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  • In the Key of Blue

    Rosemarie Beck’s paintings incorporate rhythm and counterpoint from music and theater. By: Susan Van Dongen "Studio, 1984," by Rosemarie Beck.    The ancient Greeks and medieval alchemists believed every note and musical key was related to certain gems, directions of the wind, mood or personality and especially color. The key of E Major, for example, was…

  • OBITUARIES: Charles R. Filor

    By:    WARETOWN — Charles R. Filor, 97, died Saturday, April 11, at the Barnegat Nursing Center, Barnegat.    Mr. Filor was born in Trenton and had lived there until 1971. He was a licensed Embalmer for 55 years retiring in 1960. He had last worked for M. William Murphy Funeral Home of Trenton and had worked…

  • PRCC: April 2003

    Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce Newsletter www.princetonchamber.org Inside: "Message from the Chairman," Michael J. Hierl    Over the past year, in preparation becoming Chairman of the Board, I started looking into what I would call chamber of commerce “best practices”. Based on my own business experience, I thought that bench-marking with successful chambers across the country…

  • Sweet Smell of Success

    Conductor, pianist and composer Marvin Hamlisch talks about his upcoming performances with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. By: Daniel Shearer    In Washington, D.C., it was the "Waltz of the Bunions." In Philadelphia, one of the suggestions seemed more nebulous: "The Life I Led." But from an audience member in Savannah, Ga., came a song title…

  • 24-hour Lifeline for those living alone

    HEALTH MATTERS By: Mary L. Schneider    For the elderly who choose to live at home, there is often a real fear of what they would do in the event of an emergency. These fears are not unfounded.    According to a recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine, the mortality rate for patients who…

  • West Windsor poised by buy old firehouse for $1

    Mayor seeks conversion to community arts center. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — The township may soon own the old Princeton Junction firehouse on Alexander Road — for the bargain price of just $1.    On Monday, the Township Council introduced an ordinance authorizing the acquisition of the two-thirds-acre site from Princeton Junction Volunteer Fire Company…

  • Man critically burned in Clay Street fire

    Rescue from house follows intense kitchen fire. By: Jennifer Potash    A Clay Street man suffered second-degree burns from a kitchen fire at his residence early Thursday morning.    Michael E. Yates, 53, sustained burns to his head, neck and shoulders, and was listed in critical condition Thursday at the burn unit of Temple University Hospital in…

  • Camping out to celebrate historic battle

    Monroe celebrates with Revolutionary War re-enactment. By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — The night before the Battle of Monmouth in 1778, Gen. George Washington and his army of about 10,000 had their final pre-battle meals and slept in open fields in what is now Monroe Township.    That stay by the general and his troops will be…

  • Talk radio station trashes Princeton

    Station 101.5 puts town on least-patriotic list. By: David Campbell     Ranking Princeton the least patriotic town in the state, New Jersey FM radio station 101.5 paid a visit to downtown Princeton on Thursday to teach people here a thing or two about the proper way to wave a flag.    The radio station parked its…