Category: archives
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Police Blotter-Dec. 7, 2006
Lambertville Three Pennsylvania residents are facing felony drug charges as a result of a traffic stop Nov. 29. Police stopped a vehicle driven by Joy Parks, 42 of Pottstown, Pa., after she was observed driving erratically on Route 179 in the area of Old York Road at 12:10 a.m., police said. Ms. Parks was charged…
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Painting disappears from Rago Auction
The work by William Christenberry has been missing from Rago Arts and Auction Center since a few days after being sold for $2,280. By: Linda Seida LAMBERTVILLE A mixed-media painting from a private collection in New York was sold at auction in Lambertville for $2,280, but disappeared from the Rago Arts and Auction Center…
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Obituaries-Dec. 7, 2006
Stuyvesant Barry UPPER MAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP Stuyvesant "Peter" Barry, longtime head of Buckingham Friends School, in Lahaska, Pa., died Wednesday, Nov. 22. Mr. Barry was born in Llewellyn Park, West Orange, N.J., son of New York lawyer Herbert Barry and his wife, Ethel Morgan Dawson Barry. Mr. Barry was educated at St. Bernard’s School in…
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City sets forum on Swan Creek flood fix
Representatives from the Natural Resources Conservation Service will report on its study of the creek, the conclusions it reached and possible solutions for flooding. By: Linda Seida LAMBERTVILLE The city will host a public meeting next week to discuss possible remedies for flooding created by a backwash of Swan Creek. The meeting will be…
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A Reel Relic
It is a wonderful life at the Newtown Theatre. By: Jessica Loughery Eric Johnson can remember what it felt like walking through downtown Newtown, Pa., with his older brother, buying tickets at the box office window and finding a seat in the auditorium. He can even remember being scared of the witch the Wicked…
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‘Terra Nova’
Theatre Intime stages Ted Tally’s drama based on the journals and letters of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott. By: Stuart Duncan Ted Tally’s searing drama Terra Nova was very popular when it was first written in the mid- 1970s. It never reached New York, but was a big favorite with regional theaters and later with community…
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Drug testing considered at South
Officials are holding discussions with the public about random drug testing of student athletes, those who drive to school, park on campus or leave the campus for senior privileges. By: Linda Seida WEST AMWELL Not all parents want to begin random drug testing of students at South Hunterdon Regional High School, but many of…
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Parenting Pearls-Dec. 6, 2006
Open your hearts to children in need By: Dr. Mae Sakharov The year 1978 was when my life irrevocably changed as it was then I became a single adoptive mother of a 5-year-old girl. Single parents were not generally approved of at that time though the practice has become commonplace today. I chose to adopt…
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Illuminating Tradition
The Rev. Peter Pearson continues the ancient art of icon painting. By: Jillian Kalonick It was love at first sight, says the Rev. Peter Pearson, about when he first saw a Byzantine icon painting. "I was 12, and I’d been invited to the home of my elementary school art teacher," says the Rev. Pearson, who…
