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  • Old-School Country

    Country singer-songwriter Moot Davis is celebrating the completion and upcoming release of his debut album with a show at Ye Olde Nottingham Tavern in Hamilton Square. By: Jim Boyle "I don’t think it matters a damn bit where you’re from," says country singer Moot Davis, "as long as you’re honest about your music."    Canadian songstress…

  • Editorial-July 24

    Don’t return grant without getting answers By: Mae Rhine    Two wrongs don’t make a right.    Just because Stockton Mayor Gregg Rackin applied for, and received for the borough, a $5,000 grant for a visitors center, that doesn’t mean the council should turn it down.    Councilmen were worried the $5,000 for the center might have canceled…

  • Letters-July 24

    Drug testing ‘valuable tool’ To the editor:    In their common sense ruling in favor of student drug testing, the New Jersey Supreme Court decided that schools can take reasonable efforts to deter student drug use.    The court upheld the Hunterdon Central Regional High School random drug testing program for students in athletics and extracurricular activities…

  • Lambertville Antique Market sold for $2 million

    The deal almost fell through because the Delaware and Raritan Canal Commission wouldn’t sign off on a new five-year lease because of a trash problem. By: Concetta Benuzzi Volpe    WEST AMWELL — A 27-year tradition is set to end for Eric and Beverly Errhalt on Aug. 19 because a neighbor made them an offer they…

  • ‘Forever Plaid’

    Calling all ‘Plaidheads’ for this musical at Playhouse 22. By: Stuart Duncan    When you have seen Forever Plaid four times, you are designated "a Plaidhead" and qualified to compare performances. The current production at East Brunswick’s Playhouse 22 makes it an even dozen for me. I tend to rank presentations in three categories: "The Good,…

  • Police Blotter-July 24

    New Hope    June 29, at 4:05 p.m., an employee of a South Main Street store reported to police that someone stole her bicycle from behind the store sometime overnight.    The bicycle is described as a pink Magna mountain bike.    June 30, at 10:40 a.m., an Old York road resident reported to police that someone had…

  • Senior Menus-July 24

       All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville.    The value of each meal is $3.13. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution. All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine.    The sodium-controlled menu is the same unless otherwise noted.     Thursday, July 24 — Pineapple juice, tuna…

  • Field repairs mean relocation for Ramblers

    A drainage project has left Ely Field in poor condition. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — The Lambertville Ramblers Youth Football League will have to find another place to practice and play for at least three weeks into the football season while its home at Ely Memorial Field is made safe enough to play on, according…

  • ‘The Man Without a Past’

    Dry, self-mocking deadpan humor carries the plot in this Finnish movie as a nameless man attempts to build a new identity.   [PG-13] By: Bob Brown Aki Kaurismäki (center) helms The Man Without a Past, about a man (Markku Peltola, right) who loses his memory and relies on the help of strangers such as Kati Outinen (left).…