Category: archives
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Clueless
Hewitt Productions brings the murder-mystery ‘Stage Struck’ to Peddler’s Village in Lahaska, Pa. By: Stuart Duncan The murder-mystery craze in the area may have subsided in the past several years, but the granddaddy of all the Pub Room at the Cock ‘n Bull Restaurant at Peddler’s Village in Lahaska, Pa. continues to flourish.…
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Charming Garden
Fried whole fish and a three-course Peking duck dinner are among the offerings at this attractive storefront restaurant in Yardley, Pa. By: Richard Burns Charming Garden 1591 Big Oak Road Yardely, Pa. (215) 321-8668 Food: Very good to excellent Service: Very good Prices: Moderate Cuisine: Chinese and Japanese Ambiance: Bright and open Hours: > Mon.-Thurs.…
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Mansfield panel to add ‘just cause’ to employee policy
Township clerk asks to repeal ‘at will’ clause in personnel policy. By:Eve Collins MANSFIELD In the aftermath of the former deputy clerk’s bitter resignation, the Township Committee says it is agreeable to taking politics out of township jobs and will consider changing municipal policy to specify that workers can only be dismissed for "just…
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Obituaries-March 20
Louis Verbeyst HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP Louis Verbeyst, a longtime owner of Verbeyst French Dry Cleaners in Princeton and resident of Mount Rose in Hopewell Township, died Monday in Princeton. He was 84. He operated the dry cleaning business on South Tulane Street with his wife of 59 years, Dora Seyfarth Verbeyst, for more than 35…
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR 03/20
From the March 20 edition of the Register-News. By: Trash or treasure Friday, March 21 The Trinity United Methodist Church, 339 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown will hold its monthly sale 9 a.m. to noon on Friday and Saturday on the second floor of the education building. Bag of clothing $1. Girl Scouts Saturday, March 22…
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Chit-Chat
City has many ‘blood’ brothers and sisters By: Merle Citron Last week’s Beacon editorial attests to the fact that when there’s trouble in Lambertville, our town comes together. Twenty-three-year-old Kathleen Foran, a 1998 graduate of South Hunterdon Regional High School, needs a bone marrow transplant to help fight her recently diagnosed leukemia. Kathleen lives in…
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NBC wins Group II basketball crown
Girls come from behind to post victory. By:Sean Moylan ELIZABETHThe Northern Burlington County Regional High School girls’ varsity basketball team, with all odds weighing heavily against it, came together as one to turn a huge 12-point halftime deficit into a stunning 47-40 victory over Newton in Sunday night’s classic Group II State Championship game, held…
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Chamber to hold Spring Fling dinner dance
Event to help support scholarships for students. By:Vanessa S. Holt MANSFIELD If spring makes you want to dance, take that energy to the first Spring Fling dinner dance next month and help support scholarships for high school students along the way. The Greater Bordentown Area Chamber of Commerce (GBACC) Spring Fling will be the…
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Coalition has 180 members
The group has had a candlelight vigil in Mary Sheridan Park that drew 200 people, collected more than 800 signatures opposing war and got the City Council to pass a resolution calling for a diplomatic resolution rather than war. By: Linda Seida LAMBERTVILLE The Lambertville Coalition for Peace has been in existence for less…
