Category: archives
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‘Once Upon a Time in Mexico’
Johnny Depp is the best thing about this mediocre movie that could serve as a commercial for the NRA. By: Jim Boyle Before he made millions of dollars directing the family-friendly Spy Kids franchise, Robert Rodriguez developed a steady cult following with his shoestring-budget debut El Mariachi. The film, about a guitar player caught in…
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Pennington Streetscape project gets go-ahead
The measure, OK’d Monday night, allocates up to $575,000 for the downtown work in a so-called "Streetscape" project. By John Tredrea Pennington’s downtown commercial area is in line for a thorough sprucing-up now that Borough Council has voted unanimously to adopt a $754,000 capital improvements ordinance. The measure, OK’d Monday night, allocates up to $575,000…
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Dispatches: Maintaining order in the world of words
DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: A few rules for grammar, according to our editor. By: Hank Kalet It doesn’t take a lot to offend my linguistic sensibilities, but there are a handful of common phrases that really drive me crazy. Perhaps I’m getting old, turning into a bit of a curmudgeon where the language is concerned.…
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Ancient mysteries make good reading
BOOK NOTES by Joan Ruddiman Lindsay Davis is now into her 15th Marcus Didius Falco novel. The British author is known as the "queen of the humorous crime romp," with the ever-likable Falco giving voice to clever mysteries set in Vespasian’s era, 75 A.D. Readers are loyal to Falco who we first met in "Silver…
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Bulldogs prepared for rocky start
Boys soccer By: Mike Molaro Although the Hopewell Valley Central High School boys soccer squad has won back-to-back sectional titles, Bulldogs coach Tony Suozzo believes it’s going to take some time before his club hits its stride in 2003. "We have a lot of new faces and a lot of holes to fill," said Suozzo,…
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Unity Day to feature car rescue exhibition
South Brunswick rescue workers show how they get people out of wrecked cars. By: Sharlee DiMenichi Rescue workers in South Brunswick plan to demonstrate at Saturday’s Community Unity Day how they get people out of wrecked cars. At the fair, to be held in Woodlot Park, members of the Kendall Park First Aid and Rescue…
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Radio City to county Vo-Tech
Spurned dancers bring act home By:Alec Moore The Hillsborough Rockettes a local dance troupe of senior citizens may have been denied the opportunity to dance on stage at Radio City Music Hall, but the group will still get its chance to shine before a large audience. At 8 p.m. on Saturday the group…
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Growing number of residents falling prey to identity theft
By:G. Natasha Zoe Last year, 9.9 million Americans were the victims of identity fraud, according to a Federal Trade Commission survey released last week, making identity theft one of the fastest growing types of crime in the country, and increasingly, in Hillsborough as well. "We do investigate a number of fraud and ID theft cases…
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Guided tours offered at Drumthwacket
The fall tour season at Drumthwacket, the residence of the governor of New Jersey, will feature two historic paintings. Two important 19th century landscape paintings, one by Hudson River School founder Asher B. Durand and the other by influential illustrator Charles Parsons, have been installed at Drumthwacket as part of the significant collection of artwork…
