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  • Cranbury actors to come up 7s

    Little guys and dolls take the stage By: Melissa Morgan    Cranbury is about to be invaded by a gang of conniving gamblers and high-spirited "Hot Box girls."    In fact, an entire cast of charismatic characters will come to town this weekend when the Cranbury School Drama Club members take on new roles and bring a…

  • District must findways to cut spending

    To the editor    After reading the Feb. 14 Beacon article, "District Bracing for State Aid Cut," I had an initial feeling of amazement which quickly turned to anger.    The reasons for these feelings were the remarks of Thomas Venanzi, our school district’s Assistant Superintendent for Business. To quote Mr. Venanzi, "local property taxes would have…

  • Ritual Revolution

    NPR’s Margot Adler will talk about opening up to a more poetic, artistic, deeper, mystical part of the self at Barnes & Noble in West Windsor March 8. By: Susan Van Dongen    In the summer of 1967, it was unusual for a female liberal undergrad at the University of California at Berkeley to befriend a…

  • Celebrating life with a splash of red and purple

    The Red Hat Society of Allentown has one rule: There are no rules. The group of women over 50 years old is about having fun and celebrating age. By: Mark Moffa    How would you like to join a club where there are no responsibilities, no goals or objectives, and no cause to worry about except…

  • Riding the wave

    SWIMMING: The Peddie School girls team captured the Easterns while the boys finished second. By: Neil Hay    In his first year as Peddie swim coach, Greg Wriede nearly pulled off a coveted double at last weekend’s Eastern Swimming Championships at La Salle University.    As it was, Wriede and the Peddie swim program are more than…

  • Borough to move on light property

    JAMESBURG- Acquisition would pave way for Forsgate traffic signal By: Al Wicklund    JAMESBURG — The Borough Council took a major step toward getting the long-awaited traffic light at the intersection of Perrineville Road, Forsgate Drive, Gatzmer Avenue and Willow Street.    The council introduced an ordinance Wednesday authorizing the borough to acquire property on all sides…

  • Workshop readies kids to hit the stage

    By: Melissa Morgan    Drama workshops offered to Cranbury School students participating in the After School Arts Program help kids master the basics of acting without the pressures of being on stage.    While preparing for this year’s production of "The Boxcar Children: The Mystery on Stage," director Lauren Stutz said she has been trying to teach…

  • ‘Boring’ Princeton faces Hopkins in lax opener

    Defending national champion Tigers ready for test By: Bob Nuse    For some people, winning never gets boring. That’s why Bill Tierney still roots for the Yankees and attacks each lacrosse season like he’s going for his first national championship rather than his seventh.    Tierney begins his 15th season as Princeton University’s men’s lacrosse coach with…

  • Princeton University facing years of deficits

    Tuition hikes, some belt-tightening predicted By: Jeff Milgram    Despite an $8 billion endowment, Princeton University will face budget deficits of between $2 million and $4 million until 2006 that will require tuition increases of nearly 4 percent a year, the university’s Priorities Committee projects.    And part of the problem is the national economic downturn, which…