Saturday, November 3, 2007


Passers-by check out the elaborate Halloween decorations on a house in the 100 block of N Union St in Lambertville where many residents went all-out this year. How about where you live?


And let's not forget the lovely town where I live, Bordentown. This man started four years ago with a display of 50 jack-o-lanterns in his yard and now he's up to 214! He can't stop now either because people look forward to seeing his yard all aglow each Halloween.




Sunday, October 21, 2007

The Eagles-Bears game was a 4:15pm start which meant I had to consider newspaper deadline pressure. When the Eagles finally scored the first touchdown of the game, I shot it (left) and ran through the tunnel back to the workroom to process it and send it. I finished quickly and with that out of the way, I decided to try and get back on the field for some post-game celebration. There was a minute left in the game and looking around for someone on the Eagles bench cheering on the crowd or some such thing. I kept wandering and then realized that the Bears were actually moving down the field. I got to about the 20-yd line in time to catch the Bears' score with nine seconds remaining (right). They had gone 97 yds with no timeouts. Game over.



Here's the tale of two quarterbacks: Bears QB Brian Griese avoids a sack by Lito Sheppard and Donovan McNabb gets sacked in the 4th quarter by a few people.




Except for the last drive, the Eagles defense was OK. Here, Sheldon Brown breaks up a third down pass attempt to Chicago Bears WR Muhsin Muhammad (he's the giy who would later catch the game-winning TD) in the 2nd quarter.



The Eagles' biggest weapon, Brian Westbrook, wound up with 119 yds combined, but he's just one man.









Monday, October 15, 2007

The funky, artsy, river town of New Hope, PA had some of the business community promote a biker friendly day Sunday. However, not everyone in New Hope wants to welcome the sometimes noisy motorcyclists en masse. Here, local law enforcement officers were on hand to keep a watchful eye.


All in all, there weren't that many extra bikers and good will carried the day.













Relatives look over a photo album looking for their loved one.




Thursday, October 11, 2007

There's a fascinating section in the city of Trenton. It's like stepping into a modern city in Poland (this coming from someone who has never set foot outside of North America) but anyway, where it seems like all the growing is happening in suburbs, this is a thriving community within a city, the city I grew up in, and here's something you don't see everyday. Taking a leap of faith, Bishop John M. Smith, Catholic Diocese of Trenton, center, steps into the basket of a lift as he prepares for his ascension to bless the new roof at St Hedwig Church in Trenton. The ceremony happened, of course, after Sunday mass. Helping him are Robert Zaremba, the roofer, left and Father Jack Labinski, Pastor, St Hedwig.



And we have liftoff!

The faithful are pleased with the levitating Bishop.

Once the roof is done, the Bishop turns to bless the crowd below.



Sunday, October 7, 2007


Trenton firefighter Robert Bland, left, of Ladder 4, hoses off a man caught hiding out after a stolen car chase. The man jumped out of the car and off of a bridge and entered a storm drain. It must have seemed like a good escape route, but unfortuately for him, the width of the pipe became too small for him to go very far, so after a standoff, looking like a color-blind contestant at an audition for the Blue Man Group, he came out and gave himself up. At The Times, our resident punmeister Ralph quipped that the fellow must have tried to commit sewer-side. Ouch!