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  • Stibitz decides to focus on football

    Steps down after seven years as head wrestling coach By: Rudy Brandl    Brett Stibitz has taken the Manville High football team to a higher level in his two years at the helm. That’s one of the reasons he stepped down as the school’s head wrestling coach at the end of the 2007 season.    Building a…

  • Elizabeth Madden

       MANVILLE — Elizabeth Madden died July 13 in Princeton Medical Center in Princeton. She was 63.    She was born in Shamokin, Pa., and lived in New Brunswick before moving to Manville 10 years ago.    Mrs. Madden was formerly in the retail department of Drug Fair in Manville.    Her parents, Francis and Elizabeth Timco; and a…

  • Obituaries-July 19, 2007

    Mary McCarter    LAMBERTVILLE — Mary L. McCarter, 77, died Monday, July 16, at Valley View Nursing Center in Montoursville, Pa.    Born in Ferndale, Mich., Mrs. McCarter had lived in Lambertville for 39 years and in Montoursville for the past nine years.    For many years, she had worked at Del-Vue Cleaners in Lambertville.    She was the…

  • Deer kill to resume in Solebury

    But before that, the Humane Society will send a representative to spread the word about non-lethal methods of culling the deer population. By: Linda Seida    SOLEBURY — A Wildlife Services team, including at least one sharpshooter with night-vision and thermal-imaging equipment, will return to the township within the next month to resume culling the deer…

  • July 18, 2007

    Robert C. Hodnett    Robert Claborn Hodnett, 77, of Ewing died Friday at Capital Health System, Fuld Campus.    Born, raised and educated in Hopewell, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps and was honorably discharged.    He was employed at McGuire Air Force Base for 36 years. After his retirement, he was employed by the Mount Holly…

  • Pete Lorenzo’s Cafe

    This speakeasy-turned-steakhouse displays a burnished, atavistic charm and offers an array of familiar, generally well-prepared Italian dishes. By: Tom and Kate O’Neill (TIMEOFF PHOTOS/MARK CZAJKOWSKI) Pete Lorenzo’s Café 66 S. Clinton Ave. Trenton (609) 695-6868 www.petelorenzos.com Food: Good to very good; steaks and chops: excellent Service: Friendly but inconsistent and slow Prices:Appetizers $7-$24 (mussels marinara…

  • Senior Menus-July 19, 2007

       All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville.    The value of each meal is $4.75. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution. All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine.    The sodium-controlled menu is the same unless otherwise noted.    Thursday, July 19 — Apple juice, stuffed cabbage…

  • Letters-July 19, 2007

    Put best foot forward in campaign To the editor:    I believe the voters of West Amwell endorsed my candidacy in the primary election because they saw a new direction, one that sustains the rural character of this community without resorting to the failed policies of recent years.    I have and always will be a strong…

  • Police Blotter-July 19, 2007

    Lambertville    July 3 at 12:20 a.m., William P. Graff, 50, of Trenton was charged with drunken driving.    He was stopped on Bridge Street by for obstructing traffic, police said.    He was released without bail.    July 4 at 2:19 a.m., Thomas J. Osterhout, 35, of Fairless Hills, Pa., was charged with drunken driving.    He was stopped…