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  • Scouting escape: Program offers girls new adventures

    Washington Township Girl Scouts from troops 756 and 1837 are taking part in the Studio 2B Escape Program, in which they embark on trips as a way to further their Scouting experience. By: Sarah Winkelman WASHINGTON — Whether it’s snowboarding in Michigan, touring the homes of Edgar Allen Poe and Betsy Ross in Philadelphia or…

  • Lady Eagles relentless in tourney game

    By: John Powers    The South Hunterdon Regional High School girls basketball team knew it had a daunting task Feb. 23 when it traveled to top-seeded Voorhees for a Hunterdon-Warren Tournament quarterfinal.    The outcome was not surprising, but the Eagles hung in throughout a 65-44 loss in Lebanon Township. While Voorhees went on to win the…

  • Ex-senator says not guilty of speeding

    Police allege Robert Torricelli was going 40 mph in a 25-mph zone in Lambertville. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — On the heels of his recent guilty verdict for leaving the scene of a Lambertville accident last summer, former Sen. Robert Torricelli has entered a plea of not guilty in relation to a speeding ticket he…

  • Charter Day

    Pennsbury Manor hosts its annual celebration of Pennsylvania’s founding. By: Amy Brummer Staff photos by Amy Brummer The Pennsbury Manor House, a Georgian-style reconstruction of the original structure, built for William Penn in the 1680s. Flanked on the left by the bake and brew house, the Manor House could accommodate Penn, his children, and a…

  • Thomas the Train

    The Lambertville Public Library held a Thomas the Train forum for children. Curran Lane, 3, of Lambertville looks at a book about trains and how they work at the Lambertville Public Library during the Thomas the Train event Saturday morning.

  • Contested races shape up in three districts

    Only Stockton does not have a contest in the April 20 school election. By: Mae Rhine    There will be contested races for seats on three of the four area boards of education in the school election April 20.    There are four people running for the three open seats on the Lambertville school board. The only…

  • Letters-March 4, 2004

    War is an addiction To the editor:    Saturday, Feb. 28, I saw Chris Hedges speak at Hunterdon Central.    He has been a war correspondent in conflicts from El Salvador to Bosnia and is the author of "War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning."    It was a fascinating talk, and one I hope might encourage…

  • Benefit planned for adopted boy’s parents

    The Walters family, formerly of West Amwell, had to fight the birth mother for custody of their 2-year-old son, Patrick. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — Can you put a price on the good things in life?    Not things like a trip to Disneyland or a new Porsche or even a more modest weekend at the…

  • ‘Foreign Exchange’

    Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey stages this time-shifting play by Peter Hays. By: Stuart Duncan    They always tell young playwrights to "write about things you know," but perhaps guilt trips don’t make the best plays.    Fledgling writer Peter Hays has long been haunted by the fact that his grandfather supervised the construction of the internment…