Category: archives

  • Lupo twice as nice for Pirates

    WW-PS boys’ lacrosse tops North behind sophomore’s goal, assists By: Justin Feil    Jon Lupo thought he’d assisted on the winning goal when he fed Mike Malec to give the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South boys’ lacrosse team a 10-9 lead over West Windsor-Plainsboro North with barely a minute to play.    Instead, he had to provide the…

  • May 19, 12:34 p.m.: The Blair scandal

    It’s not race but the industry’s culture that created Jayson Blair. By: Hank Kalet    I’ve tried to avoid writing about Jayson Blair, the New York Times reporter who was publicly dismissed after the paper found that he had plagiarized or simply fabricated a raft of stories over the last two years.    But a couple of…

  • May 19, 12:36 p.m.: More weapons of mass distortion

    Still no nukes or chemical and biological weapons in Iraq. So where’s the scandal? By: Hank Kalet    Molly Ivins turns her attention to the issue of weapons of mass destruction — or as I called them in the headline to my Post column, Dispatches this week, "weapons of mass distortion."    Writing on TomPaine.com, the Texas…

  • May 19, 12:34 p.m.: The Blair scandal

    It’s not race but the industry’s culture that created Jayson Blair. By: Hank Kalet    I’ve tried to avoid writing about Jayson Blair, the New York Times reporter who was publicly dismissed after the paper found that he had plagiarized or simply fabricated a raft of stories over the last two years.    But a couple of…

  • Warner pitches Knights into MCT final

    Surprising WW-PN eliminates defending champ South By: Bob Nuse    It turns out the West Windsor-Plainsboro High baseball team had plenty to play for after all.    While the Knights were disappointed that they fell just short of qualifying the state tournament, they have taken away some of the sting with a run through the Mercer County…

  • Dance of Devotion

    Ragamala Music and Dance Theater takes up residence at the State Theatre. By: Matt Smith Ranee Ramaswamy brings Ragamala Music and Dance Theater to New Brunswick as the annual Bristol-Myers Squibb Artist-in-Residence. The company will offer a free public performance at the State Theatre on May 22.     Ranee Ramaswamy is an accomplished performer and artistic…

  • May 19, 2:18 p.m.: June Carter Cash

    A country queen, a marvelous voice. By: Hank Kalet    I neglected to mention last week that one of the great female voices in country music history left us.    June Carter Cash, wife of the legendary Johnny Cash and a masterful singer and songwriter in her own right, died Thursday at age 73.    Herb Sudzin on…

  • Profound Studies

    The woodcuts of Margaret Adams Parker bring humanity to divine subject matter. By: Susan Van Dongen "Now wash yourself, and anoint yourself, and put on your best dress, and go down to the threshing floor." The Erdman Gallery at Princeton Theological Seminary is exhibiting Drawn from Scripture: Woodcuts and Sculpture, featuring works by Margaret Adams…

  • Substitute for Communiversity set for June 21

    Street festival to be one-time replacement for rained-out event. By: Jennifer Potash    After losing Communiversity to rainy weather, The Arts Council of Princeton has decided to stage a Summer Arts Festival on Saturday, June 21.    The rain date will be June 22.    The Princeton Borough Council on Tuesday approved The Arts Council’s request to close…