Category: archives
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New appointments divide West Amwell
Deputy Mayor Gary Bleacher apologized for the delegates named by new Mayor Thomas Molnar. By: Linda Seida WEST AMWELL Recent appointments to committees and boards have become a divisive issue with the deputy mayor apologizing for appointments made by the mayor, the ousted chairman of the Open Space Committee threatening legal action and an…
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Police Blotter-Jan. 19, 2006
Solebury Jan. 12, Vanessa L. Falcone, 26, of Perry Street, Lambertville was charged with two counts of acquisition by misrepresentation and two counts of possession of a controlled substance. The charges are the result of passing bad prescriptions to buy Percocet at two drugstores in Solebury Township, police said. Ms. Falcone turned herself in and…
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Locals grieve for missing canoeist
Friends have described Anthony "Jody" Suozzo IV as adventuresome and gregarious. By: Linda Seida Those who knew Anthony "Jody" Suozzo IV well say his midnight canoe ride on his 26th birthday was typical of his love of life. "It’s just wonderful and wacky," said Marianne Fimbel, a social worker at South Hunterdon Regional High School…
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The White Countess
This Merchant-Ivory production serves up a sumptuous cast, including Ralph Fiennes and Natasha Richardson, but is short on excitement. By:Elise Nakhnikian There’s no political tension in here," frets Todd Jackson (Ralph Fiennes). Without that tension, he fears that his bar, meant to be a multicultural retreat from the crumbling world outside, is "no more than…
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Editorial-Jan. 19, 2006
Don’t put rescue workers at risk By: Mae Rhine Our hearts ache for the family and friends of Anthony "Jody" Suozzo IV of Stockton, the 26-year-old man who has been missing since his canoe capsized in the Delaware River a little after midnight Jan. 11. We’re happy his two friends, John Dunn, 22, of Lambertville…
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Senior Menus-Jan. 19, 2006
All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville. Thursday, Jan. 19 Grape juice, veal parmesan, spaghetti with tomato sauce, Italian green beans, tossed salad, Italian bread and vanilla ice cream. Tell a Funny Story Day. Friday, Jan. 20 Cranapple juice, sliced turkey with gravy, sweet potato patty, peas with pearl…
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City seeks new redevelopment plan for hill
Hart Enterprises has asked that its agreement be terminated. By: Linda Seida LAMBERTVILLE The City Council agreed Monday to solicit new plans for several building lots in the Connaught Hill redevelopment area. The agreement to seek new plans came after Hart Enterprises requested to terminate its agreement to develop the lots. No plans had…
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Sister forgives brother’s murderer
Sara Elizabeth Engel said she always had her doubts about whether George Lazorisak killed her brother, Charles "Doug" Weeks. By: Linda Seida Charles "Doug" Weeks was murdered in a loft above a Lambertville floral shop 20 years ago this week. His sister, Sara Elizabeth "Betsy" Engel, said she is willing even obligated to…
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‘Gentlemen Volunteers’
Pig Iron Theatre Company of Philadelphia revisits this original from 1998. By: Matt Smith Philadelphia’s OBIE Award-winning Pig Iron Theatre Company, founded by a talented group of Swarthmore College students more than a decade ago, has been entrancing audiences worldwide all that time but has never put on a full main-stage season. The "dance-clown-theater…
