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  • Restored Morven set for official debut on Sunday

    After five-year renovation, historic mansion to open as a museum. By: Jennifer Potash    After a five-year renovation that shuttered Morven, the 18th century Georgian mansion will reopen to the public Sunday and embark on a new chapter in its history.    Familiar to many as a golden-yellow brick house set back from Stockton Street, Morven’s exterior…

  • Accident claims life of Princeton motorcyclist

       A motor vehicle accident involving a motorcycle took the life of a Princeton Township resident Thursday on Quaker Road between Mercer Road and Quakerbridge Road.    While traveling west on Quaker Road, Boris Castro, 44, of Tupelo Road attempted to pass on a double-yellow line, Princeton Township Police said. After completing the maneuver, Mr. Castro lost…

  • Schmidt is all about blocking for backs

    Offensive line helps WW-P North to fourth win By: Bob Nuse    Steve Schmidt knows he’s never going to be the guy racing down the field on an 80-year touchdown run.    But he’s more than happy to be the guy who makes the block that lets someone else be that guy.    "It’s a feeling of accomplishment…

  • Oct. 11, 4:36 p.m.: Staying the course with bad directions

    The president refuses to see his own mistakes, to our peril as a nation. By: Hank Kalet    E.J. Dionne Jr. finds the one moment in Friday’s debate that should truly illuminate just why President George W. Bush should be sent back to his ranch permanently at the end of his term.    He just can’t admit…

  • Oct. 11, 4:32 p.m.: More on Dylan

    Musings on the meaning of Dylan. By: Hank Kalet    An interesting piece on Bob Dylan — well, actually, it is on the response to Dylan — in The Washington Post Style section tied to the release of his memoir. Read it here.

  • Oct. 11, 4:33 p.m.: A time to ‘Smile’

    Brian Wilson completes his masterpiece — well, sort of. By: Hank Kalet    "Smile" is the great lost Beachboys album, lost in the haze of Brian Wilson’s madness and drug addiction. And while that mythical disc will never resurface, Nonesuch has just a disc — "Brian Wilson Presents Smile" — that is likely to be as…

  • Oct. 11, 4:30 p.m.: Separating church and state

    Clergy and the bully pulpit. By: Hank Kalet    Question: Do politics and religion mix? Answer: They shouldn’t    Here’s a good piece from The Washington Post Outlook section that argues that clergy need to be careful when they talk about political issues from the pulpit.

  • Oct. 9, 3:46 p.m.: Thoughts on the debate

    What’s important is not who wins, but whether the debates can energize the base. By: Hank Kalet    The Washington Post offers an interesting analysis this morning on last night’s presidential debate – which I only caught some of when CNN replayed it after midnight. (I have a life – I went to see the band…

  • Township residents to receive map in mail

    Free East Windsor street map will be mailed to township residents. By: Dana Lynn Flatekval    EAST WINDSOR — Residents won’t have to worry about getting lost in the township, thanks to a detailed street map that will be mailed next week.    Mayor Janice Mironov said the free, four-colored map includes every street in the township,…