Category: archives
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The coming tide
Named for a deep and mysterious lake in northwestern Donegal in the Irish Republic, Altan has been delivering that region’s haunting ballads and hard-driving reels and jigs to American audiences for nearly 20 years. By: Matt Smith The Irish band Altan will be performing at McCarter Theatre in Princeton this weekend. PRINCETON More than…
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Route 29 truck ban OK’d by Assembly
Governor expected to sign bill By: Cynthia Williamson City of Lambertville, 2. Large commercial trucks, 0. Lambertville has scored two victories, one in court and one in the Legislature, in its fight to keep heavy commercial trucks off city streets. The state Assembly Monday unanimously approved legislation that would permanently ban those trucks from using…
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Editorial: Keep valuables, especially guns, locked away
It was disturbing to read about teen-agers being arrested here on charges of stealing guns and cash. But it’s even more disturbing that they were able to gain access so easily not only to the house, but to the weapons. Those weapons included a .44 caliber Magnum handgun, a .32 caliber revolver, a 12-gauge…
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Anti-drug abuse group told life ‘one big volunteer project’
By: Sue Kramer DELAWARE Some 100 anti-drug abuse volunteers were assured a person can become anything he or she chooses to be and were provided with a map to get there at the fourth annual Central County Municipal Alliance dinner March 22. Motivational speaker Nashad L. Warfield, a New York University graduate student working…
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Camping trip in middle of manhunt for murderer
By: Sue Kramer LAMBERTVILLE A planned week-long camping trip promised to be a fun-filled adventure for Cub Scout den leader Frank "Ace" Hann. After 10 years of mentoring Lambertville area boys, he was looking forward to the upcoming July 1950 camp out in the woods. But that week in 1950 would turn out to…
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Letters
Small class sizes benefit education Confusion over COAH, State Plan Need open forum for candidates Keep all guns locked up Woman thanks ‘good samaritans’ Small class sizes benefit education To the editor: I’d like to comment on the March 8 editorial to which I commented over the Internet, only to have my response lost in…
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Chit-Chat: City clerk has more titles than English royalty!
By: Merle CItron Mary Sheppard, best known as Lambertville’s City Clerk, has more titles than a member of the English royal family. Aside from her title as city clerk, she also holds the following titles: registrar, municipal assessment officer, personnel officer, certifying officer for health benefits, joint insurance fund commissioner and board of health secretary.…
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Police Blotter
Lambertville Police arrested a Kunkletown, Pa., man March 16, following a 7:30 a.m. motor vehicle stop at Fireman’s Island. Roy B. Solomon, 43, was arrested after a check revealed two outstanding motor vehicle warrants issued by Phillipsburg in the amount of $434. Mr. Solomon was issued summonses for having no insurance, driving with a suspended…
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Studies
Further education in arts and crafts Art Classes, Open Studios in Figure Drawing and Painting, Sat. 10 a.m., Sun. 9:30 a.m., $10/session; Open Printmaking, $10/session; Artworks, 19 Everett Alley, Trenton; (609) 394-9436. Art lessons, study drawing/painting with artist Joe Gyurcsak, Sat. 10 a.m.-12 p.m., $40, oil, watercolor, pastel, acrylic representational and abstract artists of all…
