Category: archives

  • Program to revisit Lambertville disasters

    CHIT-CHAT by Merle Citron By:    I have to give Sharon Bisaha of Buttonwood Street a great deal of credit for all she does. Sharon works full time as a research scientist at Bristol-Myers Squibb. She works hard, is splendidly organized and is very involved with the Lambertville Historical Society programs. Right now she is making…

  • CVS drive-through proposal meets resistance

    The city’s planner, quoting from a letter from the county Planning Board, said a drive-through window is ‘not in keeping with the pedestrian character of Lambertville.’ By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — Representatives of a proposed CVS pharmacy on Route 29 at Cherry Street fielded questions from residents last week about the drugstore’s plans for lighting…

  • New Hope OKs longer day for bridge work

    Move is expected to shave a minimum of three weeks from the work schedule. By: Linda Seida    NEW HOPE — Borough Council members passed a resolution Tuesday to temporarily lengthen the workday by three hours while renovations are under way on the New Hope-Lambertville free bridge, a move that is expected to shave a minimum…

  • West Amwell fair to bring back the ’50s

    Can you dig it? By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — Remember the good old days of greasers, poodle skirts and drive-in movies? It didn’t matter how far you had to travel to the drive-in — and the bigger your car was, the better — because in the 1950s gas was less than 10 cents a…

  • Lucky 13 returns to field hockey after Hodgkin’s disease battle

    Lambertville resident Betsy Welsh is back on the field at Princeton Day School. By: Justin Feil    Betsy Welsh wasn’t even sure what Hodgkin’s disease was when she found out she’d been diagnosed with the cancer that starts in lymphatic tissue.    "The first day was pretty hard, but it didn’t hit me," said Betsy, a Lambertville…

  • Obituaries — Sept. 11

    By: Peggy Lewis    LAMBERTVILLE — Peggy Lewis, 86, well known in New Jersey, Bucks County and New York City art circles as a writer, artist, collector and arts activist, died Sept. 1 at Fox Subacute Center, Warrington, Pa.    Born Peggy Kaufman in Baltimore, Md., Ms. Lewis was a graduate of Goucher College, now located in…

  • ‘Promises, Promises’

    A wonderful cast at Playhouse 22 makes the current staging of Neil Simon’s play terrific. By: Stuart Duncan    We have gotten so accustomed to theatrical devices that it is good to remember Neil Simon was breaking new ground in late December 1968 when Promises, Promises opened on Broadway.    The musical — with a score by…

  • Spies Among Us

    Charles Evered tracks the birth of the CIA in ‘Wilderness of Mirrors’ at George Street Playhouse. By: Matt Smith    These days, Charles Evered makes his living as a playwright and academic. He also has toiled as a freelance journalist, late-night security guard and a packer at a produce- distribution warehouse. Mr. Evered even tried his…

  • Partners in Progress plans hoedown

    Sept. 18 event in New Hope will feature square dancing with a professional caller.    NEW HOPE — New Hope Partners in Progress will hold Hoe-Down 2003 at 6 p.m. Sept. 18 at the New Hope Eagle Fire Company.    "Each year PIP has produced a community event that features a theme dance," said President Roy Ziegler.…