Category: archives
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Route 92 permits set to expire
DEP to wait for Environmental Impact Statement before revisiting road. By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi State permits necessary to build Route 92 are set to expire Monday and the road cannot be constructed if the state Department of Environmental Protection does not reissue them. To issue new permits, required because building the spur would involve filling…
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Mercury report notes towns want stockpile
Utah and Nevada sites vie for stickpile By:Marnie Kunz A preliminary Defense Department statement to be released Friday will not only recommend a consolidation of the nation’s mercury supply, about half of which is in Hillsborough, but will also note locations in Utah and Nevada that have expressed an interest in stockpiling the toxic substance,…
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For the March 25 issue
Robert E. McNamara, Mervin G. Allen, Judith Bereczki, Steven E. Tirado, Carlton A. Herbert. Robert E. McNamara COOKSTOWN Robert E. McNamara, 79, died Saturday at Virtua Memorial Hospital in Mount Holly. Born in New Egypt, Mr. McNamara was a lifetime area resident. He was a retired delivery person for the Photo Lab Industry and…
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An Arthurian Romp
Playful Theatre Productions is offering the first community staging of the revised 1943 Rodgers and Hart musical version of ‘A Connecticut Yankee’ at the Kelsey Theatre March 26 to April 4. By: Matt Smith Front row, from left: Sarah Fenty-Pettorsson, Mike Schiumo and Kathy Stamou star in Playful Theatre Productions’ staging of Rodgers and Hart’s…
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Senior Menus-March 25, 2004
All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville. The value of each meal is $3.13. 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, March 25 Split pea soup, Salisbury…
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‘Godspell’
The Academy Theatre allows for plenty of improv imagination in its production of this 1971 off-Broadway musical. By: Stuart Duncan On the pleasant evening of Monday, May 11, 1971, the mood backstage was somber as the cast of Godspell prepared to face the opening-night audience. The critic from The New York Times had attended the…
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Man hopes to bring sled simulator to Shad Fest
Kyle Tress, a former Lambertville native, is a member of the National Skeleton Team and a hopeful for the 2010 Olympic games in Vancouver. By: Linda Seida Most people are waiting for the cold temperatures to depart for good, but one city native has plans to bring a taste of extreme winter back to Lambertville…
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Proposed LPS budget raises taxes for most
The increase in the tax bill, despite a reduced tax rate, is due to higher assessments. By: Linda Seida LAMBETRVILLE The $2.5 million budget proposed by the Lambertville Public School Board of Education would lower the tax rate by almost 9 cents, but a homeowner whose property is assessed at the citywide average would…
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South team hopes to improve record
By: John Powers The South Hunterdon Regional High School baseball team was 8-10 last year. The Eagles nearly qualified for the Central Jersey Group I playoffs for the first time in more than a decade, and the Eagles were able to beat Skyland Conference Raritan Division rivals Somerville, Delaware Valley and Hackettstown. Many of the…
