Category: archives

  • Footprints: Railroad offered Gettysburg battlefield tour

    By: Iris Naylor    A hundred years ago, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company was advertising an excursion tour by train to the Gettysburg battlefield, to the nation’s capital and through the famous Shenandoah Valley.    The tour would last five days. An experienced tour guide would be provided, especially to escort unaccompanied ladies to the various sites. The…

  • Residents to vote on $401,997 fire budget

    Voters also will elect one fire commissioner. Lester Myers Sr. has filed for re-election. He is opposed, so far, by Brian Snell, captain of the Union Fire Company. By: Sue Kramer    LAMBERTVILLE — The Board of Fire Commissioners is gearing up for the Feb. 16 elections when residents will vote on a $401,997 budget for…

  • 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, Jan. 21 — Pizza sticks, marinara sauce, vegetables, fruit choice and pudding.    Tuesday, Jan. 22 — Grilled cheese sandwich, tomato soup, crackers and fruit choice.    Wednesday, Jan. 23…

  • Chit-Chat: City jazz man’s cat sings the blues!

    By: Merle Citron    When Frankie found himself in a tight spot, stuck between a rock and a hard place, he definitely was not quiet about the situation.    Luckily, Frankie’s parents and neighbors came to the rescue.    Frankie is an 11-year-old cat that belongs to Erica Sommer and Dan Karcher, who live on York Street in…

  • ‘Yellowman’

    Playwright/actor Dael Orlandersmith offers keen observation on racial hatred in the South that grazes your brain on the way to your heart. By: Stuart Duncan    The latest offering at McCarter Theatre in Princeton, Yellowman, follows the odyssey of a young man, born "high yella" and therefore neither black nor white, and his battle with racial…

  • Editorial: Get to know your police with contest

    By: Mae Rhine    The local cop on the beat is there to protect you, your family and your valuables.    He or she is there to offer help to those who are hurt or victims of a crime.    So it’s a good idea for everyone to get to know who these men and women are in…

  • Web team finding its niche

    Whitehurst, located in Pennington, says it often bails out major companies’ Web departments. By: George Frey    WhitehurstIndustries, a year-old combination marketing and Web firm, is finding its success is a mix of expertise in developing top-notch Web products and helping clients best utilize and market the Web for generating new revenue streams. The company says…

  • ‘The Dinner Party’

    Neil Simon wrestles with life’s more serious issues in this play about three divorced couples. By: Stuart Duncan    About two-thirds of the way through Neil Simon’s The Dinner Party, one of the characters observes, "It’s a goddamned Agatha Christie dinner." The knowledgeable audience at Paper Mill Playhouse started to laugh, then cut off abruptly. It…

  • Spot Check

    Inspect your skin for problem spots before it’s too late.Nationally, there are 47,800 cases and 7,800 deaths each year that can be attributed to melanoma, according to the ACS study. By: Pat Stein "There could be a 100 percent cure rate if all skin cancers were brought to a physician’s attention before they spread," Fitzpatrick…