Category: archives
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Squad’s new airboat arrives
Squad needs donations to pay for $35,000 craft By: Sue Kramer LAMBERTVLLE The Lambertville-New Hope Ambulance and Rescue Squad’s new bright orange airboat arrived Feb. 6, two weeks ahead of schedule. Although it will shortly be put into service in the Delaware River saving the lives of endangered boaters, the squad still is in…
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State extends truck ban
Legislature to vote on permanent ban of trucks over 26,000 pounds on Route 29 By: Cynthia Williamson LAMBERTVILLE A ban prohibiting all large commercial trucks from using Route 29 north of Interstate 95 except for those having a starting point or destination within three miles of the road has been extended until…
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‘Noel and Gertie’
THEATER REVIEW: This is a show that most certainly will grow as it plays the seven weeks granted it. It has elegance and real style. By: Stuart Duncan HOPEWELL It is not often that biographers attempt to write musical revues. Sheridan Morley, who penned biographies of both Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence, has tried…
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Helicopters used to search for deer-feeders
Three Princeton Township residents were cited for allegedly violating an ordinance prohibiting the feeding of deer. By: David Weinstein Today, for the second time in six days, a helicopter patrol above Princeton Township could result in citations for Princeton Township residents who violate a municipal ordinance that prohibits the feeding of deer. While some, including…
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Casting call set for film ‘A Beautiful Mind’
University to be site of film starring Russell Crowe on mathematician John Forbes Nash. By: David M. Campbell Open casting calls for the Universal Pictures film, "A Beautiful Mind," directed by Ron Howard and starring Russell Crowe, are scheduled to take place at Princeton University’s McCosh Hall all day Friday and Saturday. The film is…
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Carson ripped for not funding Edinburg bypass
West Windsor Mayor Carol Carson heard strong criticism from two Township Council members for her decision to exclude a traffic bypass for the village of Edinburg from the 2001 capital budget. By: David M. Campbell WEST WINDSOR Mayor Carole Carson’s decision to exclude funding for the long-proposed Edinburg Bypass from this year’s proposed capital…
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Tunnel urged to replace Millstone Bypass
A Princeton proposal seeks alternative to state plan. By: Jennifer Potash Princeton Township and Princeton Borough have come up with an alternative to the proposed Millstone Bypass don’t build it. Instead, the two municipalities are suggesting a Route 1 tunnel or an open channel under Washington Road, as well as an above- or below-grade…
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OBITUARIES, Feb. 13, 2001
Charles P. Snyder, Edward J. Barszczewski, Helen C.V. White, Marion P. Gutbrodt. Charles P. Snyder Longtime Rocky Hill resident HILLSBOROUGH Charles P. Snyder died Sunday at Somerville Assisted Living. He was 89. Born in Numidia, Pa., he was a resident of Rocky Hill most of his life before moving to Hillsborough in 1999. He…
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Speaker: Black History Month ‘meager’
Black History Month festivities began at Princeton University with author Randall Robinson claiming the 28-day celebration is insufficient restitution for past oppression. By: Andrew M. Romano Randall Robinson, author of "The Debt: What America Owes Blacks," initiated Princeton University’s Black History Month festivities Thursday evening by criticizing the month of remembrance as insufficient restitution for…
