Category: archives
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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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Win helps Hun alleviate concerns
Michel, Raiders bounce back against Nottingham By: Justin Feil Carol Ann Michel had a couple reasons to be nervous going into the girls’ basketball season, but that concern has been relieved by a solid start. For one, the Hun School junior had offseason surgery on her shoulder to keep it from dislocating. "With basketball," she…
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Planning Board to hear plan to rezone hospital
Residential reuse with limited commercial and office space at heart of revisions to Master Plan By: David Campbell The Regional Planning Board of Princeton is scheduled to hold a public hearing Thursday night on proposed Master Plan amendments for reuse of the University Medical Center at Princeton campus. The Planning Board meeting is scheduled to…
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Senate record on Alito needs a clarification
PACKET EDITORIAL, Jan. 17 By: Packet Editorial It isn’t every day that a small community newspaper like ours has the distinction of being entered into the record of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on the nomination of a new associate justice to the Supreme Court of the United States. So we suppose we should have…
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A slice of life
Lessons from a bamboo mat, some sticky rice and a little seawead By: Hilary Parker It’s amazing what you can learn in two hours from a little sticky rice, some seaweed and two guys named Henry and Robi. There are deep truths to be found in a sushi-rolling class at Whole Foods Markets in West…
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Work on first loop road gets under way in Montgomery
An effort to unclog the intersection of Route 206 with Cherry Valley Road and Princeton Avenue By: Jake Uitti MONTGOMERY Construction has begun on the Princeton Avenue Connector, the first of many proposed loop roads to be built in the township. It is one of two new township roads that have been proposed around…
