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  • Some quick and easy party appetizers

    IN THE KITCHEN by Faith Bahadurian:  Quick and easy spreads and dips that have disappeared from the table and stood the test of time. Illustration by Judy Martin    Spring seems to bring many invitations to parties and family gatherings, and I am always scrambling for something fairly quick and easy to put together to bring…

  • ‘Weird Romance’

    Raritan Valley Community College offers a pair of one-act musicals based on a sci-fi theme. By: Stuart Duncan    It has been more than a dozen years since we have had the opportunity to visit the superb facilities at Raritan Valley Community College. For the most part, the school offers one-night productions of touring shows —…

  • Ely Field plan goes out to bidders

    The field will be renovated after school’s out, meaning there will be no summer recreation program this year. By: Carl Reader    LAMBERTVILLE — The City Council has given Kendra Lelie, a city planner with Scangarello Associates Inc., the go-ahead to put the Ely Memorial Field reconstruction project out to bid.    Ely Field is set to…

  • Obituaries

    Jack Venettone Sr.    WEST AMWELL — Jack M. Venettone Sr., 65, died Tuesday, April 9, at Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township.    Born in Lambertville, he was a lifelong area resident.    Mr. Venettone was an officer with the Lambertville Police Department for 32 years and had been chief of police 15 years, retiring in 1996. He…

  • Chit-Chat: New Hope couple right on the button!

    By: Merle Citron    In America we apparently have a society for everything.    Did you know there exists an organization called the National Button Society, and it’s got more than 4,000 members, two of whom are Annie and Johnson Frazier of New Hope?    Together, this husband and wife team, buys, sells and collects buttons, thousands and…

  • School Menus

    Delaware    A la carte items, bagel bag, chef salad and fruit choice available daily. All meals served with choice of white, 2-percent or low-fat chocolate milk.    Monday, April 22 — Cheeseburger on bun, French fries, pickles, hot vegetable and fruit choice.    Tuesday, April 23 — Grilled cheese sandwich, tomato soup, crackers, Jell-O and fruit juice.…

  • ‘King Lear’

    Actors’ NET of Bucks County presents Shakespeare’s tragedy with all its intrigue and gore. By: Stuart Duncan Actors’ NET of Bucks County in Morrisville, Pa. is offer King Lear through April 28.    It’s absolutely astonishing how, time after time, Actors’ NET of Bucks County can take the most intricate of shows, adapt them to its…

  • Ex-city police chief remembered

    Jack Venettone Sr. was "like a son" to former police chief Frank Masterson. By: Cynthia Williamson    LAMBERTVILLE — As a blue sea of law enforcement saluted the casket outside St. John the Evangelist Church Saturday, an onlooker watching the funeral procession from across Bridge Street wondered aloud if the deceased was "anyone important."    Jack M.…

  • ‘Pageant’

    The Forum Theatre in Metuchen offers this wonderfully silly and howlingly funny show. By: Stuart Duncan    Pageant, a musical comedy, has been around for a few weeks; in fact it’s making a triumphant return to the Forum Theatre in Metuchen. I missed it on its first visit — my loss, as it turns out. The…