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  • Summer Stalwart

    Open Air Theatre plays ‘The Music Man.’ By: Stuart Duncan    The summer season at the Open Air Theatre in Washington Crossing Park has reopened under new management, after a year of darkness. It’s in the hands of Ralph Miller, who runs Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pa., and Richard Akins, who ran the theater…

  • Senior Menus-June 14, 2007

       All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville.    The value of each meal is $4.60. 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, June 14 — Apple juice, tuna salad,…

  • Officials knocks ag panel overhaul

    Councilman Gary Bleacher accused Mayor Ron Shapella of removing members with "opposing viewpoints." By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — Mayor Ron Shapella announced new appointments to the Agricultural Advisory Committee, replacing three out of four original members to the consternation of Committeeman Gary Bleacher.    Mr. Bleacher, who voted against the appointments, expressed "disappointment" in Mayor…

  • Obituaries-June 14, 2007

    John Brady    RALEIGH, N.C. — John Christian Brady, 53, died at home in Raleigh, N. C., Wednesday, April 25, after a lengthy illness.    Born in Doylestown, he attended Woodhill Elementary School (now Sol Feinstone), graduated from New Hope High School in 1971 and attended Bucks County Community College.    He moved from New Hope to Ft.…

  • Letters-June 14, 2007

    PTA thanks Madeline Gavin To the editor:    As we come to the close of the 2006-07 school year, we want to thank our fantastic interim superintendent, Madeline Gavin.    Mrs. Gavin came to Lambertville two years ago and, in a very short time, has enhanced our school.    She instituted a new schedule for the fourth, fifth…

  • Write-ins don’t accept nominations

    Two Stockton residents received enough write-in votes to be placed on the November ballot, but didn’t accept the nominations by the 4 p.m. Tuesday deadline. By: Linda Seida    An election year with no local contests appeared to have turned into a horse race in Stockton Borough after the June 5 primary, when two write-in candidates…

  • Planners want comments on recent development

    The board will host a public forum at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Justice Center. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — The Planning Board is hosting a public forum at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday for the purpose of revisiting Lambertville’s master plan vision and discussing future development in the city.    The information gleaned from this meeting will…

  • Students aim to ease plight of African AIDS orphans

    Stockton fifth-grader Eliot Hagerty turned a classroom assignment into a fundraising effort. By: Linda Seida    STOCKTON — A fifth-grader at Stockton Public School turned a routine class assignment into a way to ease the suffering of children a world away.    Eliot Hagerty’s assignment from her teacher, Doug Hudak, was to prepare to give what he…

  • Clued In

    Ravenchase Adventures offers ‘The Father of All Chases’ through Princeton. By: Susan Van Dongen TIMEOFF/MARK CZAJKOWSKI Kristine and Robert Jenner will lead a race to historical sites in Princeton.    Equal parts Amazing Race, The Da Vinci Code and National Treasure, Ravenchase Adventures is a mixture of a scavenger hunt and an adventure race, according to…