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  • Picturing a Legend

    The New Jersey Film Festival in New Brunswick remembers one of the true masters of the cinema with a tribute to director Fritz Lang. By: Jim Boyle Fritz Lang’s M, starring Peter Lorre, kicks off the New Jersey Film Festival’s tribute to the groundbreaking director. Riverdance, makes a stop at Sovereign Bank Arena in Tren´ton…

  • Wet summer increases West Nile virus risk

    Mosquito populations ‘booming,’ Hunterdon County health official says. By: G. Natasha Zoe    The more than 13 inches of rain the Lambertville area has received since June 1 is creating breeding grounds for mosquitoes and increasing the risk for West Nile virus infection.    One crow has tested positive for the West Nile virus in Lambertville and…

  • Hopewell Township police continue ‘Cops on Buses’ program

    Under the program, a township officer will ride a school bus at the school district’s request. By John Tredrea    Occasionally school bus drivers for the Hopewell Valley Regional School District will run into recurrent problems with other motorists.    "For example, some drivers will pass a stopped school bus that is loading or unloading students, warning…

  • Forrester to speak at Princeton GOP breakast

       Douglas Forrester, the 2002 Republican candidate for New Jersey’s U.S. Senate seat, will be the featured speaker at the Republican Association of Princeton’s Sept. 9 breakfast.    The event, held at the Nassau Club, 6 Mercer St., begins at 7:30 a.m.    Mr. Forrester is president of Lawrence-based Benecard Services Inc., which specializes in the design and…

  • Rags to Riches

    The Newtown Historic Association prepares for its annual Colonial craft fair in Newtown, Pa. RELATED STORY:An American Band By: Daniel Shearer Staff photos by Daniel Shearer Richboro, Pa., resident Marykate Johnson will sell her Colonial dolls and miniature quilts at Market Day in Newtown, Pa.    Have an old pair of blue jeans? What about that…

  • Police Blotter: New Brunswick man charged with assault

    Altercation ensues involving a fax machine.    Ramon Alayon, 52, of New Brunswick was charged with assault Tuesday afternoon after he hit a 31-year-old South Brunswick resident on the head with a fax machine in the office of a lawyer on Route 27 where they were negotiating the closing on a property, police said.    Mr. Alayon…

  • Obituaries — Sept. 4

    By: Peggy Lewis    LAMBERTVILLE — Peggy Lewis, 86, well known in New Jersey, Bucks County and New York City art circles as a writer, artist, collector and arts activist, died Monday, Sept. 1, at Fox Subacute Center, Warrington, Pa.    Born Peggy Kaufman in Baltimore, Md., Ms. Lewis was a graduate of Goucher College, now located…

  • High expectations for girls tennis team

    Girls tennis By: John E. Powers    Alma Quinlan, the coach of the Hopewell Valley Central High School girls tennis team, can’t wait for this season to begin.    The Lady Bulldogs went 12-8 last year, but with most of the team returning, Quinlan is thinking this could be her best squad in her six years as…

  • Welcome to Manville High

    Orientation gives freshmen a glimpse of a day in the life of a high-schooler By:Beth Kressel    As he stood amid uncertain freshmen at Manville High School, Principal Rodney Logan remembered the first day of his own high school years — the older students, the adults with high expectations, the unfamiliar building.    To make the transition…