Category: archives

  • More Than a Game

    James Mastrich hopes his book will help coaches and parents instill a sense of integrity and honor in their sons. By: Jim Boyle    On May 1, following Boston’s 110-90 series- clinching victory over Indiana, news cameras captured Pacer Ron Artest as he walked back to the locker room, pushing people out of his way and…

  • General’s Quarters II

    For old-fashioned prices and food, friendly service and an expansive view, drive — or fly — to the restaurant at the Trenton-Mercer Airport. By: Faith Bahadurian General’s Quarters II Trenton-Mercer Airport Interstate 95, Exit 2 Ewing (609) 883-4747 www.generalsquarters.com Food: Good Service: Good, minor lapses Prices: Italian, Continental, American br> Cuisine: Pleasant room with a…

  • It Runs in the Family

    Volunteerism has kept the Mercer Museum’s Folk Fest going for 30 years in Doylestown, Pa. Barbershop for Sheep: A handful of Folk Fest visitors leave several pounds lighter. By: Amy Brummer John Lacy and his daughter, Jordana, bake bread at the Folk Festival oven in 1993.    It has been said that it takes a village…

  • Public comment vital in bridge ranking

    Four Solebury stone arch bridges could be preserved by the Pennsylvania Deaprtment of Transportation depending on their rank, which includes public opinion. By: Linda Seida    SOLEBURY — If preserving the four stone arch bridges in Solebury is important to you, now is the time to speak up and make your opinion count.    The Pennsylvania Department…

  • ‘Identity’

    Top-tier Hollywood talent climbs on board for an escapist, B-grade slasher flick.   [R] By: Bob Brown John Cusack is one of the motorists stranded in the middle of nowhere in the thriller Identity.    As boundaries dissolve between high and low culture, it’s inevitable that film talent goes wading in the shallow end. Stars went midnight bowling…

  • Fatal accident case moved to Raritan court

    Former West Amwell mayor Edward Hawley is facng charges in the death of a township woman killed at the trash dropoff site. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — Former Mayor Edward Hawley went to Municipal Court April 30 to defend himself against charges stemming from the accidental death of a township woman two years ago,…

  • Galleries

    Area art studios, galleries, exhibits, receptions and submission calls E.M. Adams Gallery, 44 Union Square Drive, New Hope, Pa.; paintings and sculpture by E.M. Adams; www.adamsart.com; (215) 862-5667. A MANO Galleries, 42 N. Union St., Lambertville, (609) 397-0063; 128 S. Main St., New Hope, Pa., (215) 862-5122; www.amanogalleries.com Anne Reid Art Gallery, Princeton Day School,…

  • Police Blotter-May 8

    Lambertville    A Lambertville man, who was arrested on an outstanding warrant, also was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia when he was found to be carrying a brass pipe with burnt residue and copper screening, police said.    Police arrested Eric Ralph Cason, 33, of 184 York St., around 6:30 p.m. Friday. The arrest took place…

  • May 7, 1:12 p.m.: A cabal of liars

    So,exactly where are those weapons of mass destruction, anyway? By: Hank Kalet    Ah, credibility. It’s not something our current presidential administration seems much concerned about.    The six-month lead up to war in Iraq was full of a lot of misinformation, disinformation and downright lies tied mostly to the accusations that the Hussein dictatorship was hiding…