Category: archives

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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.…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Woman to walk 60 miles to fight breast cancer

    By: Cynthia Williamson    LAMBERTVILLE — Whether she’s guiding them through a career change or helping them adjust to life after retirement, Lambertville psychologist and certified career counselor Joan Rose-Spiegel encourages clients to "think outside the box."    So when a longtime friend from Connecticut telephoned her to suggest they participate in the annual Avon Breast Cancer…

  • Race to close roads

    Annual Redbird Ramble set for 9 a.m. Saturday at Allentown High School. By:    Traffic near Allentown High School will be interrupted temporarily Saturday for the annual Redbird Ramble 5K race.    The race begins at 9 a.m. at the school, located on High Street (Route 539). High Street and a portion of South Main Street will…