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  • Hunting, fishing flea market set

    The annual event benefits the Sergeantsville Volunteer Fire Company. By: Linda Seida    SERGEANTSVILLE — Hunting and fishing enthusiasts are invited to attend a flea market Sunday to benefit firefighters.    All proceeds from the seventh annual Sergeantsville’s Hunting and Fishing Tackle Flea Market will go to the Sergeantsville Volunteer Fire Company.    More than 90 vendors are…

  • Plan needed for municipal tract use

    West Amwell Mayor Ron Shapella named nine people to a committee to decide what to do with the 104 acres that surrounds the municipal building at 150 Rocktown-Lambertville Road. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — Mayor Ron Shapella has appointed nine people to a new committee that is charged with recommending uses for 104 acres…

  • Martine’s River House Restaurant and Bar

    Once a tollbooth at Lambertville’s Ferry Landing, this congenial dining spot offers such delicacies as kaffir-lime-infused mussels and lamb marinated in espresso-brown sugar. By: Kate and Tom O’Neill    Martine’s, named for owner Martine Landry, was long a popular dining destination in New Hope. She began developing the River House a couple of years ago, and…

  • Taxes might rise just $2 for city property owners

    The proposed budget is $3.9 million, but depends on Lambertville getting "extraordinary aid" of $200,000 from the state. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — Municipal taxes for the average homeowner would increase by less than $2 a year if Lambertville receives enough state aid, while city employees would receive a 3 percent pay raise, said Mayor…

  • Editorial-March 15, 2007

    Residents can help out their community By: Mae Rhine    There are a couple of ways West Amwell residents can help their township.    First, the Historic Preservation Committee wants to replace the deteriorating veterans memorial. The new one will include veterans of all wars.    The committee needs help in tracking down all veterans who came from…

  • Ghosts, Bloodshed and Magic

    Circle Playhouse reigns ‘Macbeth.’ By: Stuart Duncan    A few seasons back the Circle Players of Piscataway decided to grab the theatrical bulls by the horns and stage its first Shakespeare play. The result was tremendous excitement — first from the performers, and then by audiences. Now the group schedules at least one each year. In…

  • Township plans to replace veterans memorial

    The new design will include veterans of all wars. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — The Historic Preservation Committee plans to replace the township’s deteriorating veterans memorial, and the new design will make it inclusive of the veterans of all wars for the first time.    The current memorial, a white-painted wooden structure, sits at the…

  • Letters-March 15, 2007

    High cost doesn’t mean good education To the editor:    Every year New Jersey publishes its data about the schools in the Garden State at www.nj.com/news/reportcard.    Every year, South Hunterdon High School shows the highest cost per pupil in the county: $20,337. Delaware Valley spends only $14,241.    The administrative cost per student fell again by a…

  • Smart Theater

    Princeton University Players finds ‘A New Brain.’ By: Stuart Duncan    A New Brain is a "well-off-the-beaten-path" musical by William Finn, who wrote the highly acclaimed Falsettos. It opened off-Broadway in 1998 to enthusiastic reviews, but failed to capture audiences and soon faded. The Princeton University Players — rapidly becoming competition on campus for better-known and…