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  • Crossing Borders

    Many stories about life in Spain, Brazil and Mexico will be told this year at Princeton University’s Latin American and Spanish documentary film festival. By: Elise Nakhnikian    The military coup that displaced Chile’s leader in 1973, the gentrification of a Barcelona neighborhood that can’t escape its past and a musician’s joyful journey to explore his…

  • FROM ROOSEVELT: Bean there

    I don’t own a fancy coffee machine. By: Linda Schuster I have one of the good ol’ boys on my kitchen counter. It’s your standard drip coffee maker.    Not that there’s anything wrong with the common method for brewing a perky cuppa joe. We rely on it every morning and it always comes through, I’ll…

  • Panel mulls historic zone for Kingston

    Proposed ordinance would preserve historic areas of Kingston By: Sharlee DiMenichi    Some Kingston residents are split on whether an ordinance outlining what can and can’t be done to historic structures in the area is a good thing.    Residents say the ordinance would tie a building’s owner’s hands when it comes to making changes to the…

  • Florence football squad at its best

    Squad dedicates latest win to Joe Ingham By:Sean Moylan    Emotions were running high at "The Pit" of the Florence Township Memorial High School this past Saturday afternoon.    Not only was Florence varsity football team taking on what was (at the time) considered by many to be its strongest competition for a Freedom Division title in…

  • Keeping the streets safe for students pedestrians

    School board mulls solar-poered signs By: Nick D’amore    The district will ask the county’s permission to put up new school zone speed limit signs along Georges Road that will be solar-powered and will flash the speed of oncoming drivers.    On Monday, school board member Matthew Speesler asked the Board of Education to ask the county…

  • Scouts earn badgesat Camp Somers

       Boy Scout Troop 489 spent the week of Aug. 4-10 at Camp Somers, Allamuchy Scout Reservation in Bryam.    Senior Patrol Leader Ryan Buckley and Assistant Senior Patrol Leader Danny Shuman led the 32 scouts throughout an extremely busy week of tenting, swimming, boating, fishing and skill advancement, along with other outdoor activities. The young men…

  • Douglas E. Walters

       Douglas E. Walters, 74, of Dayton, died Saturday, Sept. 21, at The Medical Center at Princeton.    Born and raised in Montreal, Canada, he was a resident of Toronto for 7 years before moving to Dayton 32 years ago.    Mr. Walters worked as a sales manager for 27 years with CIL Canada in Toronto and Montreal.…

  • Hopewell squads back in gear

    Hopewell Valley Cross Country By: Mike Molaro    It was business as usual for the Hopewell Valley Central High School girls cross country squad as it opened the season with five impressive victories.    The Lady Bulldogs on Sept. 19 defeated Nottingham, 15-48, and Stuart, 17-43, and took care of Steinert, 15-48, Lawrence, 15-48, and West Windsor-Plainsboro…

  • State lifts school language requirement

    By:Sally Goldenberg    Although New Jersey education officials lifted the state’s year-old foreign language requirement, Hillsborough and Manville officials do not expect enrollment in the classes to drop in future years.    Administrators also said they did not inform parents of the temporary ban because it was announced in July, after students’ schedules were already designed for…