Category: archives
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Rocket Toasters
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts celebrates a classic era in design. By: Matt Smith During the 1920s and ’30s, the United States suffered through the hunger of the Great Depression and the unquenchable thirst of Prohibition. World War I lingered in the national consciousness, and another "war to end all wars" loomed on…
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Nuse Sense
Madness could be even crazier By: Bob Nuse Everybody loves March Madness. Even people who don’t follow college basketball all season long get into the spirit when the NCAA men’s basketball tournament begins. People everywhere are filling out bracket sheets, trying to figure out where the upsets come. It doesn’t really matter whether you follow…
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New Hope to purchase police SUV
By: Carl Reader NEW HOPE Those flashing lights in your rearview mirror could be on top of a shiny new police vehicle soon. The Borough Council voted March 12 to purchase a new police vehicle for the force at a cost of $33,500. It will replace a clunker from 1988 that the police have…
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Spring Home and Garden
Inside This Magazine: Cherished Gardens Moon Song…Night time flowers Home Matters, Urban Style Rainbow Gardening Smith House Enjoys New Life AND MUCH MORE Click Here to read the "Spring Home and Garden Magazine" View All Our Display Ads
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Letters
What can reader tell her children? To the editor: When I read in today’s paper that South Hunterdon’s referendum was one of the few in our area that was defeated, it made me want to cry. Do you want to know why? Because when my seventh-grader gets off the bus today, I have to explain…
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South Hunterdon to review options for funding high school repairs
$11.8 million bond may go back to voters at the April 16 school election. By: Carl Reader WEST AMWELL Got an extra million? South Hunterdon Board of Education officials this week will grapple with how to find more than $1 million to pay for repairs needed to bring the high school into compliance with…
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Subtle Funk
Electric Jellyfish delivers satisfying sounds. By: Daniel Shearer With two years of weekly gigs at Joe’s Mill Hill Saloon under their belts, the four members of the Yardley-based band Electric Jellyfish have polished their groove to a glossy sheen. Straddling the line between jam band and jazz quartet, the group started its career in the…
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‘Thrilled to Death’
Hewitt Productions brings Thrilled to Death to the table at Peddlers Village. By: Stuart Duncan In the theater world, 15 years is a long time. In the world of murder- mystery groups, it is an aeon. While groups have arrived, flourished, stagnated and then closed, the granddaddy of them all, Hewitt Productions, continues to pack…
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Chit-Chat: City man’s second career is blooming!
By: Merle Citron Roger Thompson and his wife, Cynthia Reed, own The Goldsmith, a jewelry store on North Union Street. Roger loves all things of beauty, whether it is the sparkling jewelry he fashions or his collection of orchids, all of which he raises in his basement. He told me his passion for orchids is…
