Category: archives
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Editorial-July 29, 2004
Two-phase approach works for residents By: Mae Rhine We have to applaud the efforts of the Stockton Borough Council once again. It is driving hard to find the money to fix the badly deteriorated Mill Street. We think its two-phase approach is a good one. The entire project could run anywhere from $500,000 to $850,000,…
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Senior Menus-July 29, 2004
All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville. The value of each meal is $4.35. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution. All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine. The sodium-controlled menu is the same unless otherwise noted. Thursday, July 29 Asparagus soup, roast loin…
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July 28, 8:24 p.m.: Unconventional wisdom
Some thoughts on the Democratic National Convention in Boston. By: Hank Kalet There’s been some good stuff on the convention in the papers, even if the convention has been and will remain nothing more than a four-day advertisement (more on this tomorrow in my Dispatches column). Marie Cocco writes about former President Bill Clinton’s opening…
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Contest is over – "Enter to win 4 tickets to Great Adventure!"
Winner posted. Great Adventure and Wild Safari Valued at $195.00. Valid for 2004 Season through 10/31/2004. Winner: Patty W. in MANVILLE, NJ
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‘Private Lives’
Princeton Summer Theater takes on this Noel Coward gem. By: Stuart Duncan Private Lives is Noel Coward’s most successful comedy, a work that he originally intended to star in with Gertrude Lawrence. It has some of Coward’s most memorable bon mots and some of his wittiest dialogue. Strangely, at a time when most of Coward’s…
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July 28, 8:22 p.m.: What I’m listening to new women of country
Two new female voices worth a listen. By: Hank Kalet I received a CD in the mail not too long ago that has surprised me. I find myself playing it on a regular basis which is not something that usually happens to these over-the-transom discs. The disc, the self-titled debut album from Maggie Brown…
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‘The Man Who Bought a County’
Actors’ NET of Bucks Country premieres an original musical about the namesake of Morrisville, Pa. By: Stuart Duncan It seems to me that, until last weekend, I had no idea who Robert Morris was. Oh, I had heard that the town of Morrisville, Pa., had been named for him. That probably meant he was a…
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‘Footloose’
Plays-in-the-Park takes on this movie-turned-musical. By: Stuart Duncan Musicals that begin on stage and transfer to the screen are common, but musicals that start out on film and are then adapted for the stage are rare indeed. In 1984, the film Footloose, starring Kevin Bacon and John Lithgow, captured both hearts and box offices across…
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July 28, 8:26 p.m.: A death in Iraq
Nicholas Kristof writes about a tragic death in a touching column. By: Hank Kalet Here is a remarkable, touching column from Nicholas D. Kristof in The New York Times that seeks to raise from anonymity a fallen soldier, a column that ultimately criticizes the president. "One of the revelations in the 9/11 commission report was…
