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  • Coffee and Cigarettes

    Writer/director Jim Jarmusch takes his deadpan minimalism farther than he’s ever taken it before. By: Elise Nakhnikian Alfred Molina (left) and Steve Coogan star in one of the 11 vignettes featured in Jim Jarmusch’s Coffee and Cigarettes.    LIKE a typical Hollywood director turned inside out, hipper-than-thou writer/director Jim Jarmusch seems thrilled by character development and…

  • Gertrude Shearer

    By:    HILLSBOROUGH — Gertrude Louise (Rainey) Shearer died Saturday, July 3, at Princeton Medical Center. She was 87.    Mrs. Shearer was born in Church Hill, Tenn., and lived in Kingsport, Tenn., before moving to Hillsborough over 50 years ago.    Her grandchild, Kenneth Wayne Todd; and one great-great grandchild, Jimmy Wayne Rainey III are deceased.    She…

  • New cell phone rules take effect—and devices are in short supply

    By:Roger Alvarado    Area retailers say hands-free devices have been flying off sales racks since a law banning the use of hand-held cell phones while operating a motor vehicle went into effect July 1.    Under the new law, using a hand-held cell phone while driving could cost up to $250 in fines. The law, which was…

  • LOOKING AHEAD

    Check out some notable events happening in the coming weeks in Central Jersey and beyond: • Westminster Conservatory Youth Opera Workshop: The Emperor’s New Clothes, Yvonne Theater, Rider University, Lawrence, July 30, 7 p.m., July 31, 3, 7 p.m., Aug. 1, 3 p.m., $8; a comic opera pastiche for youth, written by Michael Jacobsen and Danielle…

  • Controlling barking is responsible

    To the editor By:    It’s about time someone took the initiative to quiet the barking-howling-yelping dogs.    Living in this part of Manville (North Ninth Avenue between Louis and Knopf streets) is like living in a kennel. It seems that most of the people in this area who have dogs prefer to let the dogs out…

  • Group will continue fund-raising for turf field projects

    To the editor    The Raider Stadium Turf Committee would like to thank the over 300 Hillsborough families who made this project happen.    Incredible things can happen when a community unites in support of a project, which will impact thousands of Hillsborough athletes and students.    Thanks to the Board of Education for their support and their…

  • POLICE BEAT

    BORDENTOWN CITY    Police are investigating the July 3 theft of two cabinets from a defunct restaurant on Crosswicks Street.    According to police, officers were called to check out a pickup truck into which the cabinets were reportedly being loaded from the side entrance of Domenico’s Restaurant, which is no longer open for business. Police said…

  • Hopewell Valley school board hires systems specialist

    Caroline Bennett, a former systems administrator for Rohm and Haas Co. of Philadelphia, will head the 10-person technology department. Hopewell Valley School District    The Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education has hired an information systems specialist to oversee technology in the district and vice principals for two elementary schools.    Caroline Bennett, a former systems administrator…

  • Anyway You Want It

    Classic rock band Journey has weathered numerous lineup changes and label disputes while remaining one of the top live shows in the country. By: Jim Boyle From left: Jonathan Cain, Steve Augieri, Neil Schon, Deen Castronovo and Ross Valory make up Journey’s current lineup, performing in Trenton July 20.    Whooping cowboys battling bucking broncos and…