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  • PU alumnus’ $5.5 million gift to fund Whitman College dorm

    $110 million Whitman complex will be school’s sixth residential college. By: David Campbell    The family of Princeton University alumnus Bruce R. Lauritzen, who is chairman of First National Bank of Omaha, has made a $5.5 million gift to fund construction of a dormitory within the new Gothic-style Whitman College, the university announced this week.    Whitman,…

  • Francis J. Reinhart

       Francis J. Reinhart, 76, died Wednesday at his home.    Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Mr. Reinhart was a resident of Hopewell for 45 years.    He was a steam fitter for Local 9 Union for 30 years.    Mr. Reinhart served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and was a member of Hopewell Valley American Legion…

  • EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: It’s time for this nation’s majority to defend itself

    EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK By Ruth Luse Stand up and voice your beliefs.    If you ignore it, it will go away. Following that advice can, on occasion, keep people out of trouble. It also can make a problem worse. Some things and some people just won’t go away.    I would like Michael Newdow — an atheist doctor…

  • Desert Journey

    Momix takes audiences on a surrealistic trip in ‘Opus Cactus’ at the State Theatre. By: Susan Van Dongen text —>    Based in rural Washington, Conn., the "dance/illusionist" troupe Momix keeps a close connection with nature, even in and around the administrative offices. Founder and choreographer Moses Pendleton has an especially strong love for sunflowers —…

  • Appearance is everything at tattoo shop

    10,000 tattoos later, artist is still going strong. By: Leon Tovey    JAMESBURG — "If you walk into a shop and it doesn’t look like this, walk out," Ed Spinelli says.    It requires only a cursory glance around Mr. Spinelli’s tattoo parlor, Heritage Tattooing on Willow Street, to see what he means: The floors and countertops…

  • Eat Raw and Live

    Supermodel Carol Alt will share her experience about a new way to stay fit and happy while never worrying about weight again at Robert Wood Johnson Hamilton Center for Health and Wellness in Mercerville Jan. 27. By: Mary Jasch Supermodel Carol Alt’s new book professes the benefits of a raw diet.    On the cover of…

  • The New-Look Wagons

    Today, wagons come in small, medium, large and super-size with engines to match By: Malcolm Gunn    They began as 1920s-era jitneys that carted people and their belongings from the train station to the hotel. Today, they’re trendy and sophisticated haulers that combine practicality with performance.    We’re talking about station wagons, or simply wagons as they’re…

  • ‘Can do’ guy takes to the air waves

    Milton Paris uses his business savvy to help others get ahead in the professional world. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — Milton Paris can do anything — just ask him.    "There is no such phrase as ‘cannot do’ in my vocabulary," the 67-year-old Regency resident says. "There is only ‘can do.’ "    It’s a credo that…

  • Wysokowski third in GMC tournament

    By: James McKeever    On a big stage, Eric Wysokowski showed everybody in the GMC how good of a bowler he has been this season.    The Monroe High School senior finished third in the GMC Individual Tournament on Wednesday, adding another chapter to his impressive credentials this winter.    "Obviously I would like to have won it,"…