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  • HOT TOPICS

    HOT TOPICS — Dec. 14, 2000 How are you fighting the holiday weight gain?

  • ‘The Family Man’

    Nicholas Cage plays the role of a jerk who gets a second chance and a lower salary. Téa Leoni also stars as Mr. Cage’s ‘wife.’   [PG-13] By: Kam Williams    Academy Award-winner Nicholas Cage (for Leaving Las Vegas) and Téa Leoni (Deep Impact) team up in a sentimental, seasonal tearjerker about a womanizing jerk who gets a…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP ZONING UPDATE

    By:Marianne Hooker    At its Dec. 6 meeting, the Hopewell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment approved one hardship variance, which will permit a small office to be added to the rear of the Wilson-Apple Funeral Home.    The board also considered a request for a use variance that would allow construction of a two-story pool house on…

  • Margaret Sheaffer

       Margaret Earlin Sheaffer, 82, died Tuesday at home.    Born in Trenton, she lived in Florence and Roebling before moving to Lawrenceville 20 years ago.    Ms. Sheaffer retired in 1980 after seven years with the Bank of Mid-Jersey, and previously worked Original Trenton Cracker Co., John A. Roebling’s Sons Co. and the state.    She co-wrote three…

  • Liquor license hinges on soundproofing

    Chutney Mary’s permitted to serve liquor in hall, if it’s soundproof By: Matthew Armstrong    The expansion of Chutney Mary’s liquor license to include a banquet hall was approved by the Township Council Tuesday on the condition that the building would be soundproofed by Jan. 15.    The council voted 4-0 in favor of the expansion.    Councilman…

  • Couple enjoy 25 years of creating in Florence

           FLORENCE – Driving down Cedar Lane, one can’t help but notice the house with a giant red, white and blue hand flashing a peace sign from the curb. By:Vanessa S. Holt        FLORENCE – Driving down Cedar Lane, one can’t help but notice the house with a giant red, white and blue hand flashing…

  • Katharina Mall Blumhardt

       LANGHORNE, Pa. – Katharina Mall Blumhardt died Monday at Attleboro Nursing Home.    Born in Germany, she lived in Lawrenceville, most of her life.    Wife of the late Emil A., she is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, William E. and Connie Blumhardt of Palm City, Fla.; a daughter and son-in-law Elsie and Joseph Lawrence; five…

  • Map provides a look at history

    By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON – It’s all about something old and something new, and it has township resident Cathy Lubbe excited.    The something new: a map of the township; the something old: the many features on the map dating back to the Revolutionary War.    Ms. Lubbe is chairwoman of the township’s Historic Preservation Committee, an…

  • Restaurant transformed by ‘white goop’

    By: Mae Rhine    NEW HOPE – Walking into the new restaurant, Moonlight, feels, at first, like going into a cave.    A visitor automatically puts her hand up on the white rock-like walls, expecting it to be damp and cold.    But it’s an illusion. And it’s all created by "white goop," says owner Andrew Abruzzeze.    The…