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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…

  • 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…

  • ‘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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…