Category: archives
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Art of the Business
An insider’s guide to the music industry. By: Susan Van Dongen BOBBY BORG Something must be rotten in the Los Angeles music industry if Michael Jackson is reeling from bad business decisions. That’s not to mention a whole generation of early blues, R&B, pop and rock musicians who revealed how business blunders, management misdeeds and…
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Students stage Palm Day pageant and concert
Nursery schoolers celebrate Easter season. By: Matt Kirdahy The students of the Cranbury Presbyterian Church Nursery School processed into the church’s sanctuary Monday waving palms and pretended they were stepping into the New Testament city of Jerusalem. "We have been practicing in here, pretending that this church is Jerusalem and we’re traveling with Jesus into…
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EDITORIAL: Those who can must be asked to foot the bill
Editorial: A game of pass the buck ensues throughout the government. With state governments all across America facing their gravest budget crises since World War II, a new dynamic has developed in their relationships with Washington. In a nutshell, it comes down to this: What President Bush giveth, the governors taketh away. Here’s how this…
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Board OKs plan for new MTHS
High school expansion plan is approved. By: Rebecca Tokarz MONROE A new $82.9 million high school expansion plan was met with mixed reaction from the more than 150 residents in attendance at Wednesday night’s Board of Education meeting. The school board unveiled and approved by a 9-1 vote a plan to build…
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BACK PORCH: Column topic turns serious during tumultuous times
BACK PORCH by Melissa Morgan: Resorting to violence doesn’t make me proud to be an American. By: Melissa Morgan I was a political enthusiast in eighth grade. I loved to argue with my parents about heated issues like abortion and the death penalty, and I even taped homemade Clinton/Gore campaign buttons to my bedroom door…
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Four file to seek two seats
Danser, Klein, Stave and Panconi vie for committee seats. By: Matt Kirdahy Two incumbents and two challengers filed to run in this year’s race for two seats on the Township Committee. Republicans Alan Danser and Leslie Klein and Democrats Pari Stave and Thomas Panconi filed with the township clerk’s office on Monday. The four will…
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Artists with Abilities
A Princeton Medical Center exhibit focuses on artists up against extraordinary challenges. By: Susan Van Dongen TimeOFF/Mark Czajkowski Thomas Butterfoss, one of the artists in the Medical Center’s show, in his Robbinsville home with one of his paintings beside him. In his landmark 1975 book, The Courage to Create, psychologist Rollo May wrote about the…
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Sprinkler ordinance passed
The Peddie School will continue to receive fire prevention service from the borough for free. By: Scott Morgan HIGHTSTOWN The Borough Council on Monday night revised a water/sewer ordinance to mandate that the borough cannot charge sprinkler/fire prevention system hookup fees to schools. Prior to the amendment, the borough had never charged schools for…
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Chambers Walk Café and Catering
For dinner, the chefs pull out all the stops with ambitious, complex creations of modern American cuisine in a former Lawrenceville hardware store. By: Pat Tanner Chambers Walk Café and Catering 2667 Main St. Lawrenceville (609) 896-5995 www.chamberswalk.com Food: Very good Service: Polished Prices: High end of moderate Cuisine: Modern American with Italian influences Ambiance:…
