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  • ‘The Express’

    ‘The Express’

    Photo Credit: Chuck Hodes Rob Brown as Ernie Davis in The Express.

  • Editorial-Oct. 16, 2008

    Lambertville has new mix of recyclables By Mae Rhine, Managing Editor    Lambertville residents lobbied long and hard to have plastics added to the list of recyclables the city picks up.    Now it’s a reality.    Starting Monday, the new recycling program will pick up plastics labeled with numbers 1 through 7. They also don’t have to…

  • John E. Willis

       John E. Willis, 62, of Hopewell, better known as “Quack,” died Tuesday at the University Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Princeton, he was a lifelong Hopewell resident. He was formerly employed by Educational Testing Service, Princeton, and Princeton Radiology. He was a member and past commander of Hopewell Valley American Legion Post 339, Hopewell…

  • Rec booters rally to another win

    Team remains undefeated    A rally of goals in the second half helped push Manville Recreation’s third and fourth grade soccer team to a 5-2 victory over Somerville on Saturday. The win left Manville undefeated for the season so far.    Somerville had taken an early 2-0 lead in the first half. Then, forward Aaron Schlosser put…

  • ‘City of Ember’

    ‘City of Ember’

    The novel was aimed at the so-called “young-adult” market, but this is a typical post-apocalyptic story that fits our present frame of mind. By Bob Brown AUTHOR Jeanne Duprau, whose book is the basis for this movie, is a Bay Area native. As a child in the 1950s, when everyone was terrified of a nuclear…

  • Mustangs lose second straight

    Offense stalls in loss to Belvidere by Shawn Tyrrell, Sports Writer    Although the Manville High School football team put in a much better and more spirited effort than it did the previous week, it still wasn’t enough as last Friday night the Mustangs lost their second straight game falling 33-7 to visiting Belvidere.    Many had…

  • ‘Tell No One’

    They don’t make suspense thrillers any better than this. By Elise Nakhnikian THAT vertigo you get from watching footage shot with a shaky handheld camera is such a cliché that it literally makes me feel kind of sick. But Tell No One, a beautifully executed old-fashioned murder mystery, rejuvenates even that tired convention.    An everyday…

  • Superintendents serve dinner at firehouse

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    WEST AMWELL — Two South Hunterdon Regional High School superintendents donated their time Saturday night as servers at the annual fundraising dinner to benefit the West Amwell Fire Company and its Ladies Auxiliary.    Superintendent Nancy Gartenberg and her predecessor, Lisa Brady, served a roast pork dinner with all the trimmings…

  • Threat on wall sends South students home

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    WEST AMWELL — Police are investigating a threat at South Hunterdon Regional High School that was scrawled in a bathroom stall Monday, which led to the early dismissal of students as a precaution.    The “cryptic message” in the middle school boys bathroom indicated some kind of explosion would occur, according…