Category: archives
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Parenting Pearls
Pets provide markers in a lifetime By: Dr. Mae Sakharov How does one measure a life? How do we record the comings and goings as the pages turn faster and faster? Moments stand out, feeding the senses. Perhaps it is as simple as walking past a certain restaurant on a winter’s day as the smell…
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Solebury team improved despite record
SOLEBURY Solebury School’s girl’s varsity basketball team finished the season with a 2-19 record. Despite its record, Coach Renee LaPorte said the team has improved and competed toe-to-toe in the first half of many games against much more experienced teams. The last tournament for the Solebury girls was The Hill Tournament and proved the…
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Autopsy holds no clues to woman’s sudden death
Toxicology reports could take as long as four months, police said, on the 39-year-old woman found dead while her 2-year-old daughter sat safely nearby. By: Linda Seida LAMBERTVILLE An autopsy revealed no clues in the sudden death of 39-year-old Denise Bocchino, who was found dead in her bed in a North Main Street apartment…
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Inspirational Musicals
Bucks County Playhouse opens its season with ‘Jesus Christ Superstar.’ By: Daniel Shearer Staff photo by Daniel Shearer Bucks County Playhouse owner Ralph Miller will direct Jesus Christ Superstar, on stage April 1-9. Landing a job in show business is a lot like winning the lottery. From a pool of more than 1,000 stage-hungry applicants…
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Budget calls for city tax hike
The hike could be reduced, however, if Lambertville receives $150,000 in state aid. By: Linda Seida LAMBERTVILLE Municipal taxes will be going up, the highest jump in 13 years, but the question still remains by how much. The City Council introduced a $3.3 million budget last week that hinges on the receipt of $150,000…
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Solebury priest accused of sexual abuse
The Rev. John Schmeer one of five named in suit. By: Linda Seida SOLEBURY When a Roman Catholic priest in the township was accused in one of six lawsuits filed last week against the Archdiocese of Philadelphia of sexually abusing a high school student for two years during the late 1960s, his parishioners vehemently…
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Police Blotter-April 1, 2004
Lambertville Marsena Elleazar Mungin, 42, of Philadelphia was stopped at 4:11 p.m. Saturday for having no rear license plate illumination and arrested on an outstanding warrant. She was stopped at Route 29 going south at Weeden Street. Police said she was unable to produce a driver’s license or registration for the car she was driving.…
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Open house set for renovated HMC emergency department
RARITAN TOWNSHIP Since Hunterdon Medical Center’s founding nearly 50 years ago, Hunterdon County has grown far beyond its rural roots. In just the last 10 years, its population has risen 13.1 percent while the state increased only 8.6 percent. Over the years, the Hunterdon Medical Center has expanded to meet the needs of the…
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Preseason good omen for Eagles baseball team
By: John Powers The preseason signs have been good for the South Hunterdon Regional High School baseball team. Now the Eagles hope to soar when the games count. Eagles coach Scott Ward’s team will open the season today (Thursday) at home against Somerville before facing Ewing Saturday morning. The preseason was highlighted by an 11-1…
