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  • Voting machine problems cause delay in city vote count

    Budget defeated in Delaware Township BY: Cindy Williamson    There was only one contest in April 17 school board races but Tuesday’s local elections and budget votes were anything but lackluster.    Election workers were unable to retrieve results from a machine in one of Lambertville’s four voting districts, keeping the six candidates vying for three seats…

  • ‘The Last Days of the Dinosaurs’

    THEATER REVIEW: Director Joe Doyle offers a memory play about the problems of old age and children’s rights, but it is a slice of life that seems to be buttered on both sides. By: Stuart Duncan    Joe Doyle is a very busy man. He and his wife, Cheryl, founded Actors’ NET of Bucks County and…

  • City rejects leasing City Hall parking spaces

    Tie vote results in defeat of proposed ordinance By: Cynthia Williamson    LAMBERTVILLE — The City Council voted 2-2 at a public hearing Monday to defeat an ordinance that would have made parking spaces in the lot behind City Hall available to the public for a monthly fee.    In the event of a tie vote, the…

  • Comic Jon Stewart to host benefit for former teacher

    The April 28 concert is a chance to see Stewart, the host of this year’s Grammy awards, and contribute to Parkinson’s disease research.    Jon Stewart, the Lawrence High School alumnus who hosts the Comedy Central hit "The Daily Show," will return to his alma mater April 28 as special guest host for a benefit concert…

  • Firemen await delivery of new truck

    Union to get 2,000-gallon-a-minute pumper By: Sue Kramer    LAMBERTVILLE — The Lambertville Fire Department is anxiously awaiting the arrival of a new fire truck, which will be housed at the Union Fire Co. on North Main Street.    The new truck, a 2000 gallon-per-minute American LaFrance pumper, is expected to be shipped from the manufacturing plant…

  • Don’t drink the water!

    Muddy water plagues residents By: Cynthia Williamson    LAMBERTVILLE — The quality of the water has become so inconsistent Tom Birkner has gotten into a "habit of filling up the tub" to determine how "dirty the water is" before he takes a shower.    Jane Wesby’s water is brown "almost all the time."    "We don’t drink your…

  • Roosevelt budget gets approval

    Voters give nod to spending plan, 68-12; will see school taxes drop 9 percent. By:    ROOSEVELT — Voters on Tuesday approved the school district’s $2.84 million budget for 2001-02 by a 68-12 margin.    The budget carried a school tax rate of $3.36 per $100 of assessed valuation, a drop of 34 cents from the current…

  • Low voter turnout at polls,but budget passes easily

    Turnout at less than 10 percent By:Laura Toto    Challenger Michael Brennan was elected to a three-year seat on the Hillsborough Board of Education Tuesday, as fewer than 10 percent of voters went to the polls.    The voters approved the proposed $74.7 million budget, 949-687. Voters gave overwhelming approval to the proposed refinancing of nearly $5…

  • HiTops health agency puts focus boys’ sexual issues

    Teen-age boys are said to be among the most underserved populations in the health care field. By: Jennifer Potash    Now it’s all about the boys at HiTops, the Wiggins Street-based nonprofit organization dealing with teen sexuality and reproductive health issues.    A new clinic for males, ages 13 to 24, began accepting clients in February.    Now…