Category: archives

  • Aspiring broadcaster selected for workshop

    Some teen-agers are focused about their future, while others take years to find their way. Include Razwel Reed, 17, who recently graduated from Princeton High School, among the first kind of teen. By: Jeff Milgram, Staff Writer, http://www.princetonpacket.com    Some teen-agers are focused about their future, while others take years to find their way.    Include Razwel…

  • OBITUARY, July 11, 2001

    Thomas C. Jamieson Jr. Thomas C. Jamieson Jr. Lawyer and civic leader    LAWRENCE — Thomas C. Jamieson Jr. died Tuesday at St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton after an extended illness. He was 66.    He was born in Trenton and was a longtime area resident.    Mr. Jamieson was partner-in-charge of the Princeton law office of…

  • ‘Cabaret’

    Plays-in-the-Park in Edison brings the Kit Kat Klub outdoors for a summer staging. By: Stuart Duncan    The 1966-67 Broadway hit Cabaret has been revived twice since its first run of 1,166 performances. A 1987 revival cut some songs, substituted others and, in general, diffused Christopher Isherwood’s original novel and John Van Druten’s stage play. More…

  • City gets $50,000 for Ely Field

    First phase of improvements would cost up to $175,000 By: Cynthia Williamson    LAMBERTVILLE — A three-phase plan to improve Ely Memorial Field got a financial boost last week from the state, which has earmarked $50,000 from the new budget to the project.    "I think it’s great," Mayor David Del Vecchio said. "It’s $50,000 local taxpayers…

  • Footprints: Late 1800s brought Fourth ‘pic-nic’ season

    By: Iris Naylor    In the Lambertville area in the late 1800s, the Fourth of July marked the beginning of the picnic season or, as The Beacon called it, the "pic-nic" season.    The name was said to have originated around 1802. It was customary for everyone attending to bring something to eat or to drink. In…

  • Chit-Chat: Gardeners take root all over blooming city!

    By: Merle Citron    Marjorie and Ted Meriam have lived in Titusville since 1962.    "But," Marjorie explained, "Lambertville is my town. I’m a member of the Kalmia Club, and I have read The Beacon since I moved to this area. I always want to know what’s happening around town."    Marjorie also happens to be one heck…

  • Charles T. Davis, 77

       TRENTON — Charles T. Davis, 77, died Monday, July 2, at home.    Born in Trenton, he was a lifelong resident.    He was a Navy veteran of World War II and the Korean War.    He retired after 30 years as an industrial engineer with American Bridge Co. He worked with Bethlehem Steel Fabricators and Atlas Steel…

  • 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. Regular menu    Thursday, July 12 — Pineapple juice,…

  • ‘Songcatcher’

    An Appalachian hillbilly love story, co-starring Aidan Quinn and Janet McTeer, explores the roots of bluegrass music.   [PG-13] By: Kam Williams    Not many movies have been made about the history of country music. Sure, Deliverance had a blind kid pickin’ some bluegrass on a banjo, but the music simply served as a tone-setting backdrop to a…