Category: archives

  • Ultraviolet

    The sheer amount and artfulness of the slaughter is remarkable, even if this film treads on familiar sci-fi turf. By:Bob Brown    If you’re a fan of anime comics whose heroines are female killing machines, Ultraviolet is right down your alley. It’s at least as bad as most other films based on such characters, or as…

  • ‘Parade’

    Princeton University Players stages this true crime story/musical. By: Stuart Duncan    Parade may just be the best musical that never made it to Broadway. Late in 1998 the show, written by Alfred Uhry (Driving Miss Daisy and The Last Night of Ballyhoo) with music by Jason Robert Brown, played at Lincoln Center for 10 weeks.…

  • Fire destroys city townhouse

    Three family members had to be rescued from a second-story balcony. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — The Hunterdon County fire marshal is investigating the cause of an early morning fire Sunday that destroyed a Woodcrest townhouse.    But Lambertville Fire Department Chief Matt Hartigan acknowledged the fire could have been caused by a problem with the…

  • New city law to make landlords accountable

    The ordinance seeks to prevent rental properties from becoming dormitory style housing for dozens of people. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — The name on the file that outlines behavior the city is trying to curb is "animal house."    It says a lot about the annoyances residents have been complaining about.    Some landlords have allowed their…

  • Human Equation

    Bristol Riverside Theatre finds ‘Proof.’ By: Megan Sullivan    After an eight-hour rehearsal at Bristol Riverside Theatre, actresses Sabrina Veroczi and Bronwen Coleman have to check in with each other to make sure they’re still on good terms.    "We have a very complicated relationship (onstage) where we end up screaming at each other half the time,"…

  • NH-S votes to save one music program

    Parents protested the cutting of the orchestra and strings program for third through 12th grades. By: Linda Seida    NEW HOPE — The New Hope-Solebury School Board of Directors voted unanimously Monday to keep one of its music programs alive.    This was the second time a music program has come under fire in the district in…

  • Forum to be held on being prepared

    The Phillips Mill Community Association will offer "Ready or Not? Emergency Preparedness in the Delaware Valley." By: Mae Rhine    SOLEBURY — "Don’t just sit on your hands and expect to be taken care of."    That’s the advice Mary Lou Huchet is giving residents as she touts the Phillips Mill Association’s upcoming forum, "Ready or Not?…

  • Police Blotter-March 9, 2006

    Lambertville    Phillip J. Harper, 26, of Lambertville was arrested at his 295 N. Main St. home on outstanding warrants March 1.    Mr. Harper was wanted in Monmouth County for an outstanding warrant on larceny charges. He also was wanted in Marlboro Township and Ocean on charges of possession of a controlled dangerous substance, in Franklin…

  • To Your Health-March 9, 2006

    A focus on Deep Vein Thrombosis By: Dr. Terry Shlimbaum    Hunterdon Medical Center recently has implemented a new quality improvement program, Deep Vein Thrombosis Safety Zone.    DVT Safety Zone is a national program designed to help reduce the risk and raise awareness of DVT, a potentially life-threatening condition that affects more people than AIDS and…