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  • Chambers Walk Café

    With tempting flavors from around the globe, home-like ambience and service so personal, it’s no wonder customers return again and again. By: Faith Bahadurian    I’m convinced that Chambers Walk Café owners Mario and Laura Mangone have somehow peered inside my mind to compose their menus, which are full of my favorite foods and flavors, right…

  • Parents ask South for soccer program

    About 100 parents signed a petition asking for co-ed soccer at the middle school. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — Almost 100 parents from Lambertville, West Amwell and Stockton signed a petition asking South Hunterdon Regional High School to establish a co-ed soccer program for middle school students.    Parents presented their petition Nov. 16 during…

  • Man, 21, charged with providing alcohol to minors

    Christopher Mino of Branchburg is accused of providing alcohol to teens at an outdoor party in West Amwell, including Jack Reid, 19, of Delaware Township who was found unconscious in a nearby field and later died. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — A 21-year-old man has been charged with providing alcohol to minors during an…

  • Do You Hear What I Hear?

    New Jersey Gay Men’s Chorus welcomes the season with ‘Holly Days and Starry Nights.’ By: Susan Van Dongen    Mix a little classical music with Broadway standards, blend in some pop and doo-wop, and finish with Yuletide favorites and you’ll get Holly Days and Starry Nights, the 16th annual holiday concert presented by the New Jersey…

  • ‘For Your Consideration’

    This may be the most developed of Christopher Guest’s projects, and – with its quiet humor – one of the most satisfying. By: Bob Brown    The dreaded "Oscar buzz" can mess up any actor’s work in an otherwise respectable career. Writer/actor Eugene Levy knows only too well. When his name was bandied about as Best…

  • ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’

    Maurer Productions OnStage presents this family favorite at Kelsey Theatre. By: Stuart Duncan    It turns out that there is more than one musical making the rounds that is based on the old Frank Capra black-and-white film It’s a Wonderful Life. There is the version settled in at Paper Mill Playhouse up in Millburn, titled simply…

  • Police Blotter-Nov. 30, 2006

    Lambertville    James Toth, 43, of Morrisville, Pa., is facing felony drug charges after being stopped Tuesday, Nov. 21.    Police said they stopped a suspicious vehicle and found Mr. Toth with open containers of beer in the vehicle. Mr. Toth was under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, police said.    He also was in possession of…

  • ‘Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny’

    Part Cheech and Chong and part sketch comedy, a little bit Disney and a little bit rock ‘n’ roll, this cheerfully stitched-together pastiche is happy to do whatever it takes to entertain you. By: Elise Nakhnikian    Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny is one of those movies that looks like it was a lot more…

  • South Eagles lose to Del Val

    By: John E. Powers    The score wasn’t as lopsided as last year, but it still wasn’t the result the South Hunterdon Regional High School football team wanted.    The Eagles finished a 1-9 season Saturday afternoon with a Homecoming Day loss to Delaware Valley 25-0.    Delaware Valley (5-5) now leads the series 29-28-2, having won the…