Category: archives

  • Pet Spolight: It’s hard to say good-bye to a loyal friend

    By: Carole Snyder        I’ve learned over the years that dogs are a man’s best friend, that curves in the road keep us from shying away from what might be around the bend, that God sends us strength in unexpected places, and that there is no sorrow so deep as that time when we must…

  • township geology featured on Web page

    By: Sue Kramer    WEST AMWELL – Anyone who wonders why his township yard is full of rocks and boulders can find the answer on the Internet at West Amwell’s Web site – http://www.westamwelltwp.org – where Fred Bowers, a township resident, soil scientist, geologist and ecologist, has created an informational area that tells about the township’s…

  • OBITUARIES, Aug. 31,2000

    Elizabeth Stillwell    RARITAN TOWNSHIP – Elizabeth D. Stillwell, 82, died Sunday, Aug. 27, at home.    Born in Hillsborough, she lived in Ringoes before moving to Raritan Township.    Mrs. Stillwell was a registered nurse and worked many years at Somerset Hospital, Somerville, and Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township.    She was a member of Somerset Hospital Alumnae…

  • Shelf-Centered

    By: Helen Kosowski    After the Labor Day holiday weekend, regular hours at the library will resume Tuesday, Sept. 5, as follows: Monday through Thursday, 1 to 9 p.m.; Friday, 1 to 5 p.m.; and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.    The children’s summer reading program will end Sept. 9. I hope everyone had a great…

  • New addition to greet Delaware students

    By: Nicole Taylor    DELAWARE – In a letter to the faculty, the interim superintendent of Delaware Township School said he is predicting "an outstanding year of strong academic and personal growth" for the students.    Richard Willever said new faculty members and the "long-awaited construction" of the addition to the school are two things that will…

  • Stockton to introduce new foreign language course

    By: Nicole Taylor    STOCKTON – The upcoming year at Stockton School brings a new world languages program and a more comfortable building, according to the superintendent.    Marlene Leeb was excited about the expansion of the school’s foreign language program beyond the French program that already exists.    "We have a new introductory Spanish program called ‘Espanol…

  • Chit-Chat: The Lambertville Elks are back in town!

    By: Merle Citron    Bulletin!    Correction!    I blooped.    Jim Conover of North Main Street, not Jim Carmody, went fishing with his grandsons and said good-bye to his fish and his fishing pole.    The Elks, the people variety, are back in town. As a matter of fact, they’re on Wilson Street in the old Moose home and…

  • Editorial: Business booming in city in 1940

    By: Iris Naylor    The Lambertville Kiwanis Club sponsored its first annual water carnival in 1940.    The event was to be held July 27 in the canal below Bridge Street at the aqueduct. Youngsters in the twin towns of Lambertville and New Hope could compete for prizes in races that featured the breast stroke, the back…

  • Township Web site up and running

    By: Sue Kramer    WEST AMWELL – The township’s Web site – http://www.westamwelltwp.org – is up and running, and it’s full of helpful information, township connections and community events with a dose of interesting and sometimes little-known facts.    And it got its start with an article in The Beacon.    "It was saying that West Amwell was…