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  • South honors athletes at annual banquet

    By: Cynthia Williamson    South Hunterdon honored the following students at the high school sports banquet held June 6 at the Lambertville-New Hope Ambulance and Rescue Squad.    Scholar athlete awards: Matthew Walker and Kjisten Torkelson.    The Young Men’s Athletic Club Best Athlete awards: Matthew Walker and Kendra Benitez.    Kiwanis Best Athlete awards: Lucas Lyons and Kendra…

  • Council OKs million-dollar condos

    Waterview developer to build 30 ‘high-end’ units By: Cynthia Williamson    NEW HOPE — The Borough Council voted unanimously Monday to grant Waterview developer Tom Scannapieco preliminary land development plan approval to build 30 "high-end" condominiums south of the Waterworks complex he also built on Route 32.    "I took everything I learned from the Waterworks and…

  • Hotel du Village

    Nestled just outside New Hope, this restaurant offers traditional French fare in a country inn setting with a European accent, creating a pleasant, quiet place to dine that manages, now and then, to evoke a wistful smile. By: Pat Tanner Hotel du Village Route 32, New Hope, Pa. (215) 862-9911 Food: Good Service: Young and…

  • Obituaries

    Mary Price    DOYLESTOWN — Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Turner Price died from a sudden heart attack May 20 at Doylestown (Pa.) Hospital.    Born in Baltic, Conn., she was the youngest of five children of Mary Elizabeth Gartland Turner and Willard A. Turner.    She attended local schools and in 1946 graduated from the College of New Rochelle…

  • Bouncing ’round

    The Cleo Mack Dance Project will dance on, in and around mattresses, bathtubs and trash cans in an evening of iconoclastic choreography at the George Street Playhouse. By:Susan Van Dongen    When choreographer Cleo Mack left Minnesota to study in New York, she envisioned making dances that were hands-on, heartfelt and intimate. Five years later, as…

  • That’s My Mama

    Photographer Jill Anna Greenberg takes a wide-angle view of the woman who raised her with love. By: Jodi Thompson    She hears it all the time: "I want your mother to adopt me." "Can I have your mom?" "Let’s switch moms." The reason can be seen on the walls of The Summer Kitchen in Penn’s Park.…

  • Footprints: Parking horn-blowing plagued city in 1940

    By:    The year was 1940.    Franklin D. Roosevelt was president of the United States and was about to seek an unprecedented third term. The nation’s senior citizens were being issued their very first social security checks.    It was nearly two years before the attack on Pearl Harbor, and many of Lambertville’s young people who would…

  • Police Blotter

    Delaware    Andrew Stay, 29, of the township was charged Friday with harassment after police said he continued to make harassing calls to police and the emergency dispatch center in Cherryville.    He was arrested at municipal court while he was answering previous similar harassment charges.    He was taken to Hunterdon County Jail for violation of prior…

  • A Wine for All Seasons

    Farming followed Dave Fleming into retirement. Instead of hanging up his pitchfork, he and his wife founded Rose Bank Winery in Newtown, Pa. By: Jodi Thompson    He has the look of a farmer, from his baseball cap to his work boots, yet when he steps into his laboratory he becomes a scientist.    Lifelong farmer Dave…