Category: archives

  • Board member addition upheld

    District argued data to determine reapportionment. By:Eve Collins    The New Jersey State Board of Education has upheld a controversial ruling that reapportioned the Burlington County Regional School Board to give Chesterfield a new member and at the expense of North Hanover.    The school district — which serves students from Chesterfield, Mansfield, North Hanover and Springfield…

  • City approves house, driveway

    By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — It took an unusually long period of eight months to smooth the kinks out of a variance application, but in the end the applicant and the Zoning Board of Adjustment came to an agreement that pleased both sides.    Rolf van Ishem first applied for the variance in June. He wanted…

  • School district expects tike hike

    Taxes, however, are less than anticipated. By:Vanessa S. Holt    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — School administrators said although taxes are expected to increase, they will be less than originally anticipated.    The $24.2 million proposed school budget includes a $15.9 million tax levy. If the budget is approved, school taxes would increase 3.3 percent in Bordentown Township, 3…

  • LBA Highlights

    By: Karen Scheetz    The first round of the playoffs were held Saturday with a number of close games that went down to the final minutes.    The winners advance to the championships at South March 15. Third- and fourth-grade boys Pedersen Gallery 12 T-Recs 2    Pedersen’s Gallery advanced to the final round of the playoffs with…

  • ‘Company’

    The Brook Arts Center offers a surprising revival of Stephen Sondheim’s once-controversial musical. By: Stuart Duncan    Stephen Sondheim’s Company has always been controversial. The out-of-town reviews in early 1970 were not favorable. In fact, the reviewer for Variety in Boston said the show would appeal only to homosexuals and misogynists.    The critics in New York,…

  • Senior Menus-March 13

       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. Regular menu    Thursday, March 13 — Tomato juice,…

  • Residents strike a chord for avoiding war

    Jim Downey makes his voice heard for peace. By:    At a time when anxiety is high and war seems imminent between the United States and Iraq, a local voice in favor of peace has made its presence known.    Jim Downey of Bordentown City is like many people — he goes to work, has a family…

  • Emerald Edge

    Solas brings its updated take on Irish music to McCarter Theatre in Princeton. By: Matt Smith    When it’s time for Irish music supergroup Solas to begin work on a new album, its five members put individual egos aside for the good of the recording process, says co-founder Winifred Horan.    "Everyone contributes," Ms. Horan says. "Just…

  • A Taste of Spring

    The Bucks Beautiful Garden fair offers a preview of the season with three landscaped exhibit halls and a variety of seminars. By: Amy Brummer    Cabin fever ran rampant this winter. With long stretches of damp, overcast days, bone-chilling cold and back-to-back snowstorms, the great outdoors seemed like more of an obstacle than a breath of…