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  • Suspects sought in burglary spree

    By: Cara Latham    PLUMSTED — Overnight burglaries at two Lakewood Road businesses and an Exxon gas station on Main Street are under investigation by police.    Police said Advanced Commercial and WIG Electrical, which share the same building at 15 Lakewood Road, were burglarized between Monday night and Tuesday morning. Police said they got the call…

  • On Point

    Talking trash By: Linda McCarthy    Figure this out. Counting people and animals I live with six males. I am the only one who takes the garbage to the curb. If I don’t, it sits there another week. Every Friday morning I’m out with the men of my neighborhood doing what I consider a manly thing.…

  • Senior Menus-Oct. 19, 2006

       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, Oct. 19 — Grape juice, stuffed cabbage…

  • Panel defers decision on Fire District

    By: Purvi Desai    WASHINGTON — Township officials hope to get state approval to dissolve the Fire District at the next state Local Finance Board meeting on Nov. 9, after the board postponed that decision on Oct. 11, Township Administrator Mary Caffrey said.    The move would shift fire and emergency services under the municipality’s governance.    "The…

  • Horrific Fun

    The Brook Theatre’s first production offers romance, song and a man-eating plant. By: Megan Sullivan Never trust a carnivorous plant. Especially when it prefers the taste of human flesh over insects and invertebrates.    In the musical comedy Little Shop of Horrors, a hapless florist’s assistant cultivates a unique plant that changes the fortunes of the…

  • Winter Festival will skip a year

    Chairwoman Susan Waller says, despite the city’s offer of help, the festival can not be held in 2007. By: Linda Seida    Like the Shad Festival almost two years ago, another longtime tourist draw is suffering serious growing pains.    The Lambertville-New Hope Winter Festival has been canceled for 2007, its 11th year, because of a lack…

  • Pure Classics

    From symphonies to opera to modern Japanese music, the fall music season offers something for everyone. Riverside Symphonia Riverside Symphonia opens its 2006-2007 season with a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D Major, featuring virtuoso violinist Lara St. John, Oct. 26 and 27 at the Church of St. John the Evangelist in Lambertville.    Ms.…

  • New Hope seeks grant for historic building

    A resident wants the borough to buy the house and make it into a living history museum. By: Linda Seida    NEW HOPE — A Revolutionary War-era house that was saved from destruction last month could be transformed into a living history museum if a local history expert’s vision comes to fruition.    Iain Haight-Ashton, a living…

  • Passion for Renovation

    Trinity Episcopal Church’s 16th annual house tour will highlight both historic and modern estates in Bucks County, Pa. By: Jessica Loughery    If you’ve ever taken a drive through the rolling hills of Pineville, Pa., Solebury, Pa., or Buckingham, Pa., you’re sure to have admired both the historic farmhouses and the majestic modern estates that dot…