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‘Kill Bill, Vol. 1’
Quentin Tarantino returns with a violent kung fu cliffhanger about a nameless former bride-to-be out for revenge. By: Elise Nakhnikian Director Quentin Tarantino’s kung fu cliffhanger opens with white letters on a black screen: "Revenge is a dish best served cold." The shopworn phrase hangs there for a beat as you wonder whether you’re supposed…
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‘The Wild Party’
The Villagers get down and dirty to open their Black Box series. By: Stuart Duncan The Wild Party is a long jazz poem, written by Joseph Moncure March in 1928 and immediately doomed to oblivion. A copy, unearthed in a New York City used bookstore, led to a reprint, complete with drawings and, in time,…
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Memorial to be dedicated to South Hunterdon ‘saint’
South staff, family and friends remember Bill Claus as a man who did many good things for the community. By: Linda Seida WEST AMWELL When people start talking about Bill Claus, they take a breath, anxious and ready to tell you all about the man they knew. Then suddenly they pause, not quite knowing…
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‘The Station Agent’
This low-budget film features a lonely train-chaser living in an abandoned rail depot in New Jersey. By: Bob Brown This low-budget film has enormous heart. It’s about a small man who grows in stature. It’s also about the impossibility of isolation, despite peoples’ most curmudgeonly intentions. At the center is train-chasing, a peculiar life. Like…
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Solebury wants environmental council
An expert told the Board of Supervisors such a council would mean cooperation among neighboring municipalities because resources do not stop at geographical boundaries. By: Linda Seida SOLEBURY Officials have put the formation of a township Environmental Advisory Council on the fast track after discussing the benefits and functions of such groups. One of…
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Obituaries-Oct. 16, 2003
Jean Buchanan PRINCETON Jean Helen Hercus Buchanan, 65, of Princeton, Treasure Cay, Abaco, Bahamas and Ontario, Canada, died Friday, Oct. 10, at The Elms of Cranbury. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, she and her family came to the United States in 1955, settling in Allentown. She lived in Hopewell when raising her family. She received…
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Oct. 15, 8:15 p.m.: Governor action figure
A culture of permanent adolescence. By: Hank Kalet Boston Globe columnist James Carroll raises concerns that the election of Arnold Schwarzenegger as California governor may portend a terrible trend beyond the confines of the so-called Golden State. "Whatever Schwarzenegger’s political rhetoric, his star power depends on his status as an icon of fantasy violence. Guns…
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Therapist rubs people the right way
Debra Burns uses reflexology therapeutics to heal her clients at her business, Integrative Wellness Services in Lambertville. By: Sue Kramer LAMBERTVILLE A 70-year-old Lambertville retiree who has been suffering with severe hip and knee pain for over a year has found relief, but not in a bottle of pills. He and his wife, who…
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Senior Menus
All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville. The value of each meal is $3.13. 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, Oct. 16 Grape juice, sweet Italian…
