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  • Verney optimistic after county loss

    Raiders play well in another tough loss By: John Beisser        On Friday, Dec. 22, the Hillsborough High ice hockey team played some of its most inspired and determined hockey of the season in the first round of the Somerset County Tournament but it was not enough as the sixth-seeded Raiders were edged by third-seeded…

  • Goodell and Pogorzelski will serve Hopewell Township again

    Committee makes 2007 assignments By John Tredrea    Steve Goodell will be Hopewell Township’s attorney again this year. At Tuesday night’s annual reorganization meeting, the Township Committee voted 5-0 to rehire Mr. Goodell, who has held the post of municipal attorney since January 2004 and previously served as attorney for the Zoning Board of Adjustment.    Also…

  • The Wonders of ‘Alice’

    ‘Lookingglass Alice’ aims to delight and remind us of the joys of childhood. By: Anthony Stoeckert    Is it possible to feel like a child again? To put aside our worries over terrorism and the war in Iraq? To forget about the mortgage payment, deadlines and meetings and immerse ourselves into a childlike world of play…

  • Obituaries-Jan. 4, 2007

    Grace Housel    EAST AMWELL — Grace Housel, 99, died Wednesday, Dec. 27, at Briarleaf Nursing Center in Doylestown, Pa.    Born in New Hope, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Emily Wiley.    She had resided in Lambertville most of her life before moving to East Amwell Township.    She was a homemaker. She was…

  • South teams end year with losses

    By: John E. Powers    South Hunterdon Regional High School girls basketball coach Lori Daniel had a fitting description for the last week of 2006 for both the girls and boys Eagle teams.    "It’s behind us," said Daniel on Sunday afternoon.    The girls ended the year with losses to Florence and Pinelands in the Northern Burlington…

  • Senior Menus-Jan. 4, 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. Regular menu    Thursday, Jan. 4 — Chicken barley…

  • New Hope to contest flood wall

    Officials want to force the owner of the Bucks County Playhouse to tear down the wall he erected in the flood plain. By: Linda Seida    NEW HOPE — The Borough Council recently agreed to petition a Bucks County judge to force the owner of the historic Bucks County Playhouse to tear down a flood wall…

  • Molnar reflects on term on committee

    Former Mayor Tom Molnar said he may return to politics some day. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — Tom Molnar spent three years on the Township Committee and just one of them as mayor, yet that year, 2006, was one of major change for West Amwell.    He took some heat for decisions he made, and…

  • Editorial-Jan. 4, 2007

    Town should change form of government By: Mae Rhine    We think it’s time West Amwell considers changing its form of government from a three-member to five-member committee.    The final decision would need to go to residents as a ballot question.    Too often throughout the years, two members of the Township Committee join forces and effectively…