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  • City squad ranks are dwindling

    Lambertville-New Hope Ambulance and Rescue Squad has only about 20 members, five of whom are not available, and wants to have at least 35. By:Carl Reader    LAMBERTVILLE — The City Council Tuesday night heard Lambertville-New Hope Ambulance and Rescue Squad President Robert Brown describe a severe lack of manpower on his squad that limits its…

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  • Star Dreams

    NASA’s traveling exhibit will have a number of programs designed to explain what life is like at the International Space Station when it visits the New Jersey State Museum in Trenton. By: Jim Boyle

  • ‘Public Ghosts — Private Stories’

    George Street Playhouse tells the stories of New Brunswick with this world premiere. By: Stuart Duncan    Those who have seen Amadeus, either on stage or on screen, will remember the comment of Franz Josef after Mozart has played his latest composition: "Too many notes," the emperor says simply. Anne O’Sullivan (left) and Helen Gallagher star…

  • Mamie Nardiello

       Mamie (Adevai) Nardiello, 85, died Monday, April 29, at McCarrick Care Center in Somerset.    Born in New Brunswick, Ms. Nardiello lived in Rossmor for the past 12 years.    She was employed as an office manager for Mid-State Oil Company in North Brunswick, where she had worked for over 20 years. She was later employed as…

  • Stockton denies water bill relief to residents

    By:Carl Reader    STOCKTON — Residents who complained about hefty water bills won’t be getting much relief for those bills or for their sewer bills, which are based on water use.    Monday night the Borough Council denied the requests for relief from Jeff Kreider and Bruce and Margaret Toter. These borough homeowners complained about spikes in…

  • Officials wait ‘toxic mold’ test results at local school

    Stachybotrys atra mold discovered April 24 By:David Koch    FLORENCE — School officials on Tuesday relocated students from basement classes at the Roebling School again while they await the results of tests to determine if a recent cleanup of a so-called "toxic mold" at the school was successful.    The move came in response to concerns voiced…

  • Letters

    Pageant huge success in New Hope To the editor:    Once again, the New Hope community got together for an evening of fun and laughter at the second annual "Queen/King For A Day" pageant.    As the evening drew to a close, a number of New Hope’s longtime residents came up to me and said, "This is…

  • Footprints: Plenty to grumble about in city in 1889

    By:Iris Naylor    If ever there was a perfect time for The Beacon to launch a column by "The Grumbler," it was in 1889, for in 1889 every citizen could find something to grumble about.    January it was the snow and rain, coming as it did after a winter so mild that flowers bloomed in December,…