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  • Torricelli case waste of money, says lawyer

    The ex-senator’s attorney says the prosecutor is not allowing Mr. Torricelli to plead to a lesser charge, but the city denies this. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — An attorney for former Sen. Robert Torricelli said the city’s prosecutor is wasting taxpayers’ money by continuing to try the politician in municipal court on the charge of…

  • City voters OK budget, incumbents

    The budget includes a 2-cent decrease in the fire tax. By: Sue Kramer    LAMBERTVILLE — A record number of voters turned out Saturday to approve the city’s $455,597 fire budget, which includes a 2-cent decrease in the fire tax, and re-elect two incumbent fire commissioners to three-year terms.    Voters also approved a second ballot question…

  • South says Child Study Team not disbanding

    Lambertville Public School has decided not to use the team’s services any longer, and that creates a worrisome reduction in funding. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — In the wake of a shakeup of South Hunterdon Regional High School’s Child Study Team, officials last week took pains to emphasize the special education unit is not…

  • ‘Deathtrap’

    Pierrot Productions stages this 1978 Ira Levin thriller. By: Matt Smith    Deathtrap, Ira Levin’s 1978 murder-mystery, ran on Broadway for 1,793 performances — and a few thousand homicides — over four and a half years. Pierrot Productions is currently offering its own fun, chilling version at the Kelsey Theatre in West Windsor.    The story, as…

  • Weddings & Special Occasions- 2004

      In the Pink Pastel colors are coming on strong this spring. Page. 3 A Gathering with a View Mountain Lakes House provides an impressive space for almost any occasion. Pg. 5 Diamond Dazed The Jewelery Judge can help with tips on choosing a diamond. Pg. 7 MARKETPLACE: View All Our Display Ads

  • Lady Eagles rout Phillipsburg

    By: John Powers    The South Hunterdon Regional High School girls basketball team is building something special for the future.    And last Thursday night, the Eagles unveiled some of that promise in a preliminary round Hunterdon-Warren Tournament game.    The Eagles, the No. 8 seed, routed No. 9 Phillipsburg 50-35, limiting the Stateliners to just nine baskets…

  • ‘Spunk’

    Rider University impresses with this old-fashioned musical. By: Stuart Duncan    In an age of battlements, crashing chandeliers and ear-splitting orchestra pits, Spunk is an old-fashioned musical, with a cast of 10 re-creating life in the rural South during the late 1920s and early ’30s.    The noted Broadway director George C. Wolfe adapted three short stories…

  • Feb. 25, 6:52 p.m.: Nader’s big blunder

    Ralph chases irrelevancy with latest presidential run. By: Hank Kalet    Here is what Robert Scheer has to say about Ralph Nader’s candidacy:    "The arguments that Nader made last time around seem absurd this time, when it is all too clear that there are significant differences between the Democrats and Republicans on the issues Nader has…

  • Police Blotter-Feb. 26, 2004

    New Hope    Feb. 14, Charles Christian Viskovich, 23, was arrested at 2:30 a.m. for suspicion of drunken driving after an officer stopped him for speeding.    After failing a series of field sobriety tests, he was taken to Doylestown Hospital where he submitted to a blood test, police said.    Charges are pending the results of the…