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  • Soldier’s mother struggles with war’s value

    Allentown High alumnus serving in Iraq with Air National Guard. By: Dick Brinster    While his stateside mother wonders about the value of the war, Air National Guardsman Eric Johnson is fighting insurgency in Iraq.    Among the things Nancy Johnson questions is the level of gratitude felt for what the troops are trying to do, but…

  • ‘Have a Good Day’

    The Blawenburg Band will play a benefit concert to help Gulf Coast families. By: Susan Van Dongen    Hurricane Katrina was so devastating, the World Meteorological Organization retired the name, out of sensitivity for the victims and for historical, scientific and legal purposes. In addition, Dennis, Rita, Stan and Wilma will not be used again as…

  • Firehouse being sold to clothing designer

    The Fleetwing will move into an addition to be built at the Union Fire Company. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — A piece of Lambertville’s architectural history is being sold to a clothing designer.    The Fleetwing Hook and Ladder Company has agreed to sell its 19th-century building on North Main Street for more than $375,000 because…

  • L’Enfant (The Child)

    Double Palme D’Or winners Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne describe their film as a love story with a missing character: the child’s father. By: Bob Brown    With minimum of tricks and studio trappings, the Belgian Dardenne brothers, Jean-Pierre and Luc, are carving a name for themselves in modern cinema. The present production marks their second Palme…

  • Letters-April 20, 2006

    Don’t mix traffic with families To the editor:    I am trying to understand the issue of public safety and quality of life with one of the traffic "roundabouts" proposed for Lambertville.    It was a tractor-trailer that tragically crashed into the video store and cost the life of one of our residents only a few short…

  • Search-and-rescue canine is missing

    Sarge, a 7-year-old black Labrador, got out of his fenced-in yard in Lambertville April 12. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — A search-and-rescue dog named Sarge, who has spent most of his life helping to find missing people, has gone missing himself, and his owners are hoping someone out there can help rescue him now.    The…

  • Residents want more talks with DOT about roundabouts

    The DOT held a public meeting in December at the Justice Center, but many people said they didn’t know about it. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — Months ago, residents said they wanted another public meeting to discuss the state Department of Transportation’s plan to redesign Route 29 and install three roundabouts in the city.    They’re…

  • Washington voters OK school budget

    Silvestrov, Fox, Pierson elected to board in uncontested race. By: Rob Heyman    WASHINGTON — A difficult budget preparation season for school board members concluded Tuesday with a significant sigh of relief as voters passed the district’s $27.3 million budget by a vote of 911-754.    The budget called for a 20-cent tax increase — from $2.58…

  • Kinky Boots

    The latest in a spate of noodge-noodge British dramadies, this film wants to be sexy and sophisticated, but clomps around like a little girl playing dress-up. By: Elise Nakhnikian    In this winter’s Mrs. Henderson Presents, the central joke was the notion that an upper-class British widow would use sex to sell tickets to a West…