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  • Spider-Man is serious business for comics maven

    Princeton resident helps resurrect venerable Marvel Comics. By: David Campbell    For Bill Jemas, character is what’s driving the renaissance at Marvel Comics. And the Spider-Man sneakers and dental floss dispensers don’t hurt, either.    Mr. Jemas moved to Princeton when he worked for Marvel in the mid-1990s as liaison for Mount Laurel-based Fleer Trading Card Co.,…

  • Bidders woo cable system?

    RCN dismisses reporting on rival offers as speculative. By: David Campbell    RCN is reportedly poised to sell its Princeton-area cable TV system for approximately $280 million.    RCN officials would not comment on the report, calling it speculative and based on rumor.    A story last week in Multichannel News, which reports on the cable TV and…

  • No lions and tigers, just bears

    Area residents can expect to see more of the creatures as they migrate from their traditional habitats. By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — While lions and tigers still seem to be the province of fairy tales, zoos and Detroit sports franchises, it appears that bears have become a part of everyday life in suburban New Jersey.…

  • Maselli back to baseball

    Hitter helping WW-P Legion. By: Justin Feil    Mike Maselli devoted his last two summers entirely to basketball. But after a successful spring of baseball at Lawrenceville, he’s turning more attention to the diamond this summer as a member of the West Windsor-Plainsboro team in the Mercer County American Legion League.    "I was a huge basketball…

  • Sarnoff vision can become reality

    West Windsor Planning Board approves 3 million-square-foot general development plan for technology campus. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — For more than a year, Sarnoff Corp.’s plans for a 3 million-square-foot technology campus have been the subject of heated debate.    Even before the company filed its general development plan in January, township officials and residents…

  • Radar Controlled

    Conduit books the progressive metal-fusion trio McGill, Manring and Stevens for its Pre-NEARfest show in Trenton. By: Daniel Shearer    There can be little doubt "progressive" music is carving its own niche, quietly picking up momentum far under mainstream radar. Three years ago, the founders of the North East Art Rock Festival booked the 428-seat concert…

  • BREAKING NEWS: Cellco loses another round in court

    An appellate court upheld Lawrence Township’s denial of a use variance for a cell tower proposed for the Peterson’s Nursery and Garden Market property. By: Lea Kahn    The Cellco Partnership, which sought to build a cell tower in Lawrence, lost its day in court — again.    A state appellate court has upheld a state Superior…

  • Radar Controlled

    Conduit books the progressive metal-fusion trio McGill, Manring and Stevens for its Pre-NEARfest show in Trenton June 28. By: Daniel Shearer    There can be little doubt "progressive" music is carving its own niche, quietly picking up momentum far under mainstream radar. Three years ago, the founders of the North East Art Rock Festival booked the…

  • The Man He Never Knew

    Filmmaker John Hulme and his mother, Ellen, visited Quang Tri Province in Vietnam, where John’s father was killed in 1969. Their journey will be brought to the screen at the New Jersey Film Festival Jersey Fresh media series June 28. By: Ilene Dube    Filmmaker John Hulme was 5 weeks old on June 30, 1969 —…