Category: archives

  • ‘The Day After Tomorrow’

    Rampant fossil-fuel use kicks off a new ice age in this thriller from director Roland Emmerich. By: Bob Brown    Mark Twain once said everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it. The Weather Channel on cable is devoted to the idea that talking about our helplessness in light of nature’s fury can…

  • June 9, 8:57 p.m.: Remembering Ronnie, Part 1.

    Some thoughts on the late 40th president from those who were not so fond of his politics. By: Hank Kalet    Ronald Reagan was a great man, but not a great president.    He changed the way we look at this country and the way we practice politics.    But his policies were mean, his goals ugly and…

  • Roots in Jazz

    A lecture hosted by Jonathan Dawe and pianist Robert Taub, will be part of an afternoon of music and musical conversation June 19 at the Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville. By: Susan Van Dongen Composer and Lawrenceville School teacher Jonathan Dawe will offer a lecture as part of the Musica Viva Music Festival 2004: Ravel and…

  • Lambertville mulls shared loading zone

    The zone would be on Lilly Street in an attempt to free truck traffic on narrow Ferry Street. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — Things were getting ugly on Ferry Street.    And before they got better, they got worse.    The size of Lambertville’s streets, never wide to begin with, added to the frustration of the street’s…

  • Man killed in River Road accident

    Police are awaiting toxicology reports to determine the cause of the single-vehicle crash. By: Linda Seida    SOLEBURY — Police are awaiting the results of toxicology tests to determine the cause of a single-vehicle fatal accident May 20 at about 3 a.m.    Police said Charles C. Viskosvich, 23, of Quarry Commons Drive, Yardley, Pa., was driving…

  • Primary results for Allentown, Millstone, Roosevelt, Washington

    These municipalities featured uncontested races. Roosevelt (D) Patricia Moser: 87 (D) Peggy Malkin: 83 Total voters: 109 Allentown (R) David Strobino: N/A (R) Dan Zorovich: N/A Millstone (R) Bob Kinsey: 365 (D) David Lee: 77 (I) John Pfefferkorn: 3 write-in votes Washington (R) Steve McPhillips: N/A (I) Vince Calcagno: N/A

  • New Hanover chooses candidates for general election

    Unofficial results for area’s only contested primary race. By: Vanessa Holt New Hanover voters selected the Democratic and Republican candidates for the one open seat on the Township Committee Tuesday night. Democrat Gary Southard received 25 votes from his party, defeating Wayne Wharton, who received 12 votes. Republican Dennis Roohr received 94 votes, defeating Norman…

  • Party faithfuls foil primary challengers

    BREAKING NEWS By:    Republican Party candidates for the Borough Council Sue Asher and Joseph Bialiy easily outpaced challengers Michael Polak and Martin Wierzba in Tuesday’s primary voting.    With just under 8 percent of Manville’s registered voters casting ballots, Ms. Asher received 158 votes and Mr. Bialiy received 141, compared to Mr. Polak’s 38 votes and…

  • Like voters, machines need exercise, too

    PACKET EDITORIAL, June 8 By: Packet Editorial    Outside of Princeton Borough, where four Democrats are vying for the Democratic nomination for two seats on the Borough Council, it’s hard to imagine anyone getting excited about going to the polls to vote in today’s primary election.    On most ballots, every office from the Democratic and Republican…