Category: archives

  • Civic leaders urge public to Leave a Legacy

    Campaign launched to encourage people to make bequests to favorite charities in their wills. By: Jeff Milgram    A campaign to encourage people to make bequests to their favorite charities "will be planting seeds that will bear trees that will bear fruit," said Ron Brown, director of the Office of Planned Giving at Princeton University, the…

  • Man charged with stalking

    By: Brian Shappell    Police arrested a Kendall Park man for stalking a local woman for the second time in three weeks.    Arthur Scott, 45, of Stillwell Road, was arrested at 10 a.m. on Dec. 18, after violating a Nov. 25 bail condition that prohibited him from coming in contact with a 35-year-old former neighbor. Mr.…

  • Talking shop

    Allentown merchants find holiday business differs this year. By: Mark Moffa    ALLENTOWN — As holiday shopping draws to a close, businesses downtown soon will evaluate the economic outcome of this year’s season.    So far, it seems this fall’s tragic events and the national recession have affected businesses differently.    "The economic climate usually determines how much…

  • Sights of the Season

    Staff photographer Robyn C. Stein recently went out in search of holiday lights around the Lawrence, Hopewell and Lambertville areas. We’ve put together a slide show of her work. Click here to launch the show!

  • Interfaith Council hosts candle lighting

    By:    The Millstone Interfaith Council hosted its first holiday candle-lighting service at the Methodist Church in Clarksburg on Dec. 8.    The 150-year-old building came alive with fun, fellowship and music by special guests from the Mount Ararat Baptist Church Choir, Jamesburg.    It was an evening of cultural sharing with Rabbi Schevelowitz from the Perrineville Jewish…

  • Preliminary township budget numbers look good

    State aid will determine whether those numbers change By:Vanessa S. Holt    SPRINGFIELD — Preliminary numbers for the 2002 township budget look promising, said Township Manager Martin Poinsett last week, but state aid figures will determine whether those numbers change next year.    Under the township’s new "council-manager" form of government, the township manager must submit a…

  • Board of Fire Commissioners’ treasurer resigns

    Kay Hayes found the job ‘frustrating and time-consuming.’ By: Sue Kramer    LAMBERTVILLE — The Board of Fire Commissioners accepted Dec. 11 the resignation of board treasurer Kay Hayes.    "We regret the decision of Kay’s to resign as treasurer," Board Chairman Jack Howell said. "We appreciated her efforts to coordinate between the purchasing agent, the auditor…

  • 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.    Thursday, Dec. 20 — Pasta and bean soup,…

  • Chit-Chat: Ennis’ tough crowd for Chit-Chat writer!

    By: Merle Citron    The crowd of locals that gathers at Ennis’ every morning arrives in different shifts and has done so for more years than they’d care to count.    Starting at 4:30 a.m. the early crew arrives, consisting of Pickles Cicchino, Jim Conover, J.R. Reasoner and others.    Then there’s the crowd, who arrives a bit…