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  • Senior Menus-Aug. 3, 2006

    Lambertville    Carol A. Sassman of North Union Street reported July 24 that someone had removed the cover off her husband’s motorcycle, which was parked at the rear of her house.    The right rear blinker was taken. The saddlebags were fond on the ground next to the motorcycle, police said.    John L. Jackson, 46, of Rosemont…

  • ‘Mr. Hobbs’ Vacation’

    Somerset Valley Playhouse interprets Edward Streeter’s classic summertime tale. By: Stuart Duncan    Mr. Hobbs’ Vacation was a 1954 novel, grabbed by Hollywood eight years later and turned into a movie which starred Jimmy Stewart and Maureen O’Hara (with a very young Fabian in a minor role). The final incarnation was a play, adapted by F.…

  • Special ed costs LPS another second grade

    The district also has slashed instructional time for health and physical education as well as art and music. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — Because of more than $150,000 in unexpected special education expenses, Lambertville Public School’s Board of Education has eliminated a second-grade classroom and cut back instructional hours for health and physical education, art…

  • ‘Heading South’ and ‘World Trade Center’

    Laurent Cantet explores race, class and gender in ’70s Haiti and Oliver Stone brings New York’s 9/11 story to the screen with the masculine force of a John Ford Western. By: Elise Nakhnikian    The big-and-dumb summer movie season may have started early this year, but it seems to be ending early too. So if Pirates…

  • Community Calendar

    Vacation Bible School    Beginning Monday Aug. 7 — A community Vacation Bible School will be held through Aug. 11 from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the First Baptist Church, Prince Street, Bordentown. It is sponsored by the following churches: Christ Episcopal, First Baptist, First Presbyterian and Trinity United Methodist.    Registration will be held Aug.…

  • Police Blotter

    August 3 edition BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP    On July 26, at 2:05 p.m., Melanie Minniti, 35, of Bordentown; Latoya Simmons, 20, of Trenton; and Tina Mitchell, 32, of Mount Holly; were charged with drug offenses at the Laurel Notch Motel on Route 206 in Bordentown.    Police said detectives went to the motel to serve an active traffic…

  • ‘Ragtime’

    Bucks County Playhouse stages the Terrance McNally musical. By: Stuart Duncan Ragtime, which has just opened at Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pa., is a powerful, nostalgic portrait of life at the turn of the last century in America. Playwright Terrence McNally has adapted E.L. Doctorow’s seminal novel and intertwined three distinct stories, illustrating…

  • Business owners want consideration during drainage work

    The $9.4 million project gets under way this month. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — The construction schedule for the New Jersey Department of Transportation’s Route 29 drainage project makes allowances for the elementary school’s schedule, but a member of the business community feels equal consideration should have been given to the central business district.    The…

  • Cocina del Sol

    Mexican food is served with a sunny disposition on bright Fiestaware in this subterranean spot in Frenchtown. By: Tom and Kate O’Neill    Ask a chef what makes a good restaurant and the quick answer usually is: food, service and ambience. In Frenchtown, Cocina del Sol offers well-conceived Mexican and Tex-Mex dishes with intriguing flavors. The…