Category: archives

  • Chit-Chat: City woman proud of Dumpster diving!

    By: Merle Citron    Church Street resident Sally Stang is what I refer to as "a piece of work."    Sally’s mother was an artist, Lee Stang Harr, which probably accounts for the wide variety of talents Sally possesses. She is a singer, artist, teacher and, most definitely, a comedian.    "I’m currently working on the creation of…

  • Senior Menus

       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, April 11 — Navy bean…

  • ‘The King and I’

    Papermill Playhouse stages this famous Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. By: Stuart Duncan    It’s hard to believe that you could muck up a show as lush and beautiful as The King and I, but Paper Mill Playhouse has tried hard.    Most theater historians will tell you the source for the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical was Margaret…

  • Big returns on small spaces

    By: STEVE LUSK    WHEN carefully planned and executed, small spaces feel good and return higher per-square-foot value.    Whether you live in a small house you’re going to remodel or moving to a smaller place, think and plan with four words in mind: inviting, open, bright and efficient. Toward that end, here are tips to help…

  • Stockton to have races for mayor, council in primary

    There also are contests in West Amwell and Delaware Township. By: Mae Rhine    A battle has shaped up in tiny Stockton for the June 4 primary.    Elsewhere, there are contests in West Amwell and Delaware Township.    Longtime Stockton Mayor Gigi Celli, a Democrat, faces a challenge from fellow Democrat Joan Haberle, now a Borough Council…

  • Solebury Police to get 13 percent raises over three years

    The new pact calls a 5 percent raise this year and 4 percent for the following two years. By: Carl Reader    SOLEBURY — The township and the police needed just a few signatures for a new contract that would last three years and grant 13 percent raises for police over that time period.    At the…

  • Danley remembered for love of community

    Florence resident passes away at age 82 By:Vanessa S. Holt    FLORENCE — After Harry "Bucky" Danley retired in the late 1980s he went right back to work, putting in another 14 years as a driver for a car dealership. That was the kind of person he was, said friends and family — a dedicated worker,…

  • OBITUARIES 04/11

    From the April 11 edition of the Register-News By: Robert E. Carroll    NORTH HANOVER — Robert E. Carroll, 72, died April 3 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in Trenton, he was a longtime Wrightstown resident.    He was an aide for C&R Bus Co. and retired as a truck driver from Teamsters…

  • West Amwell board has challenge of finding new chief

    Four vie for three three-year terms on the board. By: Mae Rhine    WEST AMWELL — One of the biggest challenges facing the West Amwell Board of Education will be finding a replacement for longtime Superintendent Anthony DeCanzio who will retire Dec. 31.    There are four candidates who say they are up to that challenge. Vying…