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  • LBA Highlights-Feb. 8, 2007

    By: Laura Kropp    Week five of Lambertville Basketball Association action provided fans with some great defensive play and some low-scoring games. Third- and fourth-grade girls Extreme Mowing 6 Niece Lumber 0    Bryana Hopkins led the scoring for Extreme Mowing with four points while Jade Assad had two points.    The winning team got good defensive help…

  • To Your Health-Feb. 8, 2007

    Cholesterol: What’s your number? By: Dr. Terry Shlimbaum    High blood cholesterol is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease.    In fact, it ranks in the top three risk factors along with smoking and high blood pressure.    Most heart disease is caused by a buildup of cells, fat, and cholesterol that make it difficult for blood…

  • Heart Land

    Kuser Farm Mansion offers a Victorian Valentine’s Day celebration. By: Rich Fisher    As Valentine’s Day approaches, could anything conjure romance more than a trip back to the Victorian Era?    Well, OK, of course there are plenty of other fanciful playgrounds for Cupid to shoot his little arrows in. But hey, we had to get everyone’s…

  • ‘Venus’

    What makes this extraordinary is that one of our greatest actors is playing a version of himself at the end of a brilliant career. By: Bob Brown    Whether you embrace the premise of this film depends on which side of the baby boom you fall. It’s not, "Life begins at 60," it’s "Your mind stays…

  • Getting Witty

    Playwrights Theatre goes ‘Where The Sun Never Sets.’ By: Stuart Duncan    Where The Sun Never Sets, which has just opened in a world premiere at Playwrights Theatre in Madison, is that rarest of stage species — a literate satire, bordering on melodrama, that is actually howlingly funny. Playwright Bob Clyman juggles politics, religion, economics and…

  • South Eagles improve record

    By: John E. Powers    As the season winds down, the improvement continues for the South Hunterdon High School boys basketball team.    The Eagles, who beat Robbinsville 54-48 Monday night at home, were scheduled to take a 6-13 record into a road game at Manville Tuesday night.    The Eagles, who manhandled Sussex Tech 62-14, beat Manville…

  • Editorial-Feb. 8, 2007

    Get involved in decision to operate trolley By: Mae Rhine    The Greater New Hope Chamber of Commerce wants to hear from residents and business owners about whether to continue running its free trolley during the spring and summer.    We think it’s a great idea.    With parking at a premium, the trolley helped make life easier…

  • ‘Simple Chinese Cooking’ from Kylie Kwong

    Many of the foods traditionally eaten during this period have symbolic meanings By: Pat Tanner    The weeklong celebration of Chinese New Year begins on Sunday, Feb. 18, inaugurating The Year of the Pig or, as some refer to it, The Year of the Boar. Either way, those born during one of these porcine years are…

  • Property Transfers — Febuary 7, 2007

    The Princeton Packet Inc. publishes information on real estate transactions in its core market as a public service because it believes the information is newsworthy and appropriate. The information is all on the public record. In some cases the listing represents the property’s mailing address rather than the municipal location. While the intention is to…