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  • Crank it to 11

    Once a week, the four members of bluegrass band Riverside meet to play songs, catch up and share a few laughs. This week they will perform at Stony Brook Coffeehouse in Hopewell. By: Matt Smith    Every Thursday night, barring parent-teacher conferences or their kids’ sports games, four friends get together in a slightly musty 1920s…

  • ‘Osmosis Jones’

    Chris Rock is a loose-lipped blood cell in this human anatomy comedy.   [PG] By: Kam Williams    The filmmaking Farrelly brothers, Peter and Bobby, made their mark by creating their own genre of gross-out flicks. Upping the ante on bodily fluid and bodily function fare, the disgusting duo made millions writing and/or directing such over-the-top comedies as…

  • 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, Aug. 9 — Pasta and bean soup,…

  • Edna McManimon

       EWING — Edna F. Dwyer McManimon, 78, died Tuesday, Aug. 7, at St. Joseph’s Skilled Nursing at Morris Hall.    Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong resident.    She worked briefly with General Motors Corp.    Daughter of the late James W. Sr. and Edna F. Naylor Dwyer, wife of the late Edward J. "Bud" McManimon Jr.,…

  • Victor Rose is Legionnaire of the Year

    By: Laura Pelner    Whenever someone in the community needs help, Victor Rose is there to lend a hand.    He’s an active member in local society, both personally and professionally, and after 55 years of service in the Lambertville post of the American Legion, he’s been recognized as Legionnaire of the Year and been given a…

  • Footprints: William Cooley director of early city banks

    By: Iris Naylor    Lambertville has two banks, and their names keep changing as fast as their owners keep changing.    It wasn’t always so. Once, the bank located on the southeast corner of Bridge and Union streets was called the Lambertville National Bank. The bank on the southeast corner of Bridge and Commerce streets was called…

  • School’s out but summer programs keep kids learning

    Elementary-school pupils went to day camp, middle-school students learned about science and technology, and while some high-school teens went to work, others studied journalism and yet others were taken to lunch. By: Jeff Milgram    Elementary-school pupils went to day camp, middle-school students learned about science and technology, and while some high-school teens went to work,…

  • Reject builders’ bid to curtail towns’ options

    PACKET EDITORIAL, August 7    Anyone who has ever served on a planning board or zoning board in New Jersey will attest to the fact that virtually all development that takes place in this state is driven not by public policy but by private enterprise.    Municipalities may dutifully update their master plans and make elaborate changes…

  • Long-abandoned cemetery is her Scouting ground

    Girl Scout restores an historic graveyard. By: David Campbell    Juliana Fuchs found the cemetery a few years ago while walking with her father near their house on Fairway Drive.    Its headstones were askew and overgrown with vines and weeds.    The small patch of land was an unexpected discovery in her residential neighborhood.    At her father’s…