Category: archives
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City wages to increase 4 percent
The raises are retroactive to Jan. 1. By: Linda Seida LAMBERTVILLE Most city employees have been awarded 4 percent raises, but a few received higher pay hikes while members of the City Council took no raise at all. All salaries will be retroactive to Jan. 1 with the exception of the position of crossing…
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‘Smokey Joe’s Cafe’
Academy Theatre revisits the Lieber and Stoller songbook. By: Stuart Duncan Chances are the names of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller are not terribly well known to theater buffs. But many folks call them the Rodgers and Hammerstein of rock ‘n’ roll, and it was only a matter of time before someone decided to take…
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In Trenton for Reel
The capital city hosts a burgeoning film festival. By: Josh Appelbaum Film audiences seeking festivals no longer have to travel to New York, Cannes or Park City. In 2002, the Trenton Film Society formed to bring films back to New Jersey’s capital, and began screening Academy Award-nominated documentaries and animated and short films. In 2004,…
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‘Seussical’
Bucks County Playhouse gives audiences a Dr. Seuss revue. By: Stuart Duncan Seussical, which has just opened at Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pa., to kick off the 14-show, 39-week summer season, is a colorful, energy-packed kaleidoscope of fun and talent. Forty-seven performers are singing and dancing up a storm to Stephen Flaherty’s music…
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Fedora Café
This casual Lawrenceville café spews personality while catering to the town’s ‘7,000 food critics.’ By: Antoinette Buckley Fedora Café 2633 Main St. Lawrenceville (609) 895-0844 Food: Good Service: Very good Prices: Dinner: appetizers: $7.99-$9.99; entrees: $8.99-$14.99; sandwiches: $6.99-$7.99; salads: $3.99-$6.99 Cuisine: Contemporary Vegetarian Options: Choices are plentiful Ambience: Cozy coffee shop Hours: Tues.-Thurs. 8 a.m.-10…
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Open Book
Paul Matthews’ portraits tell the tales of the characters who populate his life. By: Ilene Dube There was a time in his life when Paul Matthews wanted to be a writer, and so he went to London for a year and a half with his new bride and tried the writing life on for size.…
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Thyra Zengel quits field hockey
By: John E. Powers WEST AMWELL The timing was simply coincidence. When longtime South Hunterdon Regional High School field hockey coach Thyra Zengel stepped down as head coach last week, she became the second member of her family to resign in a span of few days. Her father, Sam Jefferis, who had coached the…
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Obituaries-May 4, 2006
Elisabeth Fergusson BUCKINGHAM, Pa. Elizabeth Catlin Fergusson of Buckingham, a lifelong volunteer, died Wednesday, April 26, at Doylestown (Pa.) Hospital. She was the widow of Ian L. Fergusson. Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Sheldon and Elsie Kiefer Catlin of Radnor, Pa. She graduated from the Agnes Irwin School in…
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Attack Duck on the lam
The pet duck belongs to Eugene and Nanette Wordehoff and escaped their fenced-in yard during the first day, Saturday, of the Lambertville Shad Festival. By: Mae Rhine LAMBERTVILLE As if dealing with the thousands of visitors and heavy traffic during this weekend’s annual Shad Festival wasn’t enough, police had to tail a web-footed fugitive.…
