Category: archives
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Policeman leaves tough town for ‘quiet’ Solebury
Chief Dominick Bellizzie has replaced Richard "Duffy" Mangan, who retired after 40 years. By: Linda Seida SOLEBURY At first glance, the new chief of police doesn’t look like a hard-edged cop. Dominick Bellizzie’s smile frequently is accompanied by warm laughter, and sometimes even a dimple flashes along with his quick humor. As he sits…
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Obituaries-June 8, 2006
Rosalie Fresco SOLEBURY Rosalie Marie Camp Fresco, 94, a longtime resident of Centre Bridge in Solebury Township, Pa., died at home Saturday, June 3. Born in Brooklyn, Mrs. Fresco moved to Centre Bridge in 1920. She was baptized in Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii Parish in Brooklyn and received her first holy…
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‘The Sound of Music’
Matt DiCarlo directs this Rodgers and Hammerstein classic at The Villagers. By: Stuart Duncan When The Sound of Music opened in mid-November 1959, the critics were by no means unanimous in welcoming the latest Rodgers and Hammerstein effort. Some felt it "corny," "conventional" or "overly sentimental." One called the book "too saccharine"; another felt director…
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Letters-June 8, 2006
Guinea hens ‘engaging’ to watch To the editor: It is with great interest that I have been following the "guinea hen letters" over the past few weeks. As a resident of Cottage Hill for the past 16 years in a property adjacent to Mt. Hope Cemetery, I have had what might be called an intimate…
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‘Lucky Stiff’
Maurer Productions OnStage presents this murder mystery farce at Kelsey Theatre. By: Stuart Duncan Lucky Stiff is a murder mystery farce that propels a mild-mannered British shoe clerk into a lunatic mixture of a dead Atlantic City croupier, his near-sighted and jilted mistress, her hen-pecked brother, plus assorted entertainers and hotel personnel all for…
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Raymond W. Burd
Raymond W Burd, 86, died Monday in St. Augustine, Fla. Born in Trenton, he was a resident of Hopewell for most of his life, living the last 10 in Pennington Point. Mr. Burd was a seaman in the Navy, serving in the Pacific in World War II on the APA-46 USS Knox. During his varied…
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Comments sought on water trail plan
The project is aimed at protecting the Delaware River and making it safer and more enjoyable. By: Linda Seida There’s still time to weigh in on the proposed Delaware River Water Trail concept plan aimed at protecting the scenic river and making it safer and more enjoyable for recreational boaters, swimmers and other waterway visitors.…
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University community hears call to service
Audience at Reunions event urged to find passion in their profession By: Jocelyn Hanamirian A call to service and to finding passion in one’s profession was the focus of a colloquium at Princeton University’s Frist Campus Center on Thursday, the school’s first day of Reunions. The 85 attendees of the colloquium, "Passion and Profession: Bringing…
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Savor the fresh and zesty foods of Greece
While some restaurant moussaka is made with all-beef and includes sliced potato, I prefer mine with lamb, sans potato By: Faith Bahadurian When I get the urge to roam, I often head south with my bird-watching friend Carolyn Foote Edelmann. She has devised this wonderful itinerary: We take the slow eight-mile loop road around the…
