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Small Bargains
The Mixed Media Gallery exhibits ’30 Art,’ a show of tiny, inexpensive works by anonymous artists. By: Megan Sullivan 30 Art, on view at the Mixed Media Gallery in Doylestown, Pa., July 1 to Aug. 31, features works 5-by-7-inches or smaller that will sell for $30. Perhaps a colored pencil drawing of a Chesapeake fishing…
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Off with a Blast
Central New Jersey and Bucks County, Pa., offer a feast of fireworks and other activities to celebrate the Fourth of July. By: Aleen Crispino and Megan Sullivan TIMEOFF/MARK CZAJKOWSKI Spirit of Princeton will host its annual Fourth of July fireworks show June 30 at Clark Field, the Princeton University athletic field next to Princeton Stadium.…
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2 chain stores announce plans to move into Plainsboro Plaza
Ace Hardware and Peebles Department Store are moving into Plainsboro Plaza. By: Emily Craighead PLAINSBORO By October, township residents will have two new stores they can shop at without having to brave Route 1 traffic. The Planning Board earlier this month approved applications for Ace Hardware and Peebles Department Store to move into the…
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Thirty years later, his tale can still make jaws drop
On blockbuster film’s anniversary, author Peter Benchley reflects on "Jaws" phenomenon By: David Campbell Thirty years ago in June, Gerald Ford was president, the most watched show on TV was "All in the Family," and the Hollywood summer blockbuster had just been invented. The blockbuster was "Jaws," director Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the best-selling novel…
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O’Brien sparks C-P in District 12 opener
By: Rich Fisher WASHINGTON TWP. – Carly O’Brien is being looked at as the natural leader of the Cranbury-Plainsboro 12-year-old All-Star softball team, if only because she is the lone returning girl from last year’s District 12 runner-up. She is also one of just two 12-year-olds on the roster, along with Jenna Panconi. But when…
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Chinese land-use planners look to Princeton area for tips
Rapidly-growing nation learns from American experience in suburban planning By: David Campbell WEST WINDSOR A delegation of senior planning officials from China a country experiencing tremendous economic growth and, with it, rapid urbanization visited with planners Thursday at the offices of Hillier Architecture on Alexander Road to glean lessons from Smart Growth…
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‘Howl’s Moving Castle’
All the best qualities of director Hayao Miyazaki’s visual imagination shine through in this animated fantasy. By: Bob Brown Heen the palace dog, Markl the apprentice and Prince Turnip the scarecrow help young Sophie reverse her spell in Howl’s Moving Castle. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993) describes her as "probably the premier UK writer…
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Mary F. Nothelfer
Mary F. Nothelfer, 93, of Sewell, died at Greenbriar Health Care Center, Deptford, today (Friday). Born in Trenton, she was a longtime resident of Hopewell Township. In 1996, she moved to Washington Township, Gloucester County. Wife of the late John J. Nothelfer and sister of the late Anne Dale, she is survived by a daughter…
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Water is fine for Princeton shark institute
Research center seeks to educate the public, protect shark species By: David Campbell If you’ve been reading the media reports on the recent shark attacks off the Florida coast, you may have read Erich Ritter of the Shark Research Institute quoted as saying that a 6-foot bull shark may have been responsible for killing one…
