Category: archives
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Indemnification law sets poor precedent
To the editor I thought our elected officials were supposed to be looking out for the town. Instead we’re being taxed out of town and they’re looking out for themselves. The tax burden has become especially difficult on senior citizens and others on fixed incomes. But if you think your taxes are high now …
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Trick-or-treaters collecting for UNICEF children’s fund
One group of Weston School students is helping make Halloween a little less scary for other children this year by collecting for the United Nations Children’s Fund. The students in Madeline Perry’s kindergarten class at the school will be forgoing the usual search for candy in favor of nickels and dimes to forward to the…
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Oct. 15, 8:16 p.m.: News on news
Fox and the promulgation of myth and distortion. By: Hank Kalet Harold Meyerson in the Washington Post reviews the results of a study conducted by the Program on International Policy Attitudes (a joint project of several academic centers, some of them based at the University of Maryland) and Knowledge Networks, a California-based polling firm, that…
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Sewer pipe odor fixed, utility says
The Bucks County Water and Sewer Authority flushed the system and installed new "floaters" that will send a signal to a computer system in the event of future problems. By: Linda Seida NEW HOPE Residents of East Randolph Street are taking a wait-and-see attitude in response to news that a longtime odor problem there…
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Fire safety
Hibernia Capt. Mike Abrams dons his uniform to teach children about fire safety. Captain Mike Abrams is in his full fire-fighting uniform and shakes hands with children at the Lambertville Public Library Oct. 9 to teach them not to be afraid.
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Editorial-Oct. 16, 2003
Continue to preserve city’s rich history By: Mae Rhine Many residents have been vocal lately in wanting to preserve the history of Lambertville. Now there’s another opportunity for residents to help preserve the heritage of their city in a less obvious way. The historic Mount Hope Cemetery will hold its annual Fall Field Day Saturday,…
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‘Nunsense… A-Men!’
Bucks County Playhouse gets back in the habit with this zany musical. By: Stuart Duncan The annual visit of Nunsense came to Bucks County Playhouse last week. This time it is Nunsense… A-Men, the male version of the familiar script, with five men playing the Little Sisters of Hoboken (known in the trade as "The…
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Letters-Oct. 16, 2003
Vote for change in city’s mayor To the editor: People of Lambertville, it is time to take our city back, and Chris Gazzillo, a real Lambertvillian, is the man to lead the charge. For the past 12 years, we have had the same governing body running our city. I have lived in Lambertville all my…
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Entrepreneur saw the light — the solar light
Local man turns sunshine into energy. By: John Tredrea About 20 years ago, chemical engineer Lyle Rawlings left a secure, good-paying job with one of the biggest energy companies in the world, Exxon, to strike out on his own in an energy field that was still quite new: solar power. It was hard going initially.…
