Category: archives
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Post 9/11 motto: Be prepared
Municipalities take extra steps to improve safety, security. By: Scott Morgan Preparedness has come at a terrible price. In the year since terrorism struck the American consciousness, the issues of security and preparedness have attained unprecedented importance. Federal initiatives, such as the Office of Homeland Security, and strict new regulations on transportation and industry are…
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‘Dreamers’
Actors’ NET premieres an autobiographical new musical by co-founder Joe Doyle. By: Stuart Duncan You probably don’t think about it much, but almost every time you see a revival of a Broadway musical, at an open-air setting, on a college campus, at a community theater or at a professional site, you are seeing a work…
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Foundation launchedhonoring Jeff Perhach
Set fund-raising golf event for Oct. 4 By:Sally Goldenberg In the wake of witnessing a friend from high school lose a two-year battle with squamous cell cancer a type of skin cancer at the age of 35, five Manville High School graduates have formed a fund-raising group in his honor. The Jeffrey K.…
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High hopes for a better new year
Rosh Hashana begins at sundown on Friday, with hopes of beginning a new, sweet year By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi Hopes of renewal and prosperity run high every Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, but because of the terror of Sept. 11 and the rising violence in Israel, this Jewish new year finds local believers with an…
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Stricter absence policy in effect
Students’ excuses face tighter guidelines By:Sally Goldenberg Manville’s recently approved school attendance policy, which aims to target truancy more proactively than the district’s previous policy, goes into effect with the start of school this week. Manville High School Vice Principal Mary McGovern said the new policy allows students the same number of absences as the…
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Pinpricking Pomposity
Joe Orton’s Loot, on stage at McCarter Theatre Sept. 8-29, is a farcical depiction of a world gone mad. By: Jillian Kalonick "I myself consider it to be the most loathsome play on in London at the present moment. ‘Bestial’ is how I described it to an acquaintance the other day," wrote Mrs. Edna…
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New Egypt field hockey set
Looking to repeat success of first varsity season. By: Kyle Moylan Light up the candles. Switch on the flashlights. After an amazing first varsity season, the New Egypt High School field hockey team is getting ready for an encore. In the previous two seasons, New Egypt had played at the freshmen and J.V. levels. Last…
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9/11 observances planned
Numerous local events will commemorate the day. By: Carl Reader It’s not as though anyone has forgotten Sept. 11. People just plan to memorialize it in their own ways. "Obviously, it affects everyone in different ways," said Lambertville Mayor David Del Vecchio. "It’s now become an American event from being a New York event." Rather…
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BREAKING NEWS:
Strike enters second day Teachers defy judge’s order to return to work; Schools open with substitute teachers; Negotiations continue By: Jeff Milgram Schools opened Thursday with substitute teachers as negotiators for the Princeton Regional Board of Education and its teachers’ union pulled an all-nighter in an attempt to reach a contract that would end the…
