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Monroe voters approve school plans
Budget approved by a margin of 750 votes. By: Leon Tovey MONROE Despite strong opposition from Monroe’s senior communities, township voters on Tuesday approved the school board’s proposed 2005-06 budget by 750 votes, the widest margin in recent years. Voters approved the $69.9 million spending plan which will draw $53.15 million from taxes…
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‘Dear Frankie’
The performances are spot on in this Scottish film, which is guaranteed to bring out the hankies. By: Bob Brown Emily Mortimer’s (left) request for a huge favor from Gerard Butler sparks a possible romance in Dear Frankie. This wee Scottish film, directed by Shona Auerbach from a script by Andrea Gibb, is a heart-tugger.…
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‘The Amityville Horror’
A series of horror’s greatest hits are paraded out in this tired remake. By: Elise Nakhnikian Ryan Reynolds considers giving his haunted house an extreme makeover in The Amityville Horror. There are two kinds of horror movies. In the first kind, regular people get stuck in a nightmarish situation and fight to get out. Of…
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Somehow, some way, Goldberg gets it done
By: Ken Weingartner He doesn’t have a powerful serve or a booming forehand, but Darren Goldberg has continually beaten his opponents into submission on the tennis court this season. Just ask his teammates. Goldberg was 9-0 at third singles entering Thursday’s match against Sayreville. A junior, he wasn’t even being counted upon to crack the…
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Bliss dancing to success on track
Sophomore helps PHS girls to record relay By: Justin Feil Libby Bliss has some talent in her legs. In the fall, she goes to daily practices in preparation for traditional Irish dancing competitions. Those practices take up enough time that Bliss doesn’t compete in the fall for Princeton High. In the winter and spring, however,…
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Down and Dirty
‘Anytown, U.S.A.’ makes its New Jersey debut as part of the Second Annual Trenton Film Festival. By: Jim Boyle Bogota mayoral candidates Steve Lonegan (left) and Fred Pesce get into one of many heated exchanges in Anytown, U.S.A., screening May 1 during the Trenton Film Festival. When Bogota resident Juan Dominguez took a look around…
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OBITUARIES, April 22, 2005
George T. Reynolds, Benjamin B. Tregoe Jr., Karl D. Pettit Jr., Mary L. Beilman, Norbert A. Considine, Howie B. Kiser, Alberto Gonzalez Gandolfi. George T. Reynolds Princeton University physicist MONTGOMERY George T. Reynolds, formerly of Princeton, died Tuesday at Stonebridge at Montgomery of cancer. He was 87. A physicist and educator, Dr. Reynolds…
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Neighbors sing the blues at jazz club’s zoning review
Big crowd voices opposition to combined restaurant, bar and perfomance venue at Route 206 and Birch Avenue. By: Rachel Silverman Princeton residents showed up in force Wednesday night to oppose what promises to be a contentious, multi-night hearing on the construction of a jazz club in Princeton Township. The club’s application calls for the building…
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Beast Feast
Wild game and fish served up alongside camaraderie. By: Sarah Winkelman "Man didn’t live this long to get to the top of the food chain and eat grass." That’s the motto Jim "Doc" Applegate and his wife, Carol (a.k.a "Mom"), live by. It is also the crux of the couple’s annual Beast Feast. "We’ve been…
