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  • Fire board proposes $455,597 budget

    Voters will decide on the spending plan at the Feb. 21 election. By: Sue Kramer    LAMBERTVILLE — Residents are being asked to approve the Board of Fire Commissioners $455,597 budget when they go to the polls Saturday, Feb. 21.    The basic budget of $405,597 is $26,570 under last year’s. Contributing to the lowered budget was…

  • Tax freeze granted with Solebury easement

    Owners of properties with overlay easements receive a freeze in the school tax rate. By: Linda Seida    SOLEBURY — The Board of Supervisors last week gave thanks to one of the township’s "pioneers" of land preservation, allowing an overlay easement for property that once belonged to playwright Moss Hart that will result in a freeze…

  • City woman runs afowl of the law

    Madeline Schaap will be back in Lambertville Municipal Court again on charges of illegally feeding ducks and geese near her Raritan Pointe home. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — At first, a story about a 66-year-old woman being taken to court for feeding geese and ducks might sound funny.    Certainly it has elicited more than a…

  • Feb. 11, 8:46 p.m.: Just got back from Washington

    A week in the Washington area learning how to be a better editor was well worth it. By: Hank Kalet    OK. I’ve been a little remiss — away in Washington for a week and far too many things to attend to when I returned.    I attended a seminar on editing the weekly newspaper sponsored by…

  • Lady Eagles short one game for sectional tourney

    By: John Powers    The math was simple for the South Hunterdon High School girls basketball team before the beginning of last week.    The Eagles could go 3-0 and qualify for the Central Jersey Group I playoffs with a 9-8 record or go 2-1 and miss it at 8-9.    The Eagles got the first game, routing…

  • Police Blotter-Feb. 12, 2004

    Lambertville    Sunday, Patricia Cameron, 54, of Stockton was charged with drunken driving.    Police said she was driving north on Route 179, swerving between lanes.    She also was charged with failure to maintain lanes and careless driving. She was released without bail.    Eva Voorhees, 44, of 5 York St. was arrested Feb. 4 at about 10:30…

  • ‘She Loves Me’

    Stars in the Park revives this oft-told romance at the Kelsey Theatre. By: Stuart Duncan    Valentine’s Day presents are always a challenge; sometimes flowers or candy are just not enough. Well, this year there is a solution — a production of She Loves Me at the Kelsey Theatre on the Mercer County Community College campus…

  • A Beary Nice Book

    Author/illustrator Erica Wolf lovingly captures the emotions of animals for children and adult readers alike. By: Amy Brummer Yardley, Pa., resident Erica Wolf recently published her first children’s book, I Love You Just the Same. She’ll be at Barnes & Noble Booksellers in Fairless Hills, Pa., for a book signing Feb. 13. Staff photo by…

  • Feb. 11, 8:40 p.m.: Guard gate

    Guard attendance dispute misses the point. By: Hank Kalet    President George W. Bush has opened the records regarding his service in the National Guard way back in Vietnam. He says they prove he was an active member, though no one not affiliated with his party or taking sides in the matter seems to have any…