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  • Landlord charged with operating illegal boardinghouse

    Owners of rental units have until July 10 to register with the city. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — Landlords have until July 10 to register their rental units with the city under the terms of a new ordinance aimed at cracking down on illegal boardinghouses.    The new law requires landlords to file a registration statement…

  • Township eyes law to protect water

    The law would govern the storage or handling of waste and hazardous substances near drinking supplies, such as wells. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — To protect private wells and drinking water aquifers, the Board of Health is considering adopting an ordinance to govern the storage or handling of waste and hazardous substances.    In addition…

  • Native Sons

    The Man of Steel flies in to the Princeton Public Library, thanks to the super moms of actor Christopher Reeve and director Bryan Singer. By: Josh Appelbaum    The Man of Steel will be the center of attention next week as the Princeton Public Library prepares for a "super" week of events exploring the various incarnations…

  • ‘Wait Until Dark’

    Princeton Summer Theater kicks off its season with the Frederick Knott thriller. By: Stuart Duncan    Wait Until Dark, on stage at Hamilton Murray Theater on the campus of Princeton University and opening the Princeton Summer Theater season, has two major assets: the performance of Amy Widdowson and the script by Frederick Knott.    Knott, who lived…

  • West Amwell mulls reserve septic areas

    The township wants to require a backup area for new dwelling units because it is "seeing more and more failing systems." By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — The Board of Health plans to discuss the possibility of requiring a reserve septic area for new subdivisions or new dwelling units during its July 19 meeting.    A…

  • Letters-June 22, 2006

    Dog not allowed in city post office To the editor:    This is a first for me in a town my family and I have been a part of for over 80-plus years.    I went into the Lambertville Post Office today with my 3-pound Jersey Girl (pooch) who everyone knows and was yelled at by Mike…

  • ‘The Lake House’

    For a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, David Auburn turns in a surprisingly pedestrian script in this time-warp romance. By: Bob Brown    In this boy-nearly-meets-girl film, the architecture threatens to overwhelm the love story. There are some marvelous contributors all down the line, but it has to depend on chemistry between two people: Alex Wyler (Keanu Reeves),…

  • ‘The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift’

    This film makes a half-hearted effort to be about something more than cheap thrills. By: Elise Nakhnikian    "What’s the point of racing?" Han (Sung Kang) asks Shawn (Lucas Black of Friday Night Lights) in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, the third movie in the Fast and Furious cycle.    "To prove you’re better than…

  • Construction worker dies in fall in Washington

    By: Purvi Desai Purvi DesaiStaff Writer              WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP – A construction worker was killed Wednesday morning after being thrown 30 feet from a scissor lift that hit a hole in the ground and tipped over, police said.       Dennis Treude, Jr., 32, of Fairless Hills, Pa., was pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in…