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  • NH-S applauds federal money for gifted classes

    By: Sue Kramer        NEW HOPE — Karin Rodgers and James Twadell, staff representing U. S. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), visited the New Hope-Solebury Middle School May 30 to get some enthusiastic backing from parents, students and teachers for the federal appropriations called for in the pending Educational Opportunity Act.    The bill, formally known as…

  • Lambertville Video won’t reopen at damaged site

    Management looks for new location By: Jeremy Wang-Iverson        LAMBERTVILLE — Lambertville Video will not return to its previous store on South Franklin Street, but it shouldn’t be long before its doors open somewhere else.    The management is looking for a new location and salvaging the inventory that wasn’t ruined by the tractor-trailer that barreled…

  • Owner of condemned house files county appeal

    By: Sue Kramer LAMBERTVILLE — The owner of a house at 73 Bridge St. that the city has condemned and deemed an "imminent hazard" has taken his case to the county. The building’s owner, Christopher Carson, was given until May 26 to respond to the "imminent hazard" notice issued as a result of a search…

  • Obituaries

    Deborah Delatour    TRENTON — Deborah Delatour, 55, died Friday, May 26, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in Flemington, she moved to Trenton in 1981.    She was a shipping supervisor with Belmont Forwarding Co., Lambertville, and worked many years at her family’s restaurant, Country Kitchen.    A member of True Servant Worship and…

  • Wineries need city OK to sell at eateries

    By: Cynthia Williamson        LAMBERTVILLE — Two wineries from Ringoes would need Planning or Zoning Board approval to sell bottled wine from leased space at a local restaurant, city Zoning Officer John Flemming has determined.    Unionville Winery and Amwell Valley Vineyards have applied to the state Alcoholic Beverage Commission for a joint winery retail privilege…

  • School’s opera company modeled after pros

    By: Sue Kramer        NEW HOPE — As a part of the Metropolitan Opera Guild’s “Creating Original Opera” program, the Lion’s Tale Opera Company at New Hope-Solebury Elementary School is modeled after a professional opera company.    There are more than 100 fourth-grade students stepping into the role of writer, composer, performer, musician, set and lighting…

  • City OK $156,900 bid for police headquarters

    State renews pressure on city to meet code requirements in old police station By: Cynthia Williamson        LAMBERTVILLE — Under renewed pressure from the state Department of Labor, the City Council unanimously approved a $156,900 construction contract for Procomm Systems Inc. of Hope, N.J., to renovate a former auto body repair shop to a new…

  • Roy S. Brady Sr.

    Hamilton By:    HAMILTON — Roy S. Brady Sr., 62, died Friday, June 2, at home.    Born in Hopewell, he was a longtime Trenton area resident.    He retired in 1999 from the state Department of Corrections.    Mr. Brady was a Navy veteran of the Korean War and a member of Fraternal Order of Police and Miry…

  • City proposes junk car law

    By: Cynthia Williamson        LAMBERTVILLE — The City Council unanimously introduced an “unfit” vehicle ordinance June 1 that would make it illegal for owners to have unregistered vehicles sitting around on their properties.    Final adoption of the ordinance is slated for 7:30 p.m. June 19 at City Hall.    “One hundred vehicles at least could be…