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  • Hopewell Valley’s fire budgets OK’d

    Unopposed candidates for fire commissions also elected By John Tredrea    Fire budgets were approved by wide margins in Hopewell Township, Pennington Borough and Hopewell Borough fire district elections Saturday.    Also approved was a separate ballot question on a chief’s vehicle in the Hopewell Borough district.    In Hopewell Township, a fire budget of $2,420,592 was approved…

  • ‘Factory Girl’

    If there was more to ’60s ‘it’ girl Edie Sedgwick than surface charm and underlying neurosis and self-pity, this film fails to capture it. By: Elise Nakhnikian    When Andy Warhol meets Edie Sedgwick in Factory Girl, the fictionalized story of the real-life Warhol muse, the two snap together like LEGOs, her need for adoration clicking…

  • Editorial-Feb. 22, 2007

    Use your own parental control at live shows By: Mae Rhine    There’s a lesson all parents could learn from what happened to West Amwell resident Dr. Lauren Hills last week.    In last week’s Beacon, there was an article about one-act plays that were being performed in Trenton. One play starred a couple from Ringoes.    Dr.…

  • City rules civilian director can conduct internal reviews

    Lambertville police Sgt. Michael O’Rourke is accused of insubordination for conducting background checks against the orders of Police Director Bruce Cocuzza. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — The case of a Lambertville police sergeant accused of insubordination suffered a setback when township officials denied two motions made by his attorney, including a request the mayor recuse…

  • Police Blotter-Feb. 22, 2007

    Lambertville    Feb. 5 at 9:30 a.m., two juveniles were charged with receiving stolen property.    Police stopped a vehicle being driven by a 16-year-old female from Trenton on Route 29 for a rejected inspection sticker.    The car was reported stolen out of Trenton.    A passenger in the vehicle, a 15-year-old male from Trenton, also was arrested.…

  • Obituaries-Feb. 22, 2007

    Mikkel Dahl    WATKINS GLEN — Mikkel J. Dahl, 80, of Watkins Glen died at Schuyler Hospital on Feb. 12.    Born in Anoka, Minn., he was the son of the late Evan and Ragna Mikkelson Dahl.    He served in the Air Force during World War II and the Korean War with the 5th Air Rescue Squadron…

  • Low turnout marks city fire board election

    The budget was approved, and two incumbents were re-elected. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — Only 61 voters cast ballots in the Board of Fire Commissioners election Saturday, and the vast majority of them approved the commission’s 2007 budget and re-elected two incumbent commissioners.    Fifty-five voters went to the polls at the Justice Center, and another…

  • Senior Menus-Feb. 22, 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, Feb. 22 — Blended juice, barbecued rib…

  • South sets special meeting

    The Board of Education will discuss its search for a new superintendent and give an update on the construction project. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — The South Hunterdon Regional High School Board of Education will host a community meeting Tuesday, Feb. 27, to discuss the search for a new superintendent and to provide an…