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  • SBHS junior is a prodigy on the piano

    Local student a veteran of Carnegie Hall By: Amanda Bok    You may have heard her perform in high school concerts or shows such as "Oliver." Her playing may have accompanied the high school chorus tunes you went to hear, or the hymns you went to sing in church.    And even if you’ve never seen Yvonne…

  • DOT asks residents to discuss traffic

    State to hold public meeting Jan. 18 By: Cynthia Williamson    LAMBERTVILLE — They’ve heard from city officials.    Now state Department of Transportation officials want to hear from the people.    DOT representatives will hold a public meeting at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 18 at the Lambertville-New Hope Ambulance and Rescue Squad. The purpose of the meeting is…

  • Letters

    B&B would be positive addition To the editor:    This letter is in response to the Dec. 27 article by Cynthia Williamson, titled "B&B battle to continue."    As the applicants in the zoning hearing described in the article, we are concerned that only one side of the story was told.    While it is true that a…

  • Recognition piles up for Cardinal senior

    Haggerty earns numerous soccer honorsOnly 42 players were selected for the Associated Press 2000 All-State boys soccer squad. By: Mike Molaro    Lawrence High School’s Pat Haggerty was the only area representative so honored, as he earned a spot on the AP All-State Third Team.    The Cardinal senior midfielder also was named to the All-State First…

  • Cardinal coach preaches three-period production

    Ice HockeyAfter two additional heart-wrenching losses this past week to a crafty South Brunswick team and a youthful West Windsor-Plainsboro North team, coach Alex Chis-Luca must feel his voice sounds like a broken record. By: Neal Lynch    Game after game, he encourages his Lawrence High School ice hockey players to come out strong, put pressure…

  • Police Blotter

    Lambertville    A tractor-trailer driver was charged with driving with a suspended license Saturday.    Claude E. Kizer, 39, of Memphis, was stopped about 10 a.m. after police saw him heading down Bridge Street toward the Lambertville-New Hope free bridge, then turning around at Coryell Street and Lambert Lane.    Mr. Kizer was stopped at the intersection of…

  • Historical Society elects new officers

    Group to spend $10,500 for Marshall House improvements By: Gwen Runkle    LAMBERTVILLE — The Lambertville Historical Society began the new year by electing new officers and examining the expanded 2001 budget at its annual meeting held Jan. 7.    Members gathered at the Centenary United Methodist Church on Union Street.    Bill Dorman, former treasurer, was unanimously…

  • Upper Freehold changes meetings

    By:    UPPER FREEHOLD — The Township Committee has changed its meeting dates from the first and next to last Thursdays of every month to the first and next to last Wednesdays.    Meetings will begin at 7 p.m. instead of 8 p.m. The first meeting under the new schedule will be Wednesday, Jan. 24.    Township Administrator…

  • Solebury OKs tax freeze for preserved land

    Township to ID eligible property By: Gwen Runkle    SOLEBURY — The township Board of Supervisors unanimously passed the New Hope-Solebury School District’s tax freeze for properties protected under the township’s open space program.    The board adopted it Jan 2.    The tax freeze was brought to the board because "We need the township to give us…