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  • Editorial: Wear helmets in memory of 15-year-old

       Last month we urged municipalities to support a state law that would require children to wear helmets while riding scooters and to adopt similar laws of their own.    Then, tragically, a 15-year-old Solebury Township boy was killed.    He was on a bicycle. He was not wearing a helmet. He was killed instantly, struck down by…

  • Scampi’s Fish Market & Restaurant

    This Somerville seafood restaurant has several endearing qualities, from the décor to the friendly service. The food, however, falls short of the mark. By: Pat Tanner Scampi’s Fish Market & Restaurant 198 W. Main St., Somerville (908) 685-1323 Food: Satisfactory Service: Informal, friendly Cuisine: American & Italian seafood Ambiance: Storefront with nautical bric-a-brac Prices: Moderate…

  • Stock expert: ‘Volatile’ year has businesses crying losses

    By: Sue Kramer    NEW HOPE — It’s been the most volatile year since 1932 and the worst year in the NASDAQ since 1974," Sal Mannino said from his office in Logan Square.    The 37-year-old Edward Jones Investment representative added, "But coming off the year that it had, where it was up 85 or 86 percent,…

  • City welfare director offers ‘helping hand, comforting ear’

    By: Cynthia Williamson    LAMBERTVILLE — When senior citizens at the Hibernia Apartments had to be evacuated during Tropical Storm Floyd, she was there to comfort them on the school bus ride to a makeshift shelter at South Hunterdon High School.    When Lambertville Police were in a quandary about what to do with a Philadelphia man…

  • ‘Art’

    THEATER REVIEW: The Paper Mill Playhouse plays host to a national tour, but the well-oiled machine is, in fact, too well-oiled. The actors’ familiarity with the parts has dulled the polish on this work. By: Stuart Duncan From left to right, Jack Willis, Judd Hirsch and Cotter Smith star in Art at the Paper Mill…

  • LBA Highlights

    By: Karen Scheetz    Saturday, Jan. 6, the Lambertville Basketball Association opened up its 2000-01 season with 16 eager teams, ready to play.    All of the teams played well during the first week of action and hope to continue to improve over the coming weeks.    Here is a look at the games that were played Jan.…

  • Footprints: Strict rules governed use of covered toll bridges

    By: Iris Naylor    In 1873, the State of New Jersey passed "An Act for the Protection of Bridges over the River Delaware."    At one time in the history of the Delaware Valley, there were 17 covered toll bridges across the river between Pennsylvania and New Jersey. One of these bridges connected Lambertville with New Hope.…

  • District mourns loss of ex-board member

    By: Frank C. D’Amico    MILLSTONE — Even after Victoria McQueen had moved from the township, and thus could no longer serve on the Board of Education, she still regularly attended its meetings.    It was this type of dedication for which she was well known, school board Vice President Patricia Coffey said.    Mrs. McQueen died Dec.…

  • Scampi’s Fish Market & Restaurant

    This Somerville seafood restaurant has several endearing qualities, from the décor to the friendly service. The food, however, falls short of the mark. By: Pat Tanner Scampi’s Fish Market & Restaurant 198 W. Main St., Somerville (908) 685-1323 Food: Satisfactory Service: Informal, friendly Cuisine: American & Italian seafood Ambiance: Storefront with nautical bric-a-brac Prices: Moderate…