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  • New Hope Council at odds over information

    Some members feel they are being punished for differing opinions By: Cynthia Williamson    NEW HOPE — Some Borough Council members are saying the leaders of the seven-member body have waged an information embargo against them because they have differing opinions about how local government should operate.    On one side of the table are council members…

  • New Hope-Solebury choir sings anthem at Phillies game

    By: Cynthia Williamson    NEW HOPE — The Philadelphia Phillies lost 6-2 when they hosted the Colorado Rockies May 2.    But members of the New Hope-Solebury High School Chamber Choir felt like winners after singing the national anthem a cappella at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia.    "I came away with a sense I had accomplished something," said…

  • Footprints: Building boom erupted in 1909 in Lambertville

    By: Iris Naylor    In 1909 The Beacon reported the building operations scheduled to take place in Lambertville that year would amount to $100,000.    That could only mean good things for the city. One of these good things was the pottery. Its new brick buildings were located on North Union Street, next to the wire factory.…

  • La Casa Bianca

    Just as this Whitehouse Station restaurant’s name is a play in Italian on the town’s name, the menu is a play on Italian cuisine, offering more expansive and creative dishes. By: Patrick Mooney La Casa Bianca 326 Main St., Whitehouse Station (908) 534-8384 Food: Good to very good Service: Well-intentioned, but under-trained Decor: Eclectically modern…

  • Letters

    Fulfilled mothers best role models To the editor:    Joan Harrison’s recent letter laying the guilt on mothers for the erosion of family life is unfair, misguided and wrong.    Woman have always worked, whether inside the home or out. Women always had to deal with the conflict of managing both ambition (whether at home or work)…

  • Obituaries

    James Slack    WYANDOTTE, Mich. — James Edward Slack, 53, died Wednesday, May 9, at home.    He was born in Lambertville. He owned River’s Edge Gallery and exhibited in many shows and galleries throughout Michigan. Mr. Slack received the Downriver Achievement Award in 1999 and attended art school in Philadelphia.    He was an Army veteran of…

  • Mayor wins GOP nod in New Hope primary

    Mayor Laurence Keller will face Joseph Knox in November By: Cynthia Williamson    NEW HOPE — A photo of his predecessor was inadvertently used in a full-page paid political advertisement he ran in his hometown newspaper last week, but Mayor Laurence Keller is apparently familiar enough in this borough of 2,200 residents.    Mr. Keller captured the…

  • Dueling fiddles

    Riding the wave of enthusiasm for Celtic music, fiddler extraordinaire Natalie MacMaster will meet up with fellow dynamo Mark O’Connor in a "fiddle summit" at Princeton’s McCarter Theatre May 24. By: Susan Van Dongen    In Cape Breton Island, just east of Nova Scotia, Canada, there’s a region nicknamed the Ceilidh Trail.    It’s an area where…

  • Tinker, tailor…actor?

    An engineer, a headhunter and a professor take to the stage when the sun sets to help put on Show Boat, the latest offering at Actors’ NET of Bucks County, set to open May 18. By: Daniel Shearer    The excitement of the stage calls to people of all backgrounds. Nowhere is this more true than…