Category: archives

  • BRHS seniors depart new high school

    By: Cara Latham    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — In the late 1980s, a gallon of gas cost $1.12, a brand new home cost about $140,000, "Roseanne" and "The Cosby Show" were the top television shows and stamps cost 25 cents.    And everyone used them because they couldn’t send e-mails yet, Bordentown Regional Schools Superintendent John Polomano pointed…

  • Obituaries-June 28, 2007

    Marie Pennett    STOCKTON — Marie Stymiest Pennett, 90, died Wednesday, June 20, at Hunterdon Care Center in Raritan Township.    She was a lifelong resident of Stockton.    Mrs. Pennett was an active member of the Wesleyan Baptist Church in Stockton, its choir and had served on various church committees over the years. She was a member…

  • City asks FEMA for funds for flooding fix

    Lambertville wants $145,000 of the nearly $200,000 it would take to install flood gates, a portable pump and a valve to protect property owners from Ely Creek flooding. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — The city is asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency for $145,000 to help finance flood remedies for Ely Creek that are expected…

  • Solebury deer kill to resume

    Some residents are circulating a petition to stop the hunt that includes fawns. By: Linda Seida    SOLEBURY — Sharpshooters will return in several weeks to pick up where they recently left off, culling the deer herd with high-tech rifles and night-vision equipment.    The township’s $250,000 contract to bring in sharpshooters from the U. S. Department…

  • ‘Sicko’

    For all Michael Moore’s humor, this film is heart rending, touching and thought-provoking in a way none of his others have been. By: Bob Brown Michael Moore consults with a British doctor in Sicko.    Michael Moore has graduated. Big Mike, the class clown, has finally made a film that might actually be a documentary.    After…

  • Rockets’ Red Glare

    The skies will be lit with fireworks in celebration of Independence Day By: Princeton’s annual fireworks show will take place July 2 in the fields adjacent to Princeton University’s football stadium.    Get out the red, white and blue and sit back while the skies light up. Independence Day means there’ll be plenty of festivities throughout…

  • West Amwell gets grant for design planning

    The township will use the $50,000 Smart Growth award to come up with standards for development along its highway commercial zones. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — The township has won a $50,000 state Smart Growth grant and will use it to plan design standards for future development along its highway commercial zones.    The highways…

  • 552 Restaurant

    A beautiful 1700s stone farmhouse, lively food and up-to-the-minute atmosphere sweep diners off their feet in Newtown, Pa. By: Antoinette Buckley    552 Restaurant lives up to its number. A numeric name in recent years has come to signify a restaurant with a hip sense of sophistication accompanied by a keen culinary know-how. 552 Restaurant shows…