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  • Solebury woman organizing Slow Food chapter

    By: Cynthia Williamson    You’ve heard of fast food.    Now there’s Slow Food, an international movement dedicated to ensuring a future for "artisanal foods that are vulnerable to the onslaught" of fast food and supermarket culture, said Kimberly Kaufmann of Solebury Township, who is organizing a local chapter.    Break it down into bite-size pieces, and what…

  • Newell needs to be remembered

    BOOK NOTES:First of two parts. By:    Allentown has the distinction of being "that little town on the way to the shore." In the mid-19th century, William Newell found his way from the shore to Allentown, which became his primary home. At the corner where Route 539 turns to the shore, a blue and white historic…

  • Woman’s family rebuilding life after tragic accident

    Husband John Marshall and 6-year-old daughter, Emily, in fragile emotional state following death of Greta Schmidt, 31. By: Cynthia Williamson    WEST AMWELL — Greta Schmidt no longer walks among them but vestiges of her life fill the township residence she shared with her husband, daughter and in-laws.    From her art work adorning the walls to…

  • Officials: Longer lines mean safer trash dropoff

    The revised system means cars do not back up; they drive onto a stone pad, two at a time, to unload trash to the garbage truck at the municipal complex. By: Cynthia Williamson    WEST AMWELL — It may take a little longer for residents to dispose of their trash Saturdays at the township’s collection site…

  • ‘Peter Pan’

    Plays-in-the-Park stages an energetic version of the children’s classic. By: Stuart Duncan    It’s astonishing to realize Peter Pan is almost a century old. The J.M. Barrie character first appeared in a children’s book in 1902, called The Little White Bird, had his own play two years later, and by 1906, was on stage in America.…

  • Lee Iacoca helped launch city man’s career

    By: Sue Kramer    LAMBERTVILLE — Two years after his stint in the Army ended, Jim Hamilton’s career was finally taking shape, but it took Lee Iacoca, the Ringling Brothers Circus and some Parisian chefs to show him the way.    At age 26, Mr. Hamilton, who had spent years working behind the scenes of area and…

  • County college eyes site around Lambertville

    Raritan Valley Community College wants to establish a satellite facility in the Lambertville area. By: Cynthia Williamson    The pursuit of a higher education may be minutes away instead of an hour if Raritan Valley Community College is successful at establishing a satellite facility in the Lambertville area.    College President G. Jeremiah Ryan gave a presentation…

  • Police Blotter

    Delaware    A house caught fire Aug. 3 at about 10 a.m. after an electrician dropped s screwdriver, striking a fuse.    Police said electrical contractor John Fusco Jr. of Pittstown was working on the property of David Brownstein of Stone Sign Post Road, installing an electrical line for a pool. Worker Karl Schoener of Glen Gardner…

  • Obituaries

    Stanley Harding    PORT ORANGE, Fla. — Stanley Frederick Harding, 72, died Monday, Aug. 6, at Hospice of Volusia, Flagler County.    Born in Trenton, he lived in Lawrenceville, N.J., before moving to New Smyrna Beach in 1992.    He served with the Army Corps of Engineers during the Korean War and received a bachelor’s degree in commerce…