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  • Fieldsboro gives thumbs up to yellow ribbons

    FIELDSBORO — About 20 residents, many dressed in shades of yellow, filled the seats of the municipal courtroom Monday night as the Borough Council unanimously approved a resolution allowing the placement of yellow ribbons on municipal property. By: Vanessa Holt    In the past three weeks the borough has become synonymous with yellow ribbons since it…

  • ‘Godspell’

    Bucks County Playhouse offers John-Michael Tebelak’s Gospel update, which was helped along by theater critic Stuart Duncan way back when. By: Stuart Duncan    The story of Godspell is well known: A candidate in the master’s program at Carnegie Mellon University, John-Michael Tebelak, was having trouble settling on a thesis subject. He dreamt of finding a…

  • What a difference a week makes!

    Last week’s snowstorm was just a distant memory as temperatures soared near 80 this week. Cate Blair, 2, of Doylestown plays on the jungle gym in Cavallo Park in Lambertville Monday (April 14).

  • Mansfield eyes stable municipal tax rate

    By: Eve Collins    MANSFIELD — The Township Committee could approve a municipal budget that carries no tax increase later this month.    The proposed $4.6 million plan was introduced by a vote of 3-1 March 12. A public hearing was held April 9. None of the 30-some members of the audience commented on the plan.    The…

  • Art of the Strut

    The County Theater in Doylestown, Pa., presents a documentary tribute to the Mummers Parade. By: Amy Brummer    While gearing up for the big event, a handsome Italian-American from South Philly is driving along the highway in full Geisha makeup. He takes a minute to talk about the art of the strut.    "It makes you powerful,"…

  • Springfield adopts budget, plans for capital projects

    SPRINGFIELD — The Township Council has adopted a 2003 municipal budget that increases the tax municipal tax rate by 11.5 percent. By: Vanessa Holt    The council also approved a bond ordinance on April 9 that would authorize the township to appropriate up to $1 million for municipal improvements. The bond ordinance would not have an…

  • Many school plans get rejected

    Voters in Chesterfield, Florence, Mansfield, Springfield and three of the four sending districts in the Northern Burlington County Regional School District each rejected proposed school budgets. By: Eve Collins and Vanessa Holt        School administrators and area municipal governments face some tough decisions.    Voters in Chesterfield, Florence, Mansfield, Springfield and three of the four sending…

  • EDITORIAL: The high cost of incarceration

    By:    Another dubious milestone in American history was achieved recently when the nation’s prison and jail population topped 2 million for the first time.    Don’t we all feel safer now?    The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that our prisons and jails hold one in every 142 U.S. residents. During the 12-month period ending June 30,…

  • Senior Menus-April 17

       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, April 17 — Apple juice, cheese lasagna…