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  • Wednesday’s weather: weird, ‘whippy’ wind

    Area towns clean up damage after gusts hit 50 mph. By: David Campbell    The wind, she do blow.    On Wednesday, winds gusting up to 50 mph swept through the region, littering the streets with downed branches, causing car doors to protest when opened, and people to walk in curious, forward-leaning gaits.    According to Assistant State…

  • Officers hurt during arrest

    Officers endure minor injuries. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — Two township police officers were injured in the course of a drug arrest Friday, according to police.    Patrol Officer Cristen Mariano and Sgt. Robert Bell were injured while helping to apprehend 42-year-old Thomas Jordan of Monroe, who tried to flee from police at 7:34 p.m., Detective…

  • ‘Christmas With the Kranks’

    The moral in this cheerless holiday comedy falls flatter than a Christmas ham run over by a semi. By: Bob Brown    Back when Tom Lehrer was big, his humbug Christmas Carol had the line, "Angels we have heard on high, tell us to go out and buy!" Luther and Nora Krank (Tim Allen and Jamie…

  • Sidewalks on Snowden Lane in limbo

    Township vote is deadlocked. By: Jennifer Potash    The Princeton Township Committee, in a rare tie vote Wednesday, ended up rejecting a plan for new sidewalks on Snowden Lane. The issue is expected to be reconsidered, however.    The Township Committee met in a joint session with the Princeton Borough Council in an attempt to resolve the…

  • Dream season for MHS

    By: Redd E. Patrick    Coaching a full team for an entire season for the first time in his four years as the head man, Frank Bonich was genuinely excited about the 2004 season.    But the things his Falcons accomplished were way beyond his expectations.    A 9-0 record, the Greater Middlesex Conference White Division title, a…

  • Face to Face

    Portraits tell the stories of the subject, the artist and the relationship between the two. By: Ilene Dube    With its hills and valleys, its reflections of light and emotion, the human face is among the most fascinating of landscapes. Along this line of thinking, the Trenton Artists Workshop Association and The Gallery at Mercer County…

  • LETTERS: Help out the troops

    To the editor:     The holidays can be a very difficult time for our service men and women, thousands of whom will spend the holidays far away from their friends and families.    I recently attended a troop send off at the Trenton War Memorial where many more of our New Jersey National Guard members headed…

  • Sullivan aids Stuart’s fast start

    Senior guard part of season-opening Tip-Off win By: Justin Feil    When Tony Bowman came to Stuart Country Day last year, his coaching philosophy wasn’t the only thing he brought with him from the Mercer Christian Academy girls’ basketball team.    Adie Sullivan decided to come along as well.    "I’ve played for him since I was in…

  • DISPATCHES: Hall ballot recalls happy days at Shea

    DISPATCHES By Hank Kalet Strawberry’s arrival ushered in a change of fortune for the New York Mets.    Darryl Strawberry is on this year’s ballot for the Baseball Hall of Fame.    There was a time in my life when I believed that would mean more than it actually does, when it looked like the 6-foot, 6-inch…