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  • A Little Help for Some Friends

    Jersey rocker Alice Leon joins more than a dozen Gar­den State bands for a charity concert series in re­membrance of the state’s World Trade Center victims. By: Susan Van Dongen "We’ve all donated our music, our talents and ourselves," says Alice Leon, "and the money goes specifically to New Jersey families who have lost loved…

  • Wired Artists

    Thanks to Lambertville painter Eric Sparre, artists get a little marketing help with artspan.com By: Susan Van Dongen    Artists make art, businesspeople make money and never the twain shall meet — much to the chagrin of the artists.    It’s not always true. Some creative types are also good at marketing themselves. Ludwig van Beethoven was…

  • Wired Artists

    Thanks to Lambertville painter Eric Sparre, artists get a little marketing help with artspan.com. By: Susan Van Dongen Artists from central New Jersey and the Delaware Valley can be found on artspan.com. Above, "Schuyler," by founder Eric Sparre.    Artists make art, businesspeople make money and never the twain shall meet — much to the chagrin…

  • OBITUARIES, March 5, 2002

    Wells Drorbaugh Jr., Susan L. Lutz, David J. Warren, Nick Filippis. Wells Drorbaugh Jr. Retired publishing executive    HIGHTSTOWN — Wells Drorbaugh Jr. died Feb. 17 of lung cancer at Meadow Lakes. He was 81.    He worked in the magazine and book publishing field for many years.    Born in New York and raised in Bronxville, N.Y.,…

  • South Brunswick man charged in wife’s death

    Suspect called police after allegedly stabbing his wife in her Ridge Road home. By: Nick D’Amore    A man was charged with stabbing his wife to death Sunday night at her house on Ridge Road.    Boris Boretsky, 52, was arrested by the South Brunswick Police Department after he called 911 at 11:37 p.m. Sunday. He was…

  • Dinner’s Ready

    Personal chefs assure sumptuous meals will be on the table — hot — at the end of your hard day. By: Jodi Thompson    Imagine this far-fetched scenario: coming home from a long day of wage-earning, opening the refrigerator and encountering — like a buoyant life preserver in a rough sea — dinner.    Just pop it…

  • Bechtold’s shot gives Tigers share of Ivy title

    Princeton men face Penn on Tuesday with NCAA bid on the line By: Justin Feil NEW YORK – It was Senior Night at Levien Gymnasium, a night to honor the seven Columbia University seniors. But it was two of Princeton University’s seniors, Mike Bechtold and Ahmed El-Nokali, who came through in the clutch to give…

  • REGION WRESTLING RESULTS:

    Gewain, Van Cleef, Wagner, Miller stay alive By: Rudy Brandl    Hillsborough High continued its record-breaking wrestling season with another stellar performance at this weekend’s Region 5 Championships.    Four Raider individuals placed in the top three to qualify for Tuesday night’s NJSIAA preliminaries at Brick Memorial. Junior 103-pounder Andrew Gewain finished second, while seniors Randy Van…

  • Peddie seven earn sixth at nationals

    WRESTLING: The Falcons finished just 25 points away from second place despite only taking seven grapplers to Lehigh University. By: Neil Hay    Calling them the "Magnificent Seven" might be a bit much.    But what the seven-man Peddie wrestling team accomplished last weekend at Prep Nationals was nothing short of astonishing.    Competing against 126 other prep…