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  • Lambertville gets $300,000 grant for City Hall renovations

    The money would make the building more accessible to people with disabilities. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — Lambertville received a $300,000 grant last week from the Department of Community Affairs to make City Hall more accessible to people with disabilities.    The grant will be used to install an elevator and ramps. It also will fund…

  • Man given OK for three-story house

    Robert Groff won approval for the house plan at 86 George St. By: Linda Seida    The owner of a George Street property will be permitted to build a three-story house on the site, the Zoning Board of Adjustment decided during a meeting held Oct. 30.    Robert Groff owns the 2,372-square foot parcel located at 86…

  • Sergeantsville Inn – Sergeantsville

    An award-winning wine list, well-coordinated service and a seasonal menu with interesting and healthful choices make this inn an excellent choice for an autumn meal. By: Kate and Tom O’Neill Sergeantsville Inn 601 Rosemont-Ringoes Road Sergeantsville (609) 397-3700 www.sergeantsvilleinn.com Food: Very good Service: Excellent, knowledgeable Prices: Moderate to expensive (inexpensive world-class wine list) Cuisine: Contemporary…

  • Sleepy Cows and Well-Dressed Sheep

    Solebury, Pa., artist Robert Beck unveiles his latest body of work, American Farm. By: Amy Brummer "The Girls," oil on panel by Solebury artist Robert Beck.    In 1892, John Froelich invented a gasoline-powered tractor that could move both backward and forward — a significant achievement. While he was assuredly a pioneer of his time, for…

  • Solebury to keep tab on dry wells

    The township has to know about wells drying up because it could force New Hope Crushed Stone to pay for them if it is determined the quarry’s operation caused the problem. By: Linda Seida    SOLEBURY — When a well goes dry, township officials want to know about it.    Sharing information is the only way to…

  • Nov. 5, 8:47 p.m.: The Reagan story

    How the right has subverted independent thinking. By: Hank Kalet nbsp;  Oh, how sordid all of this Reagan stuff is.    Perhaps, you’ve heard the story. CBS pays $9 million for a two-night miniseries on former President Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy. The film is pretty unflattering — or, so we’re told — and the usual…

  • Nov. 5, 8:40 p.m.: Not letting it be

    Get ready for a cleaned up version of "Let It Be." By: Hank Kalet    Here is a review from the New York Times of the forthcoming remade and reconfigured "Let It Be," now called "Let It Be Naked."

  • Police Blotter-Nov. 6, 2003

    Lambertville    A Lambertville man was charged with drunken driving Nov. 2.    Police stopped Michael Anthony Kowal Jr., 47, of 13 York St. at 2:53 a.m. on Wilson Street.    Mr. Kowal, who had been traveling northbound on Route 29, also was charged with failure to maintain lanes and refusal to submit to a breathalyzer test.    He…

  • Tales from the Podium

    After a career of milestones, Joseph Flummerfelt reaches a bittersweet decision. By: Daniel Shearer Staff Photo by Frank Wojciechowski "I’m almost more fascinated with the process than I am with the performance," says Joseph Flummerfelt, now in his final season at Westminster Choir College.    The modestly framed photographs on the wall speak of a lifetime…