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  • LBA Highlights

    By: Laura Kropp    Following are the highlights from the first two weeks of the Lambertville Basketball Association. Week one Third- and fourth-grade girls Extreme Mowing 8 Kiwanis 6    In a very well-played game, Extreme Mowing held off Kiwanis on Jan. 6.    Hannah Shultz, Jade Assad, Ashley Eick and Bryana Hopkins each scored two points. Cori…

  • ‘Notes on a Scandal’

    A story of two needy women undone by their unchecked desires features two of the most extraordinary English actresses stretching themselves to the limits. By: Bob Brown    This film is an anatomy of loneliness, and of the lunacies it induces. The story dissects the character of one particular loner, schoolteacher Barbara Covett (Dame Judi Dench),…

  • Council wants more research on additional seating plan

    Marsha Brown’s Restaurant wants 28 more seats through its plan to expand the dining area into the mezzanine. By: Linda Seida    NEW HOPE — The Borough Council is receptive to a restaurateur’s plan to expand and add a total of 28 more seats, but is asking for an additional study to verify safety issues.    Marsha…

  • Senior Menus-Jan. 18, 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, Jan. 18 — Potato leek soup, chicken…

  • American Classic

    Actors’ NET conjures ‘The Crucible.’ By: Stuart Duncan    When Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible opened on Broadway in 1953, it was hailed by audiences, but some critics found it disappointing. The dean of the morning papers, Brooks Atkinson of The New York Times, for example, found that the theme did not match Miller’s earlier works,…

  • Cool Passion

    Paper Mill Playhouse heats up with ‘Summer and Smoke.’ By: Stuart Duncan    Someone once said that stage productions were the single most expensive way of reaching the smallest number of people. Perhaps that is why we are seeing more and more co-productions between the major theater companies. Just this past weekend, we had an opening…

  • Fulper refuses to resign from board

    West Amwell wants Robert Fulper to step down as Board of Adjustment chairman because of his lawsuit against the township. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — Board of Adjustment Chairman Robert Fulper II is refusing to step down and, instead, it asking the Township Committee to reverse its decision calling for his resignation, he said…

  • On the Block

    An auction for Boheme Opera NJ will feature everything from fine art to football memorabilia. By: Megan Sullivan    In the home or office, bare walls become a blank canvas. Instead of looking up every day at their nakedness, it’s uplifting to add a personalized touch with a framed family photo or a striking artwork. It’s…

  • Obituaries-Jan. 18, 2007

    Phyllis Devlin    NEW HOPE — Phyllis T. Devlin of New Hope died Sunday, Jan. 7, at Doylestown (Pa.) Hospital.    Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late W. Harry and Polly Heritage Taylor. She grew up in Lower Makefield Township, Pa.    Ms. Devlin graduated from Pennsbury High School and attended Dickinson College. She…