Category: archives

  • Farmer to tend West Amwell-owned land

    Bob Fulper will farm a 40-acre tract and mow and maintain 20 acres by the municipal building at 150 Rocktown-Lambertville Road. By: Concetta Benuzzi-Volpe    WEST AMWELL — Local farmer Rob Fulper has signed on to cultivate the township farm.    Officials say the five-year municipal agreement that commenced May 8 and runs through May 7, 2008,…

  • May 28, 8:55 p.m.: Nuclear nightmare

    Time for a treaty to secure Russia’s nuclear weapons. By: Hank Kalet    There is no doubt that we need to find ways to keep nuclear weapons out of the hands of terrorists.    That’s why it is unfortunate that the Bush administration appears so unconcerned with their proliferation — aside from programs in Iran and North…

  • Music: Classical

    Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra perform at the Mann Music Center in Philadelphia Aug. 19. Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts 250 S. Broad St. Philadelphia (215) 893-1999 www.kimmelcenter.org    Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, The Magic Flute, June 1-2; Daniel Barenboim, piano, June 5; Philadelphia Orchestra, Absolutely Mozart III, July 1-2. Mann Music…

  • Letters-May 29

    Golf outing raised money for center To the editor:    On behalf of the committee, I would like to sincerely thank all those who participated in the recent New Hope Golf Classic at Glen Heron Golf Club: the golfers, who had a great day even though the weather was not kind; the contributors and hole sponsors,…

  • "The best" American spin on some classic fare

    IN THE KITCHEN:  I’ve read about the Zuni Café in San Francisco for years (although I’ve yet to eat there), intrigued by the story of chef Judy Rodgers’ serendipitous initiation into cooking as a high school exchange student with the famed Troisgros brothers, owners of Les Frères Troisgros in Roanne, France. By: Faith Bahadurian Judy…

  • Stockton workers to have job reviews

    Borough employees will be getting a 3 percent raise, their last one before new performance evaluations are required. By: Linda Seida    STOCKTON — Borough employees are getting a 3 percent raise thanks to the passage of a salary and wage ordinance May 15, but it could be the last time they get any increase without…

  • Music: Pop

    Roseanne Cash plays the Appel Farm Arts and Music Festival in Elmer June 7. Appel Farm 457 Shirley Road Elmer (856) 358-2472 www.appelfarm.org    Arts and Music Festival: Joan Armatrading, Rosanne Cash, Little Feat, Martin Sexton, Kim Richey, Jeffrey Gaines, Gaelic Storm, Vance Gilbert and Ellis Paul, 4 Way Street, Xavier Rudd, Amos Lee, June 7.…

  • May 28, 8:53 p.m.: The politics of terror

    The obsession with terror is controlling our politics. By: Hank Kalet    E.J. Dionne Jr. in the Sunday Outlook section of The Washington Post offers a trenchant analysis of the impact the war on terror will have on the long-term health of our republic.    The basic idea is that the Bush administration is waging an "open-ended,…

  • Chit-Chat-May 29

    Opera singer vicious to local man! By: Merle Citron    Barry Snyder has been involved in the arts for most of his life.    He is an artist, sculptor and former art gallery owner who lives on North Union Street and has been in town for 22 years.    "I owned the Princeton Gallery of Fine Art for…