Category: archives
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Storm causes $20,000 pump station damage
Water damaged the station’s electrical equipment. By: Linda Seida STOCKTON The Delaware and Raritan Canal walls held up this time in Stockton, but the nor’easter that blew through the region last week, nevertheless, swamped the sewer system and left officials with an unexpected $20,000 repair bill for the town’s pump station. "In that respect,…
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Stockton mulls coverage from Delaware police
Residents are concerned about hit-and-run accidents along Main Street (Route 29). By: Linda Seida STOCKTON Residents have been asking for something to be done about speeders and hit-and-run drivers on Main Street, and the Borough Council is investigating the option of contracting the services of Delaware Township police. "It is being explored," Mayor Stephen…
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Traffic, bridge woes could affect Shad Fest
The annual event is set for April 28 and 29 in Lambertville. By: Linda Seida The Shad Festival this weekend faces a couple of hurdles, one on land and the other on water. Lewis Island, the site where visitors view the annual shad seining, or hauling, demonstration, could be unreachable if a wooden footbridge can’t…
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From This to That
Susan Freeman’s jewelry is made from semi-precious stones and whimsical bibelots See related story: Playing Doubles See related story: Expanding the Tradition See related story: Communiversity Schedule of Events By: Ilene Dube Walking up the steps to Susan Freeman’s Cranbury art studio, one is greeted by two members of her Household Goddess series: Both "Shall…
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‘Fracture’
The fun of this film comes with watching the war of wits between its two stars. By: Bob Brown Here’s a worthy film to break the grip of spring and fill the gap between the blockbusters of winter past and summer to come. This is a crime caper, but the crime is never a mystery.…
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Letters-April 26, 2007
Wine tasting raised $2,000 for library To the editor: As local jazz musician Carol Heffler sang and played "The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow," 40 guests braved the stormy weather and arrived at Wine 54 in West Amwell to raise money for the purchase of books for the Lambertville Public Library. With the extension for…
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Other Men’s Wives
Theatre Intime meets ‘The Country Wife.’ By: Scotia W. MacRae A production of The Country Wife, written in 1675 by British dramatist William Wycherley (c. 1640-1716) and considered outrageous in its time and by every generation since, is an ambitious undertaking for anyone, and Theatre Intime, entirely programmed and run by Princeton University students, has…
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Settimo Cielo
Located in the heart of Trenton, this ‘seventh heaven’ offers reasonably priced, fine northern Italian cuisine. By: Kate and Tom O’Neill Settimo Cielo (Seventh Heaven) is in the heart of Trenton, near the War Memorial, the Marriott and the State House an historic district enjoying something of a renaissance. The restaurant, which opened last…
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Moments to Remember
Bristol Riverside is ‘Forever Plaid.’ By: Stuart Duncan It has been only six years since Bristol Riverside Theatre staged Forever Plaid, and the pretty theater on the Delaware has never repeated a work previously, but to celebrate its 99th production, the theater asked its audiences what they wanted to see again. The overwhelming result was…
