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  • Analyze This

    PixelNation students critique films, write screenplays, and get hands-on experience making films. By: Susan Van Dongen Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski Lawrence High School students, from left, Brian Hedden, Mike Hvasta and Aaron Naar will work alongside seven adult instructors in a four-week summer video workshop.    Five weeks in an intensive video and digital media…

  • June 11, 1 p.m.: Remembering Ronnie Part III

    Some thoughts on the morning of his state funeral. By: Hank Kalet     This morning is about mourning, Ronald Reagan’s funeral on television, the final act of an American presidency and an era — a decade that can only be viewed through the lens of Reagan’s presence.    Speeches from those close, speeches so political they…

  • Seasoned artists bring opera to area this summer

    New Jersey Opera Theater to field three productions on Princeton University campus. By: Aleen Crispino    Fans of opera will have more than cicadas to listen to in Princeton this summer.    New Jersey Opera Theater will present three productions at Princeton University’s Hamilton Murray Theater Aug. 16-22.    They are Mozart’s "Don Giovanni," in Italian with subtitles;…

  • Out of Sight

    An international team of judges draws on images from a variety of scientific dis´ciplines for an exhibit in New Brunswick. By: Jim Boyle Above: Kevin Langton’s "Human Iris." Below: "The Heart of the Whirlpool Galaxy," taken by the Hubble Heritage Team in 2001. Both images are from the Images From Science exhibition.    You study it…

  • MHS softball aided by a little luck

    Superstitions helped in title run By: Bob Nuse Bob NuseSports Editor    DOVER TWP. — It was the kind of season that couldn’t help but showcase the superstitious nature of Johnny Rooney.    How else can you explain the Montgomery High head softball coach and his assistant, Matt Varhley, wearing jackets during games where the temperature went…

  • First phase of Montgomery open-space plan discussed

    Goal is to maintain township lands at an affordable cost. By: Jill Matthews    MONTGOMERY — The Township Committee last week heard a report on the first phase of the development of a management plan for sustaining, at an affordable cost, township-owned open space.    The first phase of the Montgomery Township Open Space Landscape Management Plan…

  • Rocky Hill settles lighting plan

    Borough allocates $1,500 for back-lot lighting. By: Jill Mathews    ROCKY HILL — The Rocky Hill Borough Council agreed unanimously Monday to a temporary solution for illuminating the Borough Hall parking lot — but not before area residents, who were lit up about the issue, protested the plan.    Most of the residents were concerned additional lighting…

  • Primaries hold no surprises

    Local results from the Tuesday, June 8 primary elections are presented. By: Dana Lynn Flatekval and David Pescatore    Borough Council Democrats Walter Sikorski and Patrick Thompson will face off in the November general election against Republican challengers Paul Byrne and James Jurgens, as each of the men won party nominations in Tuesday’s primary election. EAST…

  • WW-P votes to continue literacy class, new schedule

    Board decides to retain middle school schedule. By: Shanay Cadette    Many students, parents and teachers are sour on the new middle school schedule that embraces literacy and increases instructional time this school year, but several elements of the schedule will remain another year.    The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional Board of Education voted Tuesday to keep some…