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  • At SVT this summer, a new play’s the thing

    Theater group premiers comedy By:Donna Lukiw    The Somerset Valley Players in Hillsborough will present the world premiere of "Old Money," a comedy written and directed by Tom Riti of Stanton, July 22.    According to the Somerset Valley Players, "Old Money" is about two sweet old ladies, Meredith Weatherbee and Harriet Turtletub, who are printing their…

  • Montgomery 13s spreading name, belief

    Top Nottingham to move on in District One By: Bob Nuse    HAMILTON — The past several summers have been all about winning for the members of this year’s Montgomery 13-year-old Babe Ruth all-star baseball team.    The team has put together a string of four straight trips to the Cal Ripken Mid-Atlantic Regional. Last year as…

  • Swords, sorcery and science

    Cranbury Public Library hosts magical "Dragons and Dreams" program. By: Josh Appelbaum    Youngsters stared wide-eyed in the large group room of Cranbury School as dragons breathed fire and legions of ice soldiers emerged from the clouds of fog rolling across the floor at Monday’s "Sciencetelling" presentation.    The "Dragons and Dreams" program, hosted by the Cranbury…

  • C-P 10’s close to reaching bracket play

    By: Rich Fisher    The Cranbury-Plainsboro Little League 10-year-old All- Stars suffered a little stage fright on opening night of the District 12 tournament. But once the locals realized the show must go on, they became more adept in their roles.    C-P followed a 9-5 loss to Millstone-Roosevelt last Saturday with a 13-5 victory over Ewing…

  • ‘In the Realms of the Unreal’

    The ‘Outsider Art’ of Henry Darger is explored in this documentary set to air on PBS. By: Bob Brown The clean-up of Henry Darger’s one-room apartment inspired the documentary In the Realms of the Unreal.    In failing health, the old man was finally too infirm to mount the stairs to his one-room apartment. His landlords…

  • Little Rapunzel donates blond locks

    9-year-old Kristi DeMilt makes a generous donation to Locks of Love. By: Josh Appelbaum    Kristi DeMilt sat nervously in the waiting area of Village Haircutters Tuesday afternoon, about a foot and a half of her straw-colored locks flowing over her red-white-and-blue headband.    The 9-year-old, who is going into fourth grade in September, said she’s been…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    By:    At 7 p.m. on July 6 Diallobe McDougald, 29, of Wyoming Place was charged with shoplifting a computer valued at $574 from Wal-Mart on North Main Street.    He was also charged with two counts of assault to a police officer and resisting arrest when he slammed a door in a police officer’s face and…

  • Amphitheater’s use brews up a ‘Tempest’

    Princeton Rep Shakespeare Festival and Princeton Recreation Department seek common ground on use of outdoor facility. By: David Campbell    William Shakespeare’s comedy "The Tempest" has been selected as Princeton Rep Shakespeare Festival’s summer 2005 production, but an agreement that would bring the play to the Pettoranello Gardens amphitheater at Community Park North is still pending.…

  • DISPATCHES: Star’s decline serves as solemn reminder

    DISPATCHES By Hank Kalet Baseball stars don’t cut quite the same figure they used to.    The swing used to be lighting-quick, a ferocious arc through the strike zone.    Back in his heyday, time would stop when he came to the plate. Each pitch offered that rare opportunity for greatness. He would glare out at the…