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City rejects waste, recycling bids again
Lambertville says the second round came back too high. By: Linda Seida LAMBERTVILLE A second round of bids has come back too high, prompting the city to scrap the idea of contracting with an outside firm to take over trash hauling and institute a plastics recycling program. Despite the setback, the city is not…
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Letters-June 21, 2007
Mean act turned around To the editor: I would like to tell you something that happened to me. About three weeks ago, my tire blew out. A large screw was the cause. Because of construction on Main Street, I couldn’t use the garage I pay for, and I was forced to park my car on…
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Golf outing to benefit seriously ill children
The golf event in Ringoes will help the families of Erik Zimmerman of East Amwell and Timothy Deignan of Union Township pay some of the medical bills for their children. By: Linda Seida EAST AMWELL All of the proceeds from a charity golf outing Monday will help ease the financial burden faced by the…
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Editorial-June 21, 2007
Stay alert for signs of rabies in local animals By: Mae Rhine Rabies cases are on the rise in Hunterdon County. So far this year there have been 11 confirmed cases: eight raccoons, two cats and one fox. That’s up slightly from last year’s eight cases as of this time: four raccoons, two cats, a…
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Moonstruck by Moonlight
The Met celebrates opera with a free performance of ‘La Bohème’ at Buccleuch Park. By: Anthony Stoeckert The sopranos are coming back to New Jersey, along with some tenors, baritones and bass baritones. The Metropolitan Opera will perform Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème in New Brunswick June 23 as part of its Met in the Parks…
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Sergeantsville Inn
In a vintage building with rustic charm, unfussy but innovative seasonal cuisine delights the palate while reasonably priced wines infuse the soul. By: Tom and Kate O’Neill Sergeantsville is a picturesque, 18th century crossroads village in Hunterdon County. At the center of town stands the Sergeantsville Inn, created from two vintage buildings. One houses the…
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‘Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer’
Despite the cast’s credentials, the driving engine is an army of technicians, slaving away over glowing screens to make everything look, well, fantastic. By: Bob Brown The Silver Surfer bears down on New York City in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Let’s be blunt about this at the outset: Fantastic Four: Rise of…
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They’ve Got Rhythm
Bucks County Playhouse goes ‘Crazy for You.’ By: Stuart Duncan If Crazy For You seems like an old-fashioned musical, that’s because it is. It opened on Broadway in mid-October, 1930, just as the Depression was beginning to show its teeth, and its tale of luck and pluck helped a lackluster theater season. It had a…
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British Humor
Off-Broadstreet Theatre takes a ‘Run For Your Wife.’ By: Stuart Duncan Michael A. Iacovelli plays Bobby, the neighbor of taxi driver John Smith (Steve Lobis) and his wife, Barbara (Amy Locane), in Off-Broadstreet Theatre’s Run For Your Wife. British playwright Ray Cooney has become almost as popular in the U.S. as he is at home.…
