Category: archives

  • Spring Fever

    At the Bucks Beautiful Garden Fair, it’s never too early to start digging your hands in the earth. By: Megan Sullivan    The first time landscape contractor Roger Cook appeared on This Old House, he ended up with a different type of exposure than he’d hoped for. "I told everyone I was going to be on…

  • The Melting Pot

    Fondue is back in a big way, and the wait to get in to this Somerville spot is proof of its popularity. By:Antoinette Buckley The Melting Pot 190 W. Main St. Somerville (908) 575-8010 www.meltingpot.com Food: Very good Service: Good to very good Prices: $86-$96 per couple or $43-$48 per person for a full course…

  • Pet Talk-March 16, 2006

    Tick tock, tick talk, for furry friends By: Dr. Daniel Eubanks    April is just a couple of weeks away.    With April, we welcome flowers, mild breezes, the opening day of trout season and ticks!    I remember the coincidence of the latter two because the second week in April, I always came home with no trout…

  • ‘Carnival’

    Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn revives this musical about a wide-eyed waif who falls in love with a magician. By: Stuart Duncan    Carnival opened on Broadway in mid-April 1961, thereby saving what the critics had called a disappointing season. It was based on the charming movie Lili, which, in turn had been based on a…

  • Love and Marriage

    Pairing wine with food will be one focus of the Flavors of the Avenue Festival, a new feature of Philadelphia’s 22nd annual The Book and the Cook. See related story: Drinkology By:Jillian Kalonick    Sampling wines is a fairly low-stress activity, but when it comes to the task of serving wine with meals, even seasoned oenophiles…

  • Flood Task Force seeks public input

    The draft plan to lessen the damage from flooding takes into account that such "exteme weather events" are likely to continue. By: Linda Seida    Last April, a flood plunged Lambertville and nearby river towns into the worst natural disaster in 50 years.    It was the second of two floods in eight months, and others had…

  • March 15, 2006

    Alice Louise Tippett    Alice Louise Tippett, 83, of Pennington died Tuesday at home.    Born in Philadelphia, Pa., she had resided in Oakford, Pa., for over 40 years before moving to Pennington eight years ago.    She graduated from Ursinus College with a bachelor’s degree. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the…

  • Suozzo had ‘faith in the voyage’

    His friends and family feel say his tattoo, "carpe diem," was how Jody Suozzo approached life and death. By: Linda Seida    His tattoo said "carpe diem." Seize the day.    That was the way Anthony J. Suozzo IV — Jody to those who loved him — went into the world.    That’s also what brought him home.…

  • E. Rena Robbins

       E. Rena Robbins, 84, died Tuesday at Hunterdon Care Center in Flemington.    Born in Hopewell, she was a lifelong resident.    Ms. Robbins retired in 1984 after 22 years of employment at Princeton Bank & Trust as assistant vice president and branch manager at its Pennytown office.    A longtime member of Hopewell Presbyterian Church, she was…