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  • The Weather Man

    This film is most enjoyable for a script that contains clever, and often wise, dialogue between parents and children of all ages. By:Bob Brown    This film has such an unrelentingly dark undertone, it’s surprising how many laughs it sneaks in. Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean) directs from a script by Steve Conrad (Wrestling Ernest…

  • South test scores improving

    South Hunterdon students have improved in math and language arts through "quick interventions" and other strategies. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — Annual test results show more students in the South Hunterdon Regional School District have improved their skills in math and language arts.    "We’ve spent only a year putting in quick interventions, and already…

  • Mustangs still can finish 5-5

    Team can be best in over a decade By: Rudy Brandl    The Manville High football team has a real opportunity to complete a special season. After two consecutive winless years, the Mustangs still have a chance to finish with a .500 record in 2005.    Three teams with comparable records will provide the opposition for the…

  • Lady Eagles set to battle for title

    By: John E. Powers    The South Hunterdon Regional High School field hockey team is in good position to make a run at the North Jersey, Section 2, Group I sectional title.    The Eagles, the No. 5 seed, were scheduled to open the tournament at No. 4 seed Kent Place (8-5-1) at 2 p.m. today (Thursday).…

  • Obituaries-Nov. 3, 2005

    Carl Marggraf    EAST AMWELL — Carl William Marggraf, 95, of East Amwell Township died Sunday, Oct. 23, at The University Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Germany, he had resided in East Amwell for more than 50 years.    He worked in the engineering division of Bell Telephone in Hopewell, retiring in 1975. He also had…

  • Letters-Nov. 3, 2005

    Panel member defends records To the editor:    I am writing in response to Bill Comly’s criticism of the Environmental Commission in a letter to the editor in the Oct. 27 issue of The Beacon.    I am the person who is responsible for maintenance of Environmental Commission records. I am an unpaid volunteer and compile and…

  • The 25th anniversary of Apple Pie Day

    …together we make upwards of 70 pies with which we stock our freezers for the upcoming year By: Pat Tanner    Ten years ago in this space I reported on a culinary tradition I had been part of for several years: the annual apple pie-making day at the home of my friends Betty and Bob Stoloff…

  • Nobel Prize winner discusses theory that eluded Einstein

    Frank Wilczek gives memorial lecture at Princeton University By: David Campbell    Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist Frank Wilczek admits that he doesn’t have the answer to life, the universe and everything — but you wouldn’t know it to hear him speak.    Professor Wilczek is the winner of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics for his research…

  • Princeton High School auditorium behind schedule

    Opening date of Jan. 3 will not be met By: Rachel Silverman    Construction snafus at Princeton High School have taken a toll on the building’s new auditorium — and pushed back its completion date.    The auditorium was originally set to have a Jan. 3 unveiling. Director of Plant/Operations Gary Weisman is now predicting a later…