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Most city employees to get 3.6% raises
City council members vote themselves $699 a year pay hikes By: Cynthia Williamson LAMBERTVILLE Most municipal employees will receive 3.6 percent raises this year under a salary and wage ordinance passed 4-0 by the City Council in April. For the first time since 1988, City Council members also voted 4-0 last month to give…
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Clemens employee claims attack is gay bashing case
Founder of New Hope Gay and Lesbian Task Force allegedly assaulted by Solebury Township man By: Cynthia Williamson NEW HOPE A Clemens supermarket employee who was allegedly assaulted by a Solebury Township man has accused her attacker of gay bashing. Elaine McNeely, 43, of New Hope told authorities her gay rights activism is what…
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Borough council to form independent party
Robert Gerenser to seek second term under the Independence Party By: Cynthia Williamson NEW HOPE Robert Gerenser says he will seek a second term on the Borough Council but don’t look for his name on New Hope’s May 15 primary election ballot. Mr. Gerenser and two unnamed candidates will run under a new political…
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Hear and now
Who knew being a bird was this tough? The Bucks County Audubon Society teaches novice birders the basics about spring migration. By: Susan Van Dongen I had a very bad day last weekend. I flew headfirst into a pane glass window and seriously hurt my noggin. Then, my so-called friends ate all the food while…
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‘Deathtrap’
THEATER REVIEW: If you haven’t seen this 1982 mystery, or if you have forgotten the ending, dash over to Somerset. The Villagers have done a great job with the evening. By: Stuart Duncan The opening lines of Ira Levin’s Deathtrap are prophetic: "A thriller in two acts, one set, five characters, a juicy murder in…
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School Menus
Delaware Homemade pizza, cheese dog wrap, grilled cheese, cereal lunch bag, yogurt lunch bag, hamburger on bun, salad shake, roll and bread basket available daily. Rice or noodles available with lunch purchase. Monday, May 7 Hot dog on bun, celery sticks, chilled fruit and milk. Tuesday, May 8 Baked ziti with meat sauce,…
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‘A Salute to the Big Bands’
THEATER REVIEW: This Headley Manor Dinner Theatre work presents Bill Holcombe’s 14-piece band giving a good taste of an era long gone but remembered with nostalgia. By: Stuart Duncan The Headley Manor Dinner Theatre may have problems filling performances for comedies, somewhat less for musicals. But when there is a band playing country, western,…
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Obituaries
Rose Weber HAMILTON Rose A. Capizzi Weber, 78, died Tuesday, April 24, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton. Born in Stockton, she was a longtime Hamilton resident. Ms. Weber retired after many years as a registered nurse for St. Francis Medical Center and more recently worked at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital…
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South junior does independent study of Alexauken Creek
By: Bruce Palmer WEST AMWELL Alexauken Creek winds through the fields and wetlands of the township before emptying into the Delaware River just north of Lambertville. Probably few residents know more about the water of this modest tributary than Elizabeth "Liz" Magill, a junior at South Hunterdon Regional High School. Her year-long independent study…
