four-year private college now averaging over $18,000 for the 2002-2003 academic year*, it may be prudent to start saving as early as possible for the higher education costs of your children or grandchildren. There are now several options specifically designed for education funding…