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  • ‘Tommy’

    Kelsey Theatre presents The Who’s rock opera. By: Stuart Duncan    The Who’s Tommy began as a rock opera in the early 1970s, disguised as a rock concert. The Who was a four-man band (Roger Daltry, Pete Townshend, Keith Moon and John Entwistle). By 1975 it had become a film, much expanded by adding personalities such…

  • LBA Highlights-Feb. 2, 2006

    By: Laura Kropp    There was improvement at all levels and good sportsmanship shown throughout the day as action continued in the Lambertville Basketball Association. Third- and fourth-grade boys Mortgage Mobility 18 Amwell Auto 17    Mortgage Mobility won a thriller Saturday by defeating Amwell Auto 18 to 17 in overtime.    Hunter Ploski and Clayton Hope led…

  • ‘Street Scene’

    Mason Gross takes on this opera about the intermingled lives of the residents of a crowded brownstone tenement in New York. By: Stuart Duncan    Street Scene, written by Elmer Rice (real name Elmer Leopold Reizenstein), premiered in 1928 in New York and won the Pulitzer Prize for drama the following year. The plot was largely…

  • Voters to be asked for fire tax increase

    The Lambertville Board of Fire Commissioners is asking for a $90,000 hike in its budget as well as the OK to spend $810,000 for a new ladder truck. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — Voters will be asked Feb. 18 to approve a $90,000 increase in the Board of Fire Commissioners budget.    A separate ballot question…

  • Searches to continue for missing canoeist

    Anthony "Jody" Suozzo IV has been missing since a midnight ride on the Delaware River to celebrate his birthday three weeks ago. By: Linda Seida    There still is no closure yet for the family of Anthony "Jody" Suozzo IV of Stockton, the 26-year old who has been missing since his canoe capsized during a midnight…

  • Obituaries-Feb. 2, 2006

    Adelaide Johnson    LAKE WORTH, Fla. — Adelaide "Delle" S. Newcomb Johnson, 79, died Thursday, Jan. 12, at her home in Lake Worth, Fla.    She was born and raised in Lambertville.    Ms. Johnson graduated from Lambertville High School in 1944.    She moved to Lake Worth in 1949 where she met and married her husband of 50…

  • Letters-Feb. 2, 2006

    Wear red for women To the editor:    Love your heart.    By loving your heart, you can save it.    That’s the message the American Heart Association is delivering to women across the country during February, American Heart Month, and especially Feb. 3, National Wear Red Day for Women.    Heart disease, the number one killer of women…

  • Police Blotter-Feb. 2, 2006

    Lambertville    James Allen 21, of Philadelphia was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon after being stopped on Route 518 Jan. 28 at 2:25 a.m.    Police stopped Mr. Allen in the area of Old Route 518 East after observing him driving erratically, police said.    As police approached the vehicle, they saw the butt of a…

  • Editorial-Feb. 2, 2006

    Serve your school as board member By: Mae Rhine    Being a member of a local school board of education is a daunting task.    Becoming one seems just as daunting at first glance.    But all local school boards have a School Board Candidate Kit to help make the process a little easier. The kit also is…