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  • 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, Oct. 25 — Apple juice, meatballs with…

  • Lessons to learn from Oxford

    BOOK NOTES by Joan Ruddiman: Odd circumstances bring very interesting people into our lives. By:    Odd circumstances bring very interesting people into our lives. Several years ago, a Lyndall Gordon from Oxford, England, wrote Jeff McLaughlin, former president of the Allentown-Upper Freehold Historical Society seeking information on Gilbert Imlay.    The letter found its way to…

  • Asylum of Lost Souls

    No ‘fraidy cats here. Nope. Not even in a crumbling 172-year-old prison with frightening characters running around in the dark trying to grab you. By: Matt Smith Crumbling cellblocks and empty guard towers await visitors to Terror Behind the Walls at the Eastern State Penitentiary of Philadelphia.    Halloween is not my holiday.    My idea of…

  • Township to replace damaged vehicles

    Squad temporarily using borrowed cars By:Vanessa S. Holt    CHESTERFIELD — Township police are temporarily using borrowed vehicles while they try to replace the three patrol cars that were damaged or totaled on Oct. 12 when a rampaging Army reservist from Fort Dix led local police on a chase that ended with the soldier’s death in…

  • Visionary Threads

    An exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia showcases the work of fashion maverick Rudi Gernreich. By: Sally Friedman    He was fashion’s bad boy, a maverick, an iconoclast and, many would insist, a visionary.    When the late Rudi Gernreich burst on the fashion scene in the 1960s and ’70s, the rules were changed…

  • Chit-Chat: Lambertville Station nears 20th anniversary!

    By: Merle Citron    Can you believe the Lambertville Station restaurant is almost 20 years old?    The Station is a partnership of three men, Danny Whitaker, Skip de Marco and Mike Dougherty.    Danny told me that 20 years ago, they fell in love with Lambertville and the old railroad station the minute they saw it.    "We…

  • West Amwell eyes land for community park

    The Township Committee has agreed to consider a proposal to buy land on Connaught Hill. By: Cynthia Williamson    WEST AMWELL — The Township Committee has agreed to explore a proposal to purchase land on Connaught Hill to build a community park.    Representatives of the Connaught Homeowners Association asked the committee at its Oct. 17 meeting…

  • OBITUARIES 10/25

    From the Oct. 25 edition of the Register-News By: Joseph E. Bugyi    FLORENCE — Joseph E. Bugyi, 45, died Oct. 14 at Virtua-Memorial Hospital of Burlington County, Mount Holly.    Born in Trenton, he was a lifelong Roebling resident.    He was a boiler operator for Yates Foil U.S.A., Bordentown, for 20 years.    He had worked with…

  • School not secure, officials say

    There are 18 to 20 doors leading into South Hunterdon, most of which remain open due to poor ventilation, says Superintendent Cheryl Simone. By: Mae Rhine    WEST AMWELL — Building safety is an important part of any plan for dealing with school violence.    And South Hunterdon’s buildings just aren’t secure, says Superintendent Cheryl Simone.    As…