Category: archives
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Hardcore Heaven
Throwdown is one of more than 150 bands playing Hellfest at the Sovereign Bank Arena Aug. 19-21. By: Jillian Kalonick California-based Throwdown is celebrating it’s eighth year with a new album, Vendetta. The bank will play in Trenton Aug. 21. With more than 150 hardcore bands playing, Hellfest is a hardcore fan’s heaven, but is…
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Brothers of the Vine
Silver Decoy Winery of Robbinsville will show off its newest crop at the Jersey Fresh Wine and Food Festival. By: Susan Van Dongen Silver Decoy Winery of Robbinsville will show off its newest crop at the Jersey Fresh Wine and Food Festival. It began with seven guys, old friends who love central New Jersey and…
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LIFESTYLE: A stylish career
A day in the life of hair stylist and salon owner, Valerie Potts. By: Elaine Worden Valerie Potts rolled a small, round brush lightly between her fingers, curling Lillian Frisch’s newly cut hair around it as she aimed a blast of warm air from a hair dryer at the brush. Ms. Frisch stared at her…
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Letters-Aug. 1,, 2005
Continue to ask the hard questions To the editor: I appreciate Mr. Hall’s revealing letter July 14. Many township residents have been wondering why the Township Committee and Planning Board would remain silent when a single individual proposes to withdraw 16 million gallons of water a month from the ground, more than the entire township’s…
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Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church plans memorial garden
The garden, to be located in an unused portion of the church’s cemetery, will offer a place to honor the memory of a deceased loved one. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer For close to two decades, the Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church has planned to establish a memorial garden to honor people who have died and also as…
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Flood panel moves forum from flood-damaged firehouse
The Flood Mitigation Task Force will field comments from the public Aug. 17 at the Lambertville-New Hope Ambulance and Rescue Squad building. By: Linda Seida In an ironic twist highlighting the necessity for solutions to the region’s flooding problem, the Flood Mitigation Task Force had hoped to hold its Hunterdon County meeting at Stockton’s fire…
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‘Life of Galileo’
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey offers this rarely staged Bertolt Brecht work. By: Stuart Duncan Robbie Collier Sublett (left) and Sherman Howard star in Bertolt Brecht’s Life of Galileo at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey in Madison. Just the thought of a Bertolt Brecht drama scares some theater-goers. The German-born playwright is known…
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Stockton asks bridge panel for $2 million
Included in the town’s application are requests for guide rails along sidewalks as well as curbing, sidewalks, lighting, landscaping and streetscape enhancements and park access improvements. By: Linda Seida STOCKTON The borough has made a formal application to the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission for a $2 million grant to upgrade areas of…
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‘Broadway Showstoppers II’
Bristol Riverside Theatre concludes its Summer Musicale series with this revue of famous tunes from the Great White Way. By: Stuart Duncan Bristol Riverside Theatre calls them "musicales." Edward Keith Baker, who conceived and wrote them, calls them "concerts." Mr. Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary doesn’t seem to distinguish between the two. But whatever you want to…
