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  • Tuscany provides the theme for 14th ‘Taste of the Nation’

    April 18 marks the 14th annual Princeton "Taste of the Nation," part of a network of nationwide hunger-relief fund-raisers By: Faith Bahadurian Il Granaio (The Granary), a recently restored 230-year-old farmhouse on an estate about an hour from Florence, has it all, including a chef’s kitchen. Thanks to Tuscan Hills in Princeton, a week’s stay…

  • ‘The Bells’

    McCarter Theatre stages the world premiere of Theresa Rebeck’s latest drama. By: Stuart Duncan Marin Ireland and Ted Marcoux star in the world premiere of The Bells.    The Bells, making its world premiere at McCarter Theatre in Princeton, is yet another of our modern dramas that has not so much a plot as a situation.…

  • Coach returns to Eagles squad

    By: John Powers    The South Hunterdon Regional High School baseball team has a new head baseball coach this spring — sort of.    Ron Peterson, who coached the Eagles for several years before stepping down in 2001 to spend time with his young family, has returned as head coach. He replaces Scott Ward, who directed the…

  • Woman ‘horrified’ after trip to West Bank

    Lelia Matthews of Lambertville joined a group in the occupied West Bank to mark Palm Sunday with nonviolent protests of human rights violations. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — Lelia Matthews of North Union Street was among the thousands of people from around the world who converged on Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank to mark…

  • Third World sweatshop image no longer an accurate one

    Guest Column By: Anne Sweeney    The image of the Third World sweatshop dies hard.    From South America to the Pacific Rim, the picture of the dark, satanic mills of the 21st century informs the media and the message of protesters of globalization.    Women and children work for subsistence wages churning out athletic shoes, sportswear and…

  • WW Community Vision Team candidates slate fund-raiser

    By: Emily Craighead    WEST WINDSOR — Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh and his running mates on the "Community Vision Team" will hold a fund-raiser April 10 at the Super Star East restaurant in the Nassau Park shopping center.    During the buffet lunch, Mayor Hsueh and his running mates, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional Board of Education member Linda Geevers…

  • Students protest crackdown in Cuba

    New group holds silent march on Princeton University campus. By: David Campbell    More than two dozen Princeton University students held a silent march on campus Friday to protest what they said was a crackdown on dissent in Cuba two years ago in which more than 75 people were reportedly detained as political prisoners.    The march…

  • Student finds escort service to be a hard sell

    Entrepreneur can’t keep his online ad up By: Ryan James Kim    An online advertisement that offered Princeton University students male escorts — and solicited female students to apply for a position — was a joke, but the ad’s author insists the business model is sound.    A business that catered to the community at large likely…

  • Princeton school board set to finalize budget

    Hearing tonight on spending plan. By: Rachel Silverman    At a Princeton Regional Schools’ Finance Committee meeting Monday afternoon, board members began gearing up for tonight’s school budget presentation, in which the district will outline both its $67.1 million base budget and an additional $1.9 million second-question proposal.    "There will be a PowerPoint presentation," Superintendent Judy…