Category: archives

  • ‘Life as a House’

    Kevin Kline plays a man who spends his last months reconciling with his estranged family. By: Jim Boyle Kevin Klein sets out to build his dream house and rebuild his family in the final moments of his life.    It’s no secret: This has been a terrible year at the movies. Audiences have been subjected to…

  • CATS Eyes helps to lessen fears

    Anti-terrorist training can ease minds By:    Local residents recently had a chance to lessen their fears about terrorism through an informative program we are happy to support.    About two dozen residents attended an informal training session at the Bordentown City Municipal Building called CATS (Community Anti-terrorism Training) Eyes.    The two-hour session was led by Jason…

  • Teacher’s works will still live on

    Mary Jo Young would have appreciated tribute By: The lengths area students and teachers went to honor a teacher who recently passed away reminded us how caring our local communities are to their educators, both living and in memory. Mary Jo Young, a former health and physical education teacher at the MacFarland Junior School, would…

  • South loses final game of season

       Five seniors at South Hunterdon played the last football game of their high school careers Thanksgiving Day at Delaware Valley Regional High School, losing to the Terriers 41-23.    The first half was all Del Val as Terrier Craig Douglas scored four touchdowns off runs of one, two and 16 yards and a 102-yard interception return,…

  • City policemen receive promotions

    Cpl. Michael O’Rourke is promoted to sergeants and Detective Jeffrey Jones and Patrolman Robert Brown are now corporals. By: Carl Reader    With appreciation for those who protect and serve the public seemingly at an all-time high, it’s no wonder family, friends and associates turned out to see the promotion this month of three Lambertville policemen.…

  • Panel to fill seat vacancy

    Committee has until Dec. 19 to choose By:David Koch    MANSFIELD — The Township Committee has until Dec. 19 to choose a replacement for former Democratic Committeeman Ernest Dubay, who resigned last week.    A letter of resignation written by Mr. Dubay that explains his reasons for leaving the Township Committee was expected to be read at…

  • House of Being

    Bucks County Community College presents a poetry reading with this year’s Poet Laureate Allen Hoey. By: Daniel Shearer    Dr. Allen Hoey, professor of language and literature at Bucks County Community College, retells a joke he heard from a comic that sums up his beliefs.    A man returning to his car finds an expired parking meter…

  • Jake Fell re-elected to New Hope Borough Council

    Mr. Fell was tied with Rey Velasco with 446 votes each so a drawing had to be held at the Bucks County Board of Elections. Mr. Fell’s victory gives a clean sweep for New Hope Residents for Continued Positive Government-endorsed candidates. By: Mae Rhine    NEW HOPE — It was a bitter "pill" to swallow, but…

  • School gets Sept. 11 grant

    West Amwell Elementary School will receive $727 of the $1.5 million being given by the state Project School Emergency Response to Violence fund. It was to reimburse the district for expenses incurred to hire a substitute school nurse. The school’s nurse, Spring Pittore, her husband, Pat, and their search and rescue dogs went to the…