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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…
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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…
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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…
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‘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…
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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…
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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…
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‘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),…
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‘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…
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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…
