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  • Humor on the Upper Deck

    Steve Lazarus juggles a steady job selling beer at Yankee Stadium with a blossoming comedy career. He will take the stage of Catch a Rising Star in West WIndsor sporting his own Yankees jersey with the name "Beer Man" emblazoned on the back. By: Jim Boyle When he’s not telling jokes on stage, Steve Lazarus…

  • Cool new books with cool new recipes

    The trick to summertime entertaining is keeping yourself and your kitchen cool while serving food that looks and tastes as though you spent hours over a hot stove. By: Pat Tanner Two thumbs up for Sharon Tyler Herbst’s "The Ultimate Guide to Pitcher Drinks:Cool Cokctails for a Crowd. Buy it here. A rash of new…

  • Letters-July 31

    Donate part of water rebate To the editor:    What good news that the forested land surrounding the Swan Creek Reservoir is to be preserved.    Bravo to the state Green Acres program and to the Delaware & Raritan Greenway for assuring that this wonderful forest will be forever saved.    Not only will all of us who…

  • Mucho Mambo

    The history of Latin jazz comes alive in an interactive exhibit at the Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pa. By: Amy Brummer The Noro Morales Orchestra, with singer Diosa Costello, 1945.    The streets are alive with music and dancing. People of all races, speaking a mix of languages, mingle and carouse.    This is not the…

  • July 30, 2003

    By: infoUSA/Donnelley Marketing of Ames, Iowa In some cases the listing represents the property’s mailing address rather than the municipal location. While the intention is to include all reported transactions, Packet Online does not guarantee its completeness or independently verify its contents. Avenel, Marquis Arrue, 102 Chestnut St, $138,900, 8/19/02 Avenel, Mark Coleman, 40 5th…

  • PBS to film Civil War re-enactment

    The McClelland Rangers Reenactment Association will re-create the 1862 Battle of Fair Oaks at the Holcombe-Jimison Farmstead Museum. By: Linda Seida    DELAWARE — A PBS film crew will record segments of this weekend’s re-enactment of a Civil War battle on the grounds of the Holcombe-Jimison Farmstead for a television series on the slavery experience in…

  • Maintenance code concerns city property owners

    The ordinance would call for a $1,000 a day fine for those who don’t comply with removing garbage, maintaining lawns, etc. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — Not everyone is happy with the property maintenance code for all homes and businesses that could be adopted by the city next month.    The city says the code will…

  • July 30, 8:36 p.m.: Bob(ble-headed) literary extravaganza

    Jack Kerouac will be honored by a minor league baseball team in his hometown with the ubiquitous bobblehead doll. By: Hank Kalet    CNN, under the appropriate heading of "Offbeat News," reports that the Lowell Spinners of the Class A New York-Penn League will be giving away a Jack Keroauc bobblehead doll to the first 1,000…

  • July 30, 8:35 p.m.: Liberal intervention

    Military intervention for humanitarian reasons raises too many thorny questions. By: Hank Kalet    John R. MacArthur, publisher of Harper’s Magazine, offers this statement in In These Times on the dangers of what he refers to as "liberal intervention," but what more commonly is referred to as "humanitarian intervention."    His essay is critical of the suddenly…